Questioning von Schirach at Nuremberg; War Crimes Trials: Malmedy

Identifier
irn1001447
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2327
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

17:07:15 (Munich 187) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, May 24, 1946. HAS, Dodd, US prosecutor, questions Baldur von Schirach about a song printed in the Hitler Youth Song Books (witness not seen). HAS, Dr. Fritz Sauter cross-examines Schirach. (English interpreter is heard translating the questions and answers). 17:10:47 (Munich 176) Malmedy War Crimes Trials, Dachau, Germany, May 21, 1946. Former Lt Virgil P Lary tells how he and fifteen of his men made a break after witnessing the massacre of approx one hundred US soldiers. Former soldier Carl Daub is questioned about his background. Daub points out location on map where he and his group were captured. Morris Blowitz questions Daub on how he surrendered and if he saw the German vehicles fire on the Americans.

Subjects

  • MASSACRES
  • NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • SURRENDER
  • NAZI OFFICIALS
  • SCHIRACH, BALDUR VON
  • GERMANY
  • MALMEDY (ATROCITY)
  • MUSIC
  • TRIALS
  • DODD, THOMAS J.
  • MAPS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS

Places

  • Nuremberg, Germany
  • Dachau, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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