Human skin used as evidence; Milch questioned at Nuremberg Trial
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
Scope and Content
05:09:56 (Munich 26) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 1946. Pieces of human skin processed as leather are displayed on an easel in the courtroom while Russian prosecutor L N Smirnov addresses the Tribunal concerning this evidence. NOTE: Skin was reportedly removed from prisoners of a concentration camp in Koenigsberg, East Prussia. 05:14:07 (Munich 42) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 11, 1946. HAS, Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson interrogating Erhard Milch about officers' knowledge of Germany's preparedness for war. Milch keeps repeating that the officers had no knowledge and thought that other countries (i.e. Britain) were much better prepared than Germany. Jackson therefore asks him how long it took Germany to defeat Poland and France. HAS, Goering, Hess, and von Ribbentrop listening. HAS, prisoners in dock. MS, Justices Parker and Biddle. MLS, court reporters at table. NOTE: This segment contains repeated cuts of bad quality.
Note(s)
USHMM replaced the online streaming video with a file from NARA (digitized Digital Betacam tape) in August 2019.
Subjects
- HUMAN SKIN
- JACKSON, ROBERT
- RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- GOERING, HERMANN
- TRIALS
- PROSECUTORS
- REPORTERS
- GERMANY
- NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS
- JUDGES
- HUMAN REMAINS
- MILCH, ERHARD
- HESS, RUDOLF
Places
- Nuremberg, Germany
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film