Persecution of religious and other victim groups presented at Nuremberg Trial
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
Scope and Content
(Paris 479) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 8, 1946. Rear views, Col. Wheeler of the US prosecution continues speaking about the persecution of religious groups, particularly "Bibelforscher," in Germany and occupied countries. Enumerates other victim groups incarcerated at Dachau, including Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, asocials. Rear view, US prosecutor addresses the Tribunal about the knowledge of the defendant's actions to instigate pogroms and set the pace of atrocities committed against the people of Germany and occupied countries, and concludes that they were willing participants in the Conspiracy.
Subjects
- ATROCITIES
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
- NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
- JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
- PROSECUTORS
- TRIALS
- POGROMS
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- GERMANY
- HOMOSEXUALS
Places
- Nuremberg, Germany
- , Germany
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film