Dr. Sievers on the stand at Nuremberg Trial

Identifier
irn1002412
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.2982
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

(Munich 354) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, August 8, 1946. HAS, MSs, British prosecutor Mr. Jones questioning the witness Dr. Sievers. The cross-examination concerns the decapitation of concentration camp victims and sending the skulls to laboratories for pathological research. Pan shot of defendants (Goering) in prisoners' dock. Repeated mention is made of a report by Prof. Hirt, who was mainly responsible for the "acquisition" of skeletons and skulls. Sievers repeatedly delegates questions away from him to the report, prosecutor's assistance repeatedly points to the fact that he wrote and signed letters to authorities, only attaching Hirt's report as a matter of reference.

Note(s)

  • Similar to scenes in RG-60.2981 but shot from the perspective of the prosecutor and defendants.

Subjects

  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • TRIALS
  • MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS
  • RACIAL SCIENCE
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • HUMAN REMAINS
  • PRISONERS
  • ATROCITIES
  • SIEVERS, WOLFRAM
  • GERMANY
  • NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)

Places

  • Nuremberg, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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