Images and testimony related to the Nuremberg Trials held at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany in October 1946. Flashbacks of a variety of Nazi crimes against humanity during the years of World War II. Reference to testimony of Kenaris and Hans Frank in describing Nazi policies and methods for exterminating Poles and others. Pictures recording the implementation and results of Nazi policies; atrocities and murder of victims in Ouradour Sur Glane in France, in Bande in Belgium, in the Catacombe of San Callisto in Italy and in Czechoslovakia. Nazi German soldiers seen leveling and destroying the town of Lidice in Czechoslovakia in 1942, after massacre of many residents, in retaliation for the assassination of SS Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. Corpses of the victims of the Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, in 1945. Bones of humans in crematory ovens. Cramped starved women camp victims inside barracks. Stacks of luggage and suitcases of victims at a concentration camp, along with locks of hair, stacks of toothbrushes. Shaving cream brushes, shoes, clothing, and finally, piles of bones of camp victims. Testimony of Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (sometimes spelled Höß or Hoess or Hess) describes concentration camps at Auschwitz in Poland. As scenes of victims in hospitals are shown, testimony of Rudolf Hoess is read, describing medical experiments include lowering the body temperature, injecting the body with poisons and infectious diseases and subjecting the body to high altitude pressure chambers. Shows pile of mutilated corpses.The "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign over the camp entrance of Auschwitz. Scenes of dead victims of Nazi brutality in the concentration camps.
Colonel Amen questions Alois Hoellriegel during Nuremberg Trial after World War 2 in Nuremberg, Germany. A court room scene. Men sit at tables with documents and papers. Alois Hoellriegel, stands near the witness box. He takes oath and then sits in the witness box. A guard stands behind him. Colonel Amen stands at a dais and questions Alois. Men wearing head sets sit in the court room. A translator translates the questions in German. Alois speaks on microphone. He tells of his service in Mathausen concentration camp and visits paid to the camp by Kaltenbrunner and Von Shirack. Colonel Amen asks him if he could recognize Von Shirak in the room. He looks around the room and nods his head in affirmation. Colonel Amen moves to a men, converse and comes back to the dais.
German war prisoners in war crime Trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Julius Streicher sits with headphones on. Walter Funk sits and holds earphone in one ear. Hans Frank sits with earphones on. Wilhelm Frick holds earphone on one ear and look straight. Franz von Papen, Alfred Jodl and Hands Fritche sits with earphones on. Konstantin von Neurath and Hjalmar Schacht sits with dark glasses and earphones on. Joachim von Ribbentrop sits with glasses and earphones on.
German war prisoners in war crime Trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Rudolf Hess, Alfred Rosenberg, Wilhelm Keitel and Alfred Jodl converse during recess. Hermann Goering speaks to a person. Hess and Joachim von ribbentrop stand and talk. Walter Funk sits and put his hand over face. Konstantin von Neurath sits. Goering, Hess and Doenitz sit. Other defendants including Konstantin von Neurath and Hjalmar Schacht sit in dock.
Audio only. Nazi war leaders on trial in Nuremberg Germany. Coverage on how the charges will be grouped. The speaker focuses on three major issues: international situations and aspirations for expansion of Germany between 1943-1945; conquering of Austria and Czechoslovakia, and improvement of military and political positions.
Audio only. Nazi war leaders on trial in Nuremberg Germany. Decisions on how the charges will be grouped. The speaker focuses on major issues during trial: Violation of International law of war, charges for participation in common plan of conspiracy, charges for planning and execution of war and territory loss by Germany.