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Abraham Sutzkever recounts his experience living in Vilna Ghetto to the tribunal during the Nuremberg trials
Jewish testimony at the Nuremberg trials at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) after World War II. Famous Lithuanian Jewish poet and witness Abraham Sutzkever (Avrom Sutzkever) gives his Holocaust testimony to the tribunal. Sutzkever testifies against Franz Murer (also known as the “Butcher of Vilnius”), for murdering his mother Rayne Sutzkever and infant son. He recounts his experience living in Vilna Ghetto for two years before escaping with his wife to join the partisans in Lithuania. Chief Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence and Justice Francis Biddle taking down notes at their bench. Justices, court stenographers and other personnel listen to the testimony. A Military Police personnel walks across the room. Justice Lawrence question Sutzkever while the latter is on the witness stand. Sutzkever replies in Russian.
Severina Shmaglevskaya recounts her WW2 experience during the Nuremberg trials
Non-Jewish Polish Auschwitz prisoner Severina Shmaglevskaya shares her testimony during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. A Russian interpreter translates her testimony from Polish to the tribunal at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany). Russian Prosecutor L.N. Smirnov called the woman prisoner from Auschwitz to give her testimony. Justices taking down notes at their bench. Justices, court stenographers and other personnel listen to the testimony. Shmaglevskaya testifies concerning the treatment of women and babies in Auschwitz. The witness was also active in the Polish underground.
Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson enumerates German laws during the Nuremberg trials
United States Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson continues his speech on the Criminality of Organizations during Day 70 of the Nuremberg Trials. Robert H. Jackson speaks to the tribunal at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany). Secretary take down notes beside him. Other guests listen to his speech from their seats behind him. Jackson enumerates the various laws from the German Strafgesetzbuch (1871 Penal Code of the German Empire) that prohibits secret associations and associations inimical to the state. Jackson also cites Weimar Republic laws such as the March 22nd 1921 Law against paramilitary groups and July 1922 law against organizations aimed to overthrow the constitution of the German republic.
Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson speaks about charhing Nazi leaders during Nuremberg trials
United States Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson continues his speech on the Criminality of Organizations during Day 70 of the Nuremberg Trials. Robert H. Jackson speaks to the tribunal at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany). Female personnel take down notes beside him. A man with headphones reads documents or listens to Jackson’s speech. Camera pans to the two justices, Francis Biddle and John J. Parker, listening to Jackson. French justice Henri Donnedieu de Vabres is briefly seen beside Parker. Camera moves to Nazi defendants such as Hermann Göring are sitting in the prisoner’s dock. Jackson unfolds a sheet of paper while speaking to the tribunal. Jackson highlights the voluntary nature of Nazi membership, criminal accountability rests on the Nazi Party leaders, not from members. “We make no charge of those who supported the Nazi party, although some aspects of the denazification program the supporters are included” he said.
Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson speaks about Nazi organizations during Nuremberg trials
United States Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson continues his speech on the Criminality of Organizations during Day 70 of the Nuremberg Trials. Robert H. Jackson speaks to the tribunal at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany). Female personnel take down notes beside him. A few guests seated near Jackson listens to his speech. Camera moves to Nazi defendants Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, and Fritz Sauckel are sitting in the prisoner’s dock. Military Police personnel surround the defendants. Camera moves back to Jackson speaking to the tribunal. Jackson gives his documents to the secretary beside him before leaving the podium. Jackson speaks about certain Nazi organizations- the paramilitaries SA (Sturmabteilung) and the SS (Schutzstaffel)- were not selected without considerable study by the prosecution and that they were the most vicious in Germany.
