The Belsen Trial AKA Belson Trial 1945

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Full title reads: "THE BELSEN TRIAL".

Luneberg, Germany.

Long shot of the entrance to Luneberg courtroom. Various shots of the Belsen war criminals including the Commandant of Belsen Concentration Camp Joseph Kramer (Beast of Belsen) and his assistant Irma Grese, arriving for trial....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40271
Sort Number:
45/078
Time in/Out:
01:27:21:00 / 01:28:58:00
Canister:
45/78
Film ID:
1165.14
Issue Date:
27/09/1945

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  • The trial seen here ran from 17 September to 17 November 1945.

    Seem defendants are already named in the text. Other defendants seen include;

    No 17 is Ladislaw Gura.

    No. 8 is Herta Ehlert.

    No. 10 is Ilsa Lothe.

    No. 11 is Hildegard Löbauer.

    No. 5 is Franz Hössler.

    jamied 18th Jun 2012

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