Verdict on Auschwitz [digital video]

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Publication Date:

1993

2017

Publication Information:

DEFA Film Library, 1993.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (176 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

The only documentary on the Auschwitz Trial held in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, from 1963 to 1965. Based on 430 hours of original audiotapes, this production is an unparellel document of the first Auschwitz Trial. In one of the most significant trials in German legal history, 360 witnesses from 19 countries, including 211 Auschwitz survivors, confronted former members of Hitler's SS. The documentary also includes interviews with prosecutor Fritz Bauer, who played an essential role in starting the trial.

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Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject Term:

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Jews -- Study and teaching.

Genre:

Jewish Studies

Documentary films.