Description
Object description
Hans Bernd Gisevius continues his evidence.
Full description
Shot from back of the courtroom showing defence counsel Rudolf Dix at the speaker's stand questioning the witness Hans Bernd Gisevius. A shot of the dock shows Constantin von Neurath, Hans Fritzsche, Julius Streicher, Walter Funk and Hjalmar Schacht. In front of them, the members of the defence counsel, Hanns Marx, Alfred Seidl, Alfred Thoma, Franz Exner, Fritz Sauter, Heinz Fritz, Otto Laternser and Hans Flaechsner can be seen. Long shot of Rudolf Dix questioning Hans Bernd Gisevius; the shot also shows the defence counsel, stenographers, court reporters and officers of court. Deputy chief prosecutor Sir David Maxwell Fyfe (GB) can be seen sitting at a table and listening. Close shot of Gisevius as he gives evidence on the case of Field Marshal von Blomberg and Hermann Goering's involvement in it. Goering had been head of the so called Forschungsamt (research office) which had been responsible for all surveillance of telephone calls in Germany and had its own secret service. Goering passed the evidence against Blomberg to Hitler in 1935 which led to Blomberg being sacked. Close up of the prisoners in the dock listening to Gisevius testifying. The shot shows Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl and in front of them members of the defence counsel. Among them is Otto Kranzbühler. Gisevius also gives evidence on the sacking of Field Marshal von Fritsch as the Gestapo found witnesses in a local prison who declared that von Fritsch was homosexual. Close up of defence counsel Hanns Marx and Alfred Seidl making notes. Close up shot of the American counsel for the prosecution from behind, showing chief prosecutor Robert Jackson listening. Close up of defence counsel Rudolf Dix standing at the speaker's stand (from behind). Close up of the right side of the dock showing Albert Speer, Constantin von Neurath, Hans Fritzsche, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher and Walter Funk. Shot of prosecutor Jackson (USA) at the speaker's stand cross examining the witness. Gisevius testifies that there was no power in Germany to stop the Gestapo (secret police) except the army. Close up shot of Gisevius in the witness stand. Shot of the dock with Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Walter Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, Albert Speer, Constantin von Neurath and Hans Fritzsche. Gisevius states that nobody in his resistance group would have been willing to cooperate with Goering. Shot of Goering and Hess, smiling and nodding at each other. Gisevius states that everybody in the dock, with the exception of Schacht, would have gone behind bars if he would have had a chance to present his material before. Shot of the dock as a whole showing Hess, Ribbentrop, Keitel, Kaltenbrunner, Rosenberg, Frank, Frick, Streicher, Funk, Schacht, Doenitz, Raeder, Schirach, Sauckel, Jodl, Papen, Seyss-Inquart, Speer, Neurath and Fritzsche. Prosecutor Jackson on the responsibility of the Gestapo in torturing and killing people in concentration camps which is affirmed by Gisevius. Gisevius states that by the beginning of 1935 at the latest, everyone in the civil service must have known what kind of office the Gestapo was and what kind of orders he had to obey there.
Full description
Shot of defendant Julius Streicher entering the witness stand and being sworn in by Justice Lawrence. Streicher argues with Lawrence to read a statement he had prepared. Close up of defence counsel Hanns Marx at the speaker's stand. Streicher reading his statement concerning his treatment by the tribunal and his difficulties with his lawyers. Close up of Streicher in the witness stand.
Physical description
35mm