Belsen trial - Wikipedia Thanks to the blessing of late birth I was only 6 months old. Still,it is also part of my history. Stefan.
I have this... Re. attendance at the trial. "Tomorrow I’m going to Lunenburg to see the other Boche, Kramer, Irma Grese and the others. I have a ticket and a truck to take me." So I wondered how many serving British soldiers were allowed to view the trial itself as it progressed. The wiki has a link to the Transcript of the Official Shorthand Notes of 'The Trial of Josef Kramer and Forty Four Others' Trial Transcript - Contents And I was looking too now to see what, if anything, there was, i.e. Pathe Newsreel, in terms of existing film of the trial etc. ? Pathe Newsreel Bergen Belsen trial - Google Search e.g. The Belsen Trial: War Crimes of the SS (1945) | British Pathé "Josef Kramer (aka 'The Beast of Belsen'), Nazi commandant of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and 44 other war criminals arrive at Lüneburg, Germany to stand trial at 'The Belsen Trial' in this Pathé gazette footage from 1945." Rm.
Some Getty images of the trial... Bergen Belsen Trial Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Info on the trial: 1st Belsen Trial Including: "Acting under that Warrant the General Officer Commanding 30 Corps summoned a Military Court to sit at Lüneburg on Monday 17th September, 1945, to try Josef Kramer and 44 others on two alleging the breach by, them of the Law and Usages of War. The trial started on the 17th September and finished on the 17th November, 1945, having occupied fifty-four working days." Recently... (Oct-2020) Confronting the Holocaust: Britain and the Belsen Trial, 1945 | National Army Museum Crowdcast... Confronting the Holocaust: Britain and the Belsen Trial, 1945 - Crowdcast
THE BELSEN TRIAL, SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1945 HU59545 - Object description Josef Kramer and his 43 associates from Belsen and Auschwitz concentration camps in the dock in the courtroom at Luneburg, 10 September 1945. Kramer, marked with No. 1, can be seen in the bottom left, front corner of the dock. ---- x --- x ---- Possibly the 10th September 1945 date on the above is a typo. There are other pictures e.g. from later... THE 'BELSEN TRIAL' IN LUNEBERG COURTHOUSE, GERMANY, 17 SEPTEMBER - 17 NOVEMBER 1945 HU93081 - Object description Helen Hammermasch gave evidence at the Belsen War Crimes Trial at Luneburg, Germany. THE BELSEN TRIAL, SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1945 AP281835 - Object description Major T. C. M. Winwood, Josef Kramer's Defence Council, speaking to him at the courtroom in Luneburg, 19 September 1945.
The UNWCC report a few days later ( 5/10/1945) is downloadable from the ICC website: ICC Legal Tools The Law Report volume is downloadable from the Library of Congress ( about 7 MB ): https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/llmlp/Law-Reports_Vol-2/Law-Reports_Vol-2.pdf