The Eichmann Trial: Session 6 (subtitled)

To enable English subtitles, press the ‘CC’ button at the bottom of the video. For auto-generated subtitles in any other language, click the ‘gear’ icon at the bottom of the video, select ’Subtitles/CC’ and then ‘Auto-Translate’. For more information on the trial of Adolf Eichmann and this project, please see the description on the @TheEichmannTrial channel page or visit www.eichmanntrial.com. For more information about this session of the trial and links to notable moments in the video, read below. SESSION 6 of the trial of Adolf Eichmann took place in the morning of Monday, April 17, 1961. In this session, the judges render their decision on the preliminary objections of the defense. Eichmann is then asked enter pleas on all 15 counts of the indictment, pleading not guilty ‘in the sense of the indictment’ to each. Prosecuting Attorney General Gideon Hausner then begins his opening statement with the famous line “When I stand before you here…I am not standing alone. With me are six million accusers.” His opening statement continues through the end of this session, and on into Sessions 7 and 8. Philosopher Hannah Arendt, who controversially coined the term ‘banality of evil’ when describing the Eichmann trial, can be seen briefly in the audience (see below). The vast majority of the footage from SESSION 6 survives. Only a few very short sections are missing, including the last couple of minutes. However, a large portion of the session from roughly 2:06:13 to the end has severely degraded audio that is very difficult to hear. You may use the subtitles to follow this portion of the trial. One small section survives only via an audio recording. For a transcript of SESSION 6 including portions missing from the footage, visit: https://www.eichmanntrial.com/session6 NOTABLE MOMENTS: 00:00:00 - Court not in session 00:06:30 - Eichmann enters 00:08:26 - Session 6 begins 00:09:03 - Decision on the Preliminary Objections of Defense Counsel 00:18:58 - Eichmann Pleads Not Guilty 00:30:06 - Decision on Recording of Attorney General’s Opening Statement 00:30:31 - Attorney General’s Opening Statement: ‘Introduction’ 00:45:07 - Hausner on the impossibility of understanding the Holocaust’s true cause 00:54:41 - Hausner quotes from ‘Mein Kampf’ 01:30:02 - ‘The SS, The SD and The Gestapo’ 01:37:51 - Hausner places Eichmann in the SS hierarchy 02:04:40 - Recess 02:13:02 - Hausner discusses Eichmann’s background 02:43:05 - ‘The Final Solution of the Jewish Problem’ 02:44:54 - Hausner outlines the evolution of the Final Solution 02:49:04 - Hausner discusses the case of Herschel Grynszpan 03:47:00 & 3:47:45- Philosopher Hannah Arendt can be seen in the audience 03:49:36 - Court adjourns