The Court Is in Session

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The Court Is in Session
NR 51 min
The worlds first trial against German war criminals took place in Kharkov in December 1943 The film covers the trial of three Germans and one Russian Corporal of German Secret Field Police Reinhard Retzlaw Captain of the German Military CounterEspionage Service Wilhelm Langheld SS Obersturmbannführer Company Commander of the SD Sonderkommando Hans Ritz and collaborator assistant to SD Sonderkommando driver of the gas van Mikhail Bulanov In the presence of 40000 Kharkov citizens the criminals were hanged on the Blagoveshchensk market where the invaders themselves had previously carried out mass executions
DirectorIlya Kopalin

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Original Language:Russian