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SESSION XXII
ABOUT THIS SESSION
SESSION 22 of the trial of Adolf Eichmann took place in the afternoon of Monday, May 1, 1961. It begins with Attorney General Gideon Hausner submitting documents into evidence, after which Leon Weliczker Wells testifies about his deportation from Lvov and life in the Janowska concentration camp.
About half-an-hour of footage, comprising two sections of Wells’s testimony, remains from SESSION 22.
NOTABLE MOMENTS
00:00 - Testimony of Leon Weliczker Wells
04:45 - Presiding Judge humorously scolds Hausner for his long-winded opening questions
11:24 - Wells describes a near-death experience and his escape from the camp
TRANSCRIPT
Material highlighted green survives in video form.
Material highlighted pink has been lost.
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