routine. this is how it was arranged. and my task in this was just a tiny particle in this. i am not beating about the bush. i was in hungary, also one of those receiving orders and not giving orders. [ speaking foreign language ] translator: he lied through and through. he was acting. he was acting all the time. september, 1939, the accused committed acts of expelling, uprooting, and exterminating the population in coordination with reporter: finally in december, 1961, the trial was over, and the verdict was in. the court found eichmann guilty and sentenced him to death. here was a man who was appointed to be chain charge of causing the carrying out of the murder of millions of people. so if any person deserved it, it
and in comparison to eichmann in his ss uniform, this ubermoench, i couldn t believe that it was the person responsible for the death of my parents. but when he opened his mouth, i cannot forget this. when he opened his mouth, i saw the doors of the crematorium open. after months of the prosecution presenting its case, eichmann finally took the stand in his own defense. under cross-examination, despite being confronted with documents that showed his direct involvement, eichmann repeatedly claimed he was just following orders. i am not beating about the bush. i was also one of those receiving orders and not giving orders. he lied through and through. he was acting, he was acting all the time. september 1939, the accused
eichmann repeatedly claimed he was just following orders. translator: i did not give these orders. whether the people should be taken to their death or not. this was the administrative routine. this is how it was arranged. and my task in this was just a tiny particle in this. translator: i am not beating about the bush. i was in hungary, one of those receiving orders, not giving orders. he lied through and through. he was acting. he was acting all the time. september 1939, the accused committed acts of expelling, uprooting, and exterminating the population in coordination with finally in december 1961, the trial was over and the verdict was in. the court found eichmann guilty and sentenced him to death.
do with internal political dynamics, but could you talk about those two men, who are now seen as these polar opposites. but, in fact, i think were rather personally close. yes, it s quite right to say that they became close, but they never were at all close, despite having been politicians who worked together in cabinets and the house of commons for about 20 years before the outbreak of the second world war. but when war breaks out in september 1939 and churchill was invited finally to join the government, he is incredibly loyal to neville chamberlin. all of the doubts that this great personality couldn t be loyal and couldn t hold any position but the top position evaporate. and he shows himself to be a very trusted colleague. he doesn t agree with chamberlin on all elements of strategy. he wants to go in and mind the waters around norway to stop the shipment of iron ore to germany and the failure to do that leads to the german invasion of norway in early 1940. but the two men do be