Christian Delage is a historian, filmmaker and the director of the Institut d’histoire du temps présent at the Nation Center of Research.
What happened on November 29th, 1945, at the hearing of 21 of the biggest Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg.
Christian Delage: On that day, the American prosecution screened a film as proof of the charges against the accused, a historic first. To guarantee that the film would be seen as proof, photographs of the American discovery of the concentration camps were shot by the cameramen following a precise protocol. Also, the courtroom in Nuremberg was rearranged so that the judges, for the first time, were seated side-by-side, facing the accused and giving pride of place to the screen so that the accused would be confronted with images of their crimes. This media involvement in the trial was the first of its kind.
Read the full article on the French version of L’Oeil.
EXHIBITION
Images à charge, la construction de la preuve par l’image
From June 4th to August 30, 2015
Le BAL
6, impasse de la Défense
75018 Paris
France
http://www.le-bal.fr
Exhibition is producted by Picto Lab.
EVENT
Meeting with Eyal Weizman, Les attaques de drones, à la limite du seuil de détectabilité
On July 3rd, 7pm at le BAL
Reservation : [email protected]
BOOK
Images à charge, la construction de la preuve par l’image
Éditions Xavier Barral & Le BAL
22 x 28,5 cm
240 pages
280 photographs B&W
45€
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