Trial Of Butcher Of Lidice (1947)

Pankrac, Czechoslovakia. The trial of the perpetrators of the Lidice massacre during the WW II begins at the Peoples Court in Pankrac. General view of the court. Various shots of the women in courtroom. CU. Dr Kozak, Chairman of the Peoples Court. CU. Dr Kotynek speaks for the prosecution. CU. Harald Wiesman, Gestapo chief of Kladno, instigator of the massacre. CU. Thomas Thomsen, Wiesman's second in command. CU. Driver Svoboda, the only Czech in the group of accused. Long shot of the court in session. Note - date found in the old record 08/04/1947. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British P