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- SummaryThis material shows pictures of the trial against Erich Mielke. In the first part, photographs of the crowd in front of and in the courtroom are shown. A lawyer also comments on what would happen if Mielke were released for health reasons. The second volume shows recordings in the Berlin Regional Court after the conviction of Erich Mielke. A lawyer speaks on the sentence and the proceedings. In addition, various statements by Mielke's public defender, Hubert Dreyling, can be seen, which, among other things, expresses an opinion on the further course of action, the use of CVs, further lawsuits against Mielke and Mielke's reaction to the judgement. In the last part, the daughter of one of the murder victims has her say and makes a statement on the verdict. In addition, outdoor shots of the Berlin Regional Court will be shown.
- ShotlistC1/2739: Court corridor Regional court Berlin; men talking on the court corridor; people waiting in front of courtroom 700; various attitudes of those waiting; public prosecutors in conversation; trial participants making their way through the waiting crowd in front of the courtroom; crowds in front of the courtroom door; crowds entering the courtroom; courtroom, inside; people entering the courtroom; lawyer in interview; Lawyer OT on the question of what will happen if Mielke is released for health reasons: "Then he will come to me and then he will feel very bad/then the other procedure will continue 'government crime' and then he will have to dress warmly"; Lawyer OT to constitutional judge: "Constitutional judges are also all in the game / colleague from West Germany has reported the doctors / I have leaked with and the next are the prosecutors and the judges". C1/2740: View through door into courtroom; people leave courtroom; interview with Hubert Dreyling (from behind); Lawyer OT on the verdict: "I am glad that the proceedings are over/ will be examined in detail/ will see if we appeal, but we have to consider that in detail"; Lawyer OT on the question of whether the sentence of six years is too low: "We check the/age is taken into account in the check." Attorney OT on the question of which points he will pay particular attention to when reviewing the judgment: "Certainly will review the judgment with regard to the severity of the sentence."; Attorney OT on the grounds of the judgment: "Reason essentially corresponds to our reasoning." Attorney OT to the files, which could not be used: "The chairman explained the reasons to them in detail explicitly; Attorney OT on Broll's testimony: "Broll's statements we were convinced of that from the beginning / statements were usable / are usable / Broll was our main witness / court saw it the same / resumes were with Broll's statement, then the other evidence, suitable to convict Mielke."; Lawyer OT on the personal evaluation of the judgment: "I would say that the rule of law has triumphed." Hubert Dreyling OT to Mielke: "Lack of understanding / he is certainly disappointed/ will have a conversation with him in private in the next few days"; Dreyling OT on the expectations: "Are optimistic that we will be heard at the Federal Court of Justice with our legal arguments and that the judgement will be overturned / you should wait and see what the state constitutional court will do in the Mielke case / possibly a decision will be issued here soon and we want to see how the local state constitutional court sees this case"; Dreyling OT on the procedure: "Appealing and lodging a complaint / Reasoning would now go beyond the scope / Fullness of extremely difficult legal issues pending / Statute of limitations, usability of evidence / I am basically already very disappointed and shocked that this court did not shy away from taking into account the investigation results obtained in 1934 in an allegedly constitutional proceeding / I consider scandalous today"; Dreyling OT on the use of CVs: "Is there another complex/ is there any evidence within the scope of the judiciary's assessment of evidence/ are there any evidence that would have been obtained during the Nazi era/ don't want to comment on it in detail/ in my eyes this one sentence `One comrade and I didn't do the Bülowplatz thing` is not enough to base a judgement on it`? Dreyling OT on the sentence: "Unique sentence / absurd sentence that adequately documents the questionability of this entire trial and also the uncertainty of this court."; Dreyling OT on further processes: "I am only aware of individual processes from the Nazi era..."; Dreyling OT on Mielke's reaction to the verdict: "With equanimity/ with the sentence Mr. Mielke, as grotesque as it sounds, can live very well/ has served almost four years in jail/ he would, like any first-time prisoner, receive a so-called 2/3 delay/ would have had to be spared imprisonment/ is not about the sentence today"; Dreyling OT on the question why Mielke didn't contribute to the Enlightenment on his own: "His personal decision/ they have to see his political conviction/ he is in enemy hands in his opinion/ he also has his own pride"; Dreyling OT on the question of what to do next: "Question that I cannot answer at all/ as far as our proceedings are concerned, I will appeal, lodge a complaint/ what the judiciary is up to in view of this basically moderate sentence of six years/ question I cannot answer/ against Mielke there are other proceedings on ice/ two smaller and the big wall-shooter proceedings that have been severed/ don't know what the judiciary is up to/ wait and see"; Dreyling OT on the question in which role Mielke sees himself: "Surely sees himself as a political victim/ as an exponent of the GDR state wrongly taken to court/ that is his position"; court corridor with journalists; outside; Mrs. OT on the verdict: "I can only say that I am very satisfied with the judgement, because that is something that goes back so many years and must be glad that I, as a daughter, was once again able to offer my father a certain justice / he was backstabbed and insidiously murdered / I was 11 years old / can't forget this day / am therefore glad, that the rule of law made it possible at all to tackle this matter once again/ to shed some light on the matter/ to condemn the murderer/ very difficult to take action against such a man/ man who started murdering at the age of 23 and until his arrest, in principle, a human life did not apply to him at all."; Berlin Regional Court, exterior; Berlin Regional Court T; Windows; Puller on facade; Zoom on window of court building; Puller on facade
- TagsBerlin; Berlin Regional Court; Justice; Court; Trial; Trial; Procedure; Hall 700; Courtroom; State Security (Stasi); Ministry of State Security (MfS); State Security (Person); Minister for State Security; Man; Minister (GDR); Politician (GDR); German Democratic Republic (GDR); Defender of Crime; Criticism; Murder; Police Murder; Curriculum Vitae; Government Crime; Punishment; German; Federal Republic of Germany (FRG); Offender; Offence; Judgement; Trial; Trial; Trial; Trial; Hall 700
- Decade1990
- Production Year1993
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- Actors
- PersonalitiesErich Mielke, Hubert Dreyling
- Director
- Producer
- Camera Geißler
- Original Clip IdentifierQ6UJ9A00A9RK
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