Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)

This is Volume II of the Warren Commission Hearings: the official transcript of testimony presented to the investigative body tasked with determining what happened to President John F. Kennedy. Far from a polished report, this is the raw material of history: sworn testimony, probing questions, and witness recollections in their unfiltered complexity. This volume opens with James Herbert Martin's deposition, offering a intimate portrait of Marina Oswald in the aftermath of the assassination. The dialogue reveals how the American press constructed a narrative around the young widow, often at odds with the person Martin actually knew. We see a government at work, attempting to reconstruct the days before, during, and after November 22, 1963, through the fragmentary and sometimes contradictory accounts of those who were there. For anyone seeking to understand not just what the Commission concluded, but how it pieced together the truth from living witnesses, these hearings remain an indispensable primary source. This is history as it was recorded, in real time, by the people who lived it.