Jonak von Freyenwald: Papers re the trial of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Extent and Medium
3 folders
Creator(s)
- Welt-Dienst
Biographical History
Jonak von Freyenwald, born 1878 in Vienna; held various civil service posts until retirement in 1922. He worked for the Anti-semitic organisation Weltdienst between 1934 and 1940 in Erfurt, then Frankfurt. Between 1934 and 1937 he worked as an academic assistant for the Swiss defendants and their lawyers in the Bern trial of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
The original order has been retained.
Archival History
Jonak von Freyenwald, born 1878 in Vienna; held various civil service posts until retirement in 1922. He worked for the Anti-semitic organisation Weltdienst between 1934 and 1940 in Erfurt, then Frankfurt. Between 1934 and 1937 he worked as an academic assistant for the Swiss defendants and their lawyers in the Bern trial of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
The original order has been retained.
Scope and Content
This collection of correspondence and papers relates to the infamous Bern trial of the distributors of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, in particular to the appeal, which took place between 27 October and 1 November 1937, in which the original verdict, convicting the distributors of falsification and plagiarism, was overturned on a legal technicality, although the appellants were not compensated.
Conditions Governing Access
Open
People
- Freyenwald, Hans Jonak von
Subjects
- Protocols of the Elders of Zion
- Documents