[Grahamstown Trial]

The attached files contain the transcript of the sixth day (17.07.1934) of the "Grahamstown Trial". This case deals with a crude forgery by Harry Victor Inch (leader in the Eastern Province of the South African Grey Shirts Movement), of the Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion and a Jewish world conspiracy. The newspaper "Die Rapport" published a document (in an Afrikaans version on 6 April and in the original English version on 13 April) allegedly stolen by Mr. Inch from the Western Road Synagogue in Port Elizabeth. This fake document includes both a rather vague and a very detailed Jewish "Plan of Attack", which appears to be a record of an address delivered by the rabbi to the members of the local Jewish community. The trial's sixth day resumed the interrogation of Ebenhaezer Fourie (who was present at the Grey Shirts meeting in Aberdeen). Additionally, Charles Petrus Mellet (an employee of the South African Railways), Jacobos Petrus Johannes Kruger (a farmer), William Henry Carter (who was present at the meeting in the Feather Market Hall on April 4th where Mr. Inch read out the document), Joseph Jacobus van Heerden (a missionary) and Henry Hamilton Beamish (adviser of Hitler regarding the Jewish Question) were interrogated by both judge T.L. Graham and judge C. Gutsche and cross-examined by the defendants. The majority of this session's time was spent on interrogating Mr. Beamish. He was asked to share his views on a Jewish World Plot and tell about his work with the Nazis.

Interrogation (1) -- Interrogation (2) -- Interrogation (3)