Georges Brunschvig papers Nachlass Dr. iur. Georges Brunschvig (1908-1973)
Extent and Medium
16,638 digital images, PDF
4 sound recordings, MP3
Creator(s)
- Georges Brunschvig
Biographical History
Georges Brunschvig (1908-1973) was a Swiss lawyer and president of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG). Internationally, he is best known for representing the plaintiff in the 1934–1935 "Berne Trial" (Zionistenprozess) trial relating to the "Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion").
Archival History
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland; Archival signature: NL Georges Brunschvig. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in March 2017.
Scope and Content
Private papers of Georges Brunschvig (1908-1973), Swiss lawyer and president of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG). The collection consists of memories, correspondence of Georges Brunschvig’s parents Selma and Henri Brunschvig (1914-1918), obituaries, diaries and brief notes (1934-1973); trial documents: Bern Trial concerning the "Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion" (1933-1935), Chur Trial against David Frankfurter (1936-1945), trial against Maria Popesco (1946-1955), trial against Max Ulrich (1957), Yosef Ben-Gal Trial (1963), El-Al-Trial (1969) against Mordechai Rachamim; papers of Georges Brunschvig as the president of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Bern; various documents (1940-1973): numerous speeches, obituaries, internal reports, minutes, newspaper excerpts, correspondence, notes; publications: "Die Kollektiv-Ehrverletzung" (The collective injustice), Zurich (1937)-Prize work to the Swiss lawyers association, and a manuscript: "Vier Tage-Ein Leben" (Four Days-A Life), 1937; papers relating to antisemitism; personal files of Emil Ludwig, Max Petitpierre, Heinrich Rothmund, and Eduard von Steiger; portraits and various recordings (Berner Prozess (1935), David Frankfurter (1945)).
System of Arrangement
Arranged in eight series: 1. Materials for biography; 2. Diary and notes; 3. Legal activities; 4. Presidency and membership off the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Bern; 5. Activities in Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund (Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities) [SIG]; 6. Manuscripts and publications; 7. Documentation; 8. Books. Notes: Empty units of digitized collection: File 190, 184, 191, 186, 188; Partially or not digitized: File 48, 135, 137, 139, 142, 144, 145, 146, 166, 168, 171, 173,175, 178, 185, 190, 192, 193.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
People
- Rachamim, Mordechai, 1946-
- Popesco, Maria, 1919-2004.
- Petitpierre, Max, 1899-1994.
- Frankfurter, David, 1909---Trials, litigation, etc.
- Rothmund, Heinrich, 1888-1961.
- Ulrich, Max.
- Ludwig, Emil, 1881-1948.
- Steiger, Eduard, 1881-1962.
- Ben-Gal, Yosef.
- Brunschvig, Georges, 1908-1973.
Corporate Bodies
- Swiss Federation of Israelite Communities (SIG)
Subjects
- Chur (Switzerland)
- Trials (Obscenity)--Switzerland--Bern--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Switzerland.
- Bern Trial, Bern, Switzerland, 1934-1935.
- Bern (Switzerland)
- Protocols of the wise men of Zion.
- Jewish lawyers--Switzerland--Biography.
- Antisemitism--Switzerland--Bern--History--20th century.
Genre
- Interviews.
- Diaries.
- Court records.
- Photographs.
- Document
- Obituaries.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence.