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Electronic text and image data Jerusalem Yad Vashem 2015
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Copies of pictures regarding the Bern trial; from the Hadassa Ben Itto collection
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The file contains an edition of the newspaper Berner Tagbatt published in May 1935. The edition is entitles as 'Das Urteil' and informs about the verdict of the the court, concerning the Protocols of the wise man of Zion. Eventually, the defendants Theodor Fischer and Silvio Schnell were sentenced by judge Walter Meyer in his verdict. The penalty was a quite symbolic fine: Fr. 50 (Fischer) and Fr. 20 (Schnell). However, the defendants found guilty would have to pay a larger sum of the costs of the trial and some of the costs of the plaintiffs. Commenting on his verdict in the court, judge Walter Meyer said he was convinced by his evaluation of the testimonies of the witnesses and the statements of the experts that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion are a forgery and"Schundliteratu" that might instigate crimes by agitation against a minority.
Berner Tagblatt- Das Urteil im Prozess um die 'Zionistischen Protokolle'