Georges Brunschvig papers Nachlass Dr. iur. Georges Brunschvig (1908-1973)
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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 Tria" (Zionistenprozess) trial relating to the"Protocols of the Wise Men of Zio").
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Georges Brunschvig papers
Nachlass Dr. iur. Georges Brunschvig (1908-1973)
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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 Zio" (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-Ehrverletzun" (The collective injustice), Zurich (1937)-Prize work to the Swiss lawyers association, and a manuscript:"Vier Tage-Ein Lebe" (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)).
Copyright Holder: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
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.