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Correspondence of Saly Mayer, Executive Secretary of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland (SIG) with organizations and Jewish public figures regarding David Frankfurter, 1936-1941

Correspondence of Saly Mayer, Executive Secretary of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland (SIG) with organizations and Jewish public figures regarding David Frankfurter, 1936-1941 - Sending of most of the letters from public figures, Jewish legal experts and Jewish organizations including the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Paris and the Agudas-Achim Congregation in Zurich to Saly Mayer in St. Gallen in his capacity as SIG Executive Secretary; - Letters sent by David Frankfurter's brother (pp. 37, 62-63); - Letters sent by Josef Messinger, the preacher and cantor of the Berne Congregation, a...

File Number : 15

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Articles that appeared in the Swiss press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the pardoning of David Frankfurter, 1935-1948

Articles that appeared in the Swiss press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the pardoning of David Frankfurter, 1935-1948 - Articles regarding German propaganda in Switzerland [run by] Wilhelm Gustloff and other emissaries from Germany after Gustloff's death including the sympathetic attitude of the Swiss authorities to the propaganda and to Germany (pp. 1-11), 1935; - Articles rediscussing these subjects (pp. 19, 21-25, 30-33, 90), 1944-1945; - Favoritism towards Germany shown by the Swiss authorities as expressed by non-transmission of information regarding Germans who were made to stand...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : Italian, French, German

Reports and articles from the Swiss press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1937

Reports and articles from the Swiss press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1937 - Clippings from Swiss newspapers, some of them pro-German fascist newspapers (pp. 51-52, 54, 100-101); - Clippings from Swiss newspapers written in Italian (pp. 34-37, 53); - Newspaper clippings regarding the murder, the steps taken by the authorities and the limitations placed on Nazi activities in reaction to the murder (pp. 1-21, 34-41, 53, 55-84); - Newspaper clippings regarding the period of time between the murder and the trial (pp. 22-24, 54, 85, 86-91); -...

File Number : 13

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : Italian, French, German

Newspaper articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1945-1977

Newspaper articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1945-1977 In the file there are five newspaper articles regarding the David Frankfurter Trial; the original foreign language (not Hebrew) title is appropriate for the first document only; Pages 1-4: "Politische Justiz (Political Trial)", article by Prof. Friedrich Grimm, published in the nationalist German newspaper, "Deutsche National- und Soldatenzeitung"; representation of Wilhelm Gustloff's widow in the civil law suit at the Frankfurter Trial by Grimm, 22 December 1967; Pages 5-6: "Der Fall Wilhelm...

File Number : 12

Type of Material : Photograph, Film, Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : German

Reports and reactions in the world press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1938

Reports and reactions in the world press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1938 Clippings from newspapers from Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Hungary, Argentina, England, the United States including the Yiddish press; in some there cases there are copies of the articles.

File Number : 11

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : Italian, French, English, German

Newspaper reports, radio broadcasts and articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1937

Newspaper reports, radio broadcasts and articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1937 Pages 1-7: Auszuege (excerpts) from reports in German and non-German newspapers regarding the David Frankfurter Trial sent by the Jewish Central Information Office in Amsterdam to its subscribers; the Nazi propaganda before the trial; the direction of the Nazi report during the trial; the Nazi propaganda after the conviction; the Swiss press versus the Nazi propaganda orientation; reports in the Dutch press; reports in the Danish and Swedish press; reports in the Czech press;...

File Number : 10

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : English, German, Yiddish

Correspondence of the Prediger (preacher), Josef Messinger, from Berne regarding David Frankfurter, 1936-1942

Correspondence of the Prediger (preacher), Josef Messinger, from Berne regarding David Frankfurter, 1936-1942 The letters are arranged chronologically. Page 1: Letter from the preacher, Josef Messinger, from Berne to Rabbi Frankfurter, the Chief Rabbi of Vinkovci, Yugoslavia, the father of David Frankfurter; report regarding David Frankfurter's actions, 05 February 1936; Pages 2-3: Letter from Alfons Frankfurter, brother of David Frankfurter, in Subotica to Josef Messinger regarding the legal defense for David Frankfurter, 14 February 1936; Pages 4-12: Letters from David Frankfurter in Chur to...

File Number : 9

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew, German

Newspaper articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1990

Newspaper articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1990 Four units including newspaper clippings in German regarding the Frankfurter Trial; the pages of the units have been numbered separately. Unit 1: - "Frankfurter Zeitung" reports regarding the murder, February 1936; - "Frankfurter Zeitung" reports regarding the trial, December 1936; Unit 2: - Pages 1-2- Untitled, undated article regarding the trial based on the memories of Prof. Friedrich Grimm from Germany, the expert on political criminal law, who helped the prosecution during the trial (in the...

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Newspaper, Survey Report, Article

Language : German

Discussions regarding ways of effecting the release of David Frankfurter from detention and [submitting] the request for a pardon for him, 1945

Discussions regarding ways of effecting the release of David Frankfurter from detention and [submitting] the request for a pardon for him, 1945 In the file there is material regarding the possibility of releasing David Frankfurter following his December 1936 Graubuenden Canton Court conviction for the murder of the Swiss Nazi leader Wilhelm Gustloff and his being sentenced to 18 years in prison and expulsion from Switzerland on completion of his term. Frankfurter appointed Attorney Dr. Georges Brunschvig from Berne to his defense; he was also represented by his Vormund (guardian), Attorney P....

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter, Legal Documentation

Language : German

Documents and excerpts from books regarding the David Frankfurter Trial, mainly regarding German-Swiss relations throughout the Nazi period in Germany, 1933-1991

Documents and excerpts from books regarding the David Frankfurter Trial, mainly regarding German-Swiss relations throughout the Nazi period in Germany, 1933-1991 Most of the documents are regarding German-Swiss relations during the Nazi period, and mainly regarding the German undermining of the Swiss rule; documentation of the Jewish resistance (pp. 1-33, 258-275); the origins of the Frankfurter family and their fate (pp. 211-216, 219-229); the fate of David Frankfurter after his conviction (pp. 255, 257). Pages 1-2: Title page and short summary regarding the "Stand Und Problematik Der Erforschung Des...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Book, Letter, Research Article, Film, Article, Research Literature, Official Documentation

Language : Italian, French, English, German

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