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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 : Official Documentation, Letter, Book, Article, Research Literature, Film, Research Article

Language : Italian, French, English, German

Protocol of the David Frankfurter Trial held in the Graubunden Canton Courthouse in Chur, 9-10 December 1936

Protocol of the David Frankfurter Trial held in the Graubunden Canton Courthouse in Chur, 9-10 December 1936 Pages 2-3: Table of Contents including details of the protocols for the four days of court sessions; on the third and fourth days, which are missing from the file, the defense speech was heard, and at the end of the last day, the plea of another lawyer for the civil suit was heard, as well as final arguments of the prosecution, the defense and the defendant; the numbers of the pages that appear in the Table of Contents are not the same as the numbers of the pages in the file; Pages 4-26: Speech...

File Number : 3

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Protocol, Medical Documentation

Language : German

Official documentation from the Graubunden Canton Court regarding David Frankfurter, including his interrogation and the preparations for his trial, 1936

Official documentation from the Graubunden Canton Court regarding David Frankfurter, including his interrogation and the preparations for his trial, 1936 Documents from the Graubunden Canton Court regarding the assassination of Wilhelm Gustloff, NSDAP Landesgruppenleiter Schweiz (head of the Nazi party in Switzerland) in his home in Davos by David Frankfurter, a Jewish Yugoslavian medical student in Berne, 04 February 1936; family background of David Frankfurter; planning the assassination including the desire to commit suicide which was not implemented after the assassination; carrying out the...

File Number : 2

Type of Material : Testimony, Medical Documentation, Curriculum Vitae (cv), Legal Documentation, Letter, Journal, Indictment, Article, Investigation Report, Survey Report, Caricatures, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Fritz Tau, born in Beuthen, Germany, 1903, regarding the deteriorating political and economical situation of the Jews in Upper Silesia before, during and after the Geneva Convention

Testimony of Fritz Tau, born in Beuthen, Germany, 1903, regarding the deteriorating political and economical situation of the Jews in Upper Silesia before, during and after the Geneva Convention - Description of antisemitism in Upper Silesia before the Nazi rise to power; founding of the Oberschlesische jüdische Selbstwehr (Upper Silesian Jewish Defense League ); appearance of Hitler in the Oberlandesgericht (Higher Regional Appeal Court) in Beuthen during a trial against a Nazi facing murder charges (the so called Potemkin Trial); indifference of the local and provincial police forces to antisemitic...

File Number : 210

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Memoirs of Mary Agrafiotou, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1930, regarding the experiences of her family in Thessaloniki during the war

"Mary Agrafiotou in Thessaloniki": Memoirs of Mary Agrafiotou, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1930, regarding the experiences of her family in Thessaloniki during the war, submitted to the WW2 People's War website by Sam Bailey, 18 September 2005 - Her parents and sister Elpida in Thessaloniki, Greece; Italian invansion of Greece, 28 October 1940; Greek Army advanced against the Italians; her father returned from front because of his bad heart condition. - German invasion of Greece, 6 April 1941; help from the Brittish Army; German victory; requisition of buildings in Thessaloniki; persecution of the Jews,...

File Number : 9234

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English