[Collection of information for the Bern trial]

The file contains correspondences of several people and organizations concerning Jewish life in Switzerland, the Protocols of the wise man of Zion and the Bern trial during the year of 1934. In most of the letters the topic is the preparation for the Bern trial and exchange of information. Letters from and to the Israelischen Kultusgemeinde Zuerich and from and to the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities are attached. Also correspondences from private people fighting against antisemitism and mostly connected to the Bern trial like Dr. Alfred Wiener, Oscar Meyer, David Farbstein, Saly Mayer and Jules Dreyfus-Brodsky can be seen. Information about the planning of the trial and financial matters were exchanged. Also translated correspondences between Carl Albert Loosli, A.S. Tager and Dr. Sergej Bagockij are attached. The topics in these letters are mostly the collection of information and material from the Soviet Union in order to prepare the Bern trial. Especially informations about the work and life of Sergiei Nilus and the spreading of his book (The Great within the Small and Antichrist, an Imminent Political Possibility. Notes of an Orthodox Believer). Also Telegrams asking for informations about the events in the Bern trial and handwritten letters can be seen.