[Grahamstown Trial]

The attached files contain the transcript of the first day (10.07.1934) of the "Grahamstown Trial". This case deals with a crude forgery by Harry Victor Inch (leader in the Eastern Province of the South African Grey Shirts Movement), of the Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion and a Jewish world conspiracy. The newspaper "Die Rapport" published a document (in an Afrikaans version on 6 April and in the original English version on 13 April) allegedly stolen by Mr. Inch from the Western Road Synagogue in Port Elizabeth. This fake document includes both a rather vague and a very detailed Jewish "Plan of Attack", which appears to be a record of an address delivered by the rabbi to the members of the local Jewish community. At first, Abraham Levy (the minister of the Port Elizabeth Hebrew Congregation) was questioned by his lawyer Mr. Reynolds. After that, both judge C. Gutsche and judge T.L. Graham continued by interrogating Mr. Levy. Later, one of the defendants, Johannes Strauss von Moltke asked Mr. Levy to share his expertise and knowledge on Jewry, the Jewish Community in Port Elizabeth, the Synagogue and the Hebrew language.

Interrogation (1) -- Interrogation (2)