Georges Brunschvig
Georges Brunschvig (born February 21, 1908 in Bern ; died October 14, 1973 there ; legal resident in Chevroux ) was a Swiss lawyer .
Life / criminal defense
He attended high school in Bern and studied law at the Universities of Bern and Dijon and made the patent as Bernese advocate . In 1935 he married Odette Wyler (1916-2017).
As a criminal defense lawyer, he worked in the Bern Trial (1933–1937) and in the cases of David Frankfurter , Maria Popescu (1946–1955), Max Ulrich (1957) and Mordechai Rachamim (1969).
From 1940 to 1948 Brunschvig was President of the Jewish Community of Bern , and from 1946 until his death he was President of the Swiss Association of Israelites .
Brunschvig campaigned publicly for human rights issues, against anti-Semitism and racism and for refugees.
Offices
- President of the Jewish Community of Bern 1940–1948
- President of the Swiss Association of Israelites 1946–1973
- Member of the Federal Commission for the War-Damaged Swiss Abroad
- Justice officer with the rank of captain in the Swiss Army
Fonts
- The collective defamation. Polygraphischer Verlag, Zurich 1937.
- with Emil Raas : Destroying a forgery. The trial of the invented "Elders of Zion". Publishing house “Die Gestaltung”, Zurich 1938.
literature
- Urs Lüthi: The Myth of the World Conspiracy. The agitation of the Swiss frontists against Jews and Freemasons - using the example of the Bern trial of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion". Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1992, ISBN 3-7190-1197-6 (dissertation, University of Bern).
- Israelitisches Wochenblatt . 1993, No. 39.
- Jacques Picard : Brunschvig, Georges. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 14, 2003 .
- Hannah Einhaus: For justice and dignity. Georges Brunschvig. Jewish democrat, lawyer from Bern, Swiss patriot (1908–1973). Chronos, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-0340-1324-6 .
- Michael Hagemeister : The "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" in court. The Bern Trial 1933–1937 and the “Anti-Semitic International”. Chronos, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-0340-1385-7 .
Web links
- Publications by and about Georges Brunschvig in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Georges Brunschvig in the catalog of the German National Library
- Estate in the archive for contemporary history
Individual evidence
- ↑ Odette Brunschvig-Wyler , obituary notice, Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 19, 2017, accessed on January 8, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brunschvig, Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1973 |
| Place of death | Bern |