Georgi Dimitrov – The Reichstag Fire Trial – 1934

'The Reichstag fire trial The second brown book of the Hitler terror. Based on material collected by the World Committee for the Relief of the Victims of German Fascism, with an introductory chapter specially written for the book by Georgi Dimitrov, a foreword by D. N. Pritt, an appendix on murder in Hitler-Germany introduced by Lion Feuchtwanger.'Anti-nazi boek, in Engeland uitgegeven in 1934. Eerste druk.interessant: Provenance 'Communist Party Library & Archive' met hun ownership op het schutblad (zie foto).Eerste uitgave 1934- xiii, 362 pp. + publisher's pages. Met 13 platen waarop 21 afbeeldingen.Conditie: Goed. Band wel wat verkleurd. Inhoud:Foreword, IntroductionThe fight for a trial, Preparation for a trial, Dr. Goebbel's manoeuvres, Counsel for the defence, A police barracks, Torgler, Popov and Tanev, Georgi Dimitrov, Van der Lubbe, Two ministers of the Reich, 'German Justice', Dimitrov's final speech, The Leipzig judgment, The trial in the news, After the verdict, Who burnt the Reichstag, Appendix: murder in Hitler-Germany.Dimitrov rose to international prominence in the aftermath of the Reichstag fire trial. Accused of plotting the arson, he refused counsel and mounted an eloquent defence against his Nazi accusers, in particular Hermann Göring, ultimately winning acquittal. After the trial he relocated to Moscow and... lees verder bij Catawiki