The sentence of six years and three months in jail which the court in South Africa has imposed upon Inch, Nazi leader there, for forging documents defaming the Jewish race, will perhaps serve as a precedent for the court in Berne when the trial on the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” resumes.
In South Africa, as in the countries of Europe and America, the Nazis have tried their hand at spreading the “Protocols” in order to provoke stronger anti-Semitic feelings there. Under the leadership of Herr Inch, they invented a document which like the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” purported to be an account of an alleged Jewish plot to capture control of the world.
It seems, however, that this time their job was not done as perfectly as the Nazis in Germany would wish. The Jewish leaders in South Africa brought the case to court and accused the Nazi leaders of forgery. The forgery was established by the court and the Nazi leader in South Africa will now suffer the consequences in jail.
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