Leipzig Trial

Leipzig Trial

The Leipzig Trial, also known as the Reichstag Fire Trial, involved three Bulgarian men: Georgi Dimitrov, Vasil Tanev and Blagoi Popov. The purpose of the trial was for Nazi Germany to determine that the Reichstag fire was a result of Comintern, an international communist organization.

References

*http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/proc/03-18-46.htm
*http://www.seftondelmer.co.uk/reichstag-fire.htm


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