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About Henryk Baran
- Henryk Baran is a scholar, author, and professor currently at the State University of New York, Albany (SUNY) holding a position in the Department of Languages, Literature & Culture.
- He is particularly versed in the Russian language and culture.
- He is also an authority on the 'career' of Protocols of Zion in the former Russian Empire. Prof.
- Baran received his B.S.
- in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967.
- He received his M.A.
- in Slavic languages and Literature from Harvard University in 1969, and his Ph.D.
- in 1976. Of particular interest to historians of the notorious Protocols of Zion is Prof.
- Baran?s presentation of his research on two individuals, Sergei Svatikov (1880–1942), and Alexandre du Chayla (1885–1945).
- The former was a historian, and a political figure.
- The latter was a French nobleman who converted to Russian Orthodoxy.
- Both played significant roles, on the side of the prosecution against the Protocols, at the Berne Trial of 1935.
- Until this presentation, not much was known about these individuals apart from their public participation at said trial.
- Prof.
- Baran made his presentation (in a paper) based on Western and Russian archival repositories.
- His paper presents new light on the relationship among Svatikov, Du Chayla, and on other individuals who either presented evidence or testified at the Berne Trial.
- Other individuals considered include Elias Tscherikower, a historian, and Vladimir Burtsev, a journalist and a political figure.
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