Hello historians!
My history teacher recently told a story regarding a highly ranked Soviet leader who was captured by the Nazis in an anti-communist raid in the 1930's (the nazis were oblivious to this fact), whom they were unable of convicting due to his fiery speeches in the courtroom. I was wondering of any of you perhaps recognise this story and could provide me with some external sources to read since I'm quite interested in knowing more about this occasion.
I eagerly await your responses!
They must've meant the Bulgarian Communist Georgi Dimitrov, the leader of the Comintern, and among other things the author of the most accurate definition of fascism. The case was about the accusation against the Communists of Germany for the supposed burning of the Reichstag but Dimitrov successfully defended himself, was freed and left, and that was the last public court process against Communists in the Nazi Germany. Here's something to read on the story: The diary of Georgi Dimitrov, 1933-1949. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Georgi Dimitrov, And Yet It Moves: Concluding Speech before the Leipzig Trial, Sofia: Sofia Press, 1982, pg. 15. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/dimitrov/index.htm