 The defendants were financed in their defense by Nazi agents working for the German government, including anti-Jewish activist and "Welt-Dienst" / "World-Service" / "Service Mondial" publisher Ulrich Fleischhauer, the expert appointed by the defendants.The plaintiffs, the (SIG, Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities) and the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Bern, were represented by the Bernese lawyers Hans Matti and Georges Brunschvig (helped by Emil Raas).The plaintiffs financed a larger part of the costs of the citation of witnesses and of the pay of the experts C. A. Loosli and A. Baumgarten.