On page 142 of his testimony Dr. Simons introduced a list of names, which he said was widely circulated in Petrograd in August, 1917, giving the real names and the Jewish names of the most important Bolshevist leaders. This list is as follows:
| Real name | ||
|---|---|---|
| “1. | Chernoff | Von Gutmann |
| 2. | Trotzky | Bronstein |
| 3. | Martoff | Zederbaum |
| 4. | Kamkoff | Katz |
| 5. | Meshkoff | Goldenberg |
| 6. | Zagorsky | Krochmal |
| 7. | Suchanoff | Gimmer |
| 8. | Dan | Gurvitch |
| 9. | Parvuss | Geldfand |
| 10. | Kradek | Sabelson |
| 11. | Zinovyeff | Apfelbaum |
| 12. | Stekloff | Nachamkes |
| 13. | Larin | Lurye |
| 14. | Ryazanoff | Goldenbach |
| 15. | Bogdanoff | Josse |
| 16. | Goryeff | Goldmann |
| 17. | Zwezdin | Wanstein |
| 18. | Lieber | Goldman |
| 19. | Ganezky | Fürstenberg |
| 20. | Roshal | Solomon” |
Dr. Simons also testified that when the Bolsheviki came into power the Yiddish language at once became predominant in official proclamations and posters. He says:
“I might mention this, that when the Bolsheviki came into power, all over Petrograd we at once had a predominance of Yiddish proclamations, big posters, and everything in Yiddish. It became very evident that now that was to be one of the great languages of Russia; and the real Russians, of course, did not take very kindly to it.”
On page 135 Dr. Simons states:
“Trotzky is a Jew. His real name is Leon Bronstein.”[10]
Testimony of Mr. William Chapin Huntington
Mr. Huntington was Commercial Attaché of the United States Embassy at Petrograd from June, 1916, until September, 1918. He was in Petrograd at the outbreak of the Bolshevist coup d’état in November, 1917, and remained there until February, 1918, when he was sent on a mission to Siberia by Ambassador Francis. When he returned to Russia he remained in Moscow from May, 1918, until August 26, 1918. He states on page 47:
“The Bolsheviks are internationalists, and they were not interested in the particular national ideals of Russia.”