Hermann Zimmer

Hermann Zimmer was an early pioneer of the Bahá'í Faith in Germany. During World War II, he traveled to Berlin to unsuccessfully lobby the Nazi government to rescind their ban of the Bahá'í Faith. Like Ruth White and other Free Bahá'ís, Hermann Zimmer believed that the Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá was a forgery, based on hand writing analysis by the criminologist C. Ainsworth Mitchell as well as the belief that nascent Bahá'í administration being formed under the auspices of Shoghi Effendi was against the teachings of `Abdu'l-Bahá. Hermann Zimmer would write a book in German in 1971, later translated into English in 1973, titled A Fraudulent Testament devalues the Bahá'í Religion into Political Shogism.

Zimmer, Hermann (January 1, 1973). A Fraudulent Testament Devalues the Bahai Religion into Political Shoghism. World Union for Universal Religion and Universal Peace.