Norman Cohn, "Warrant for Genocide: the Myth of the Jewish World-
Conspiracy
and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Standard work on the Protocols.
Protocols of the Elders of Zion
<URL: http://www.sullivan-county.com/identity/protocols.htm >
From SkepDic.com
"The only statement I care to make about the Protocols is that they fit in
with what is going on. They are sixteen years old, and they have fitted the
world situation up to this time. They fit it now." --Henry Ford, 2-17-21,
whose newspaper, the Dearborn Independent, cited the Protocols as evidence
of an alleged Jewish threat until at least 1927
"To what extent the whole existence of this people is based on a continuous
lie is shown incomparably by the Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion...." --
Adolph Hitler, Mein Kampf
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a forgery made in Russia for the
Okhrana (secret police), which blames the Jews for the country's ills. It
was first privately printed in 1897 and was made public in 1905. It is
copied from a nineteenth century novel (Biarritz, 1868) and claims that a
secret Jewish cabal is plotting to take over the world.
The basic story was composed by a German novelist and anti-Semite named
Hermann Goedsche who used the pseudonym of Sir John Retcliffe. Goedsche
stole the main story from another writer, Maurice Joly, whose "Dialogues in
Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu" (1864) involved a Hellish plot
aimed at opposing Napoleon III. Goedsche's original contribution consists
mainly of introducing Jews to do the plotting to take over the world.
The Russians used big chunks of a Russian translation of Goedsche's novel,
published it separately as the Protocols, and claimed they were authentic.
Their purpose was political: to strengthen the czar Nicholas II's position
by exposing his opponents as allies with those who were part of a massive
conspiracy to take over the world. Thus, the Protocols are a forgery of a
plagiarized fiction.
The Protocols were exposed as a forgery in 1921 by Philip Grave, a
correspondent for the London Times; by Herman Bernstein in The Truth About
"The Protocols of Zion": A Complete Exposure, reprinted with introduction
by Norman Cohn (Ktav Publishing House, New York,1971); and Lucien Wolf in
The Jewish Bogey and the Forged Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion
(London : Press Committee of the Jewish Board of Deputies,1920).
The Protocols were published in a Michigan newspaper owned by Henry Ford.
Even after they were exposed as a forgery, Ford's paper continued to cite
the document. Adolf Hitler later used the Protocols to help justify his
attempt to exterminate Jews during World War II.
The Protocols hoax continues to fool people and is still cited by certain
individuals and groups as the cause of all their woes.
further reading
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Bronner, Stephen Eric. A Rumor About the Jews : Reflections on Antisemitism
and the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion (St Martins Press, 2000)
Cohn, Norman Rufus Colin. Warrant for Genocide; the Myth of the Jewish
World-conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (New York: Harper
& Row, 1967).
Goldberg, Isaac. The so-called "Protocols of the Elders of Zion"; a
Definitive Exposure of One of the Most Malicious Lies in History (Girard,
Kansas, Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1936).
Segel, B. W. A Lie and a Libel: the History of the Protocols of the Elders
of Zion, Richard S. Levy, translator & editor, (Lincoln, NE : University of
Nebraska Press, 1995).
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary.
Protocols of the Elders of Zion; a fabricated "historic" document; a report
prepared by the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the
Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws ... Washington, U.S.
Govt. Print. Off., 1964.
Wolf, Lucien. The Myth of the Jewish Menace in World Affairs; or, The Truth
About the Forged Protocols of the Elders of Zion (New York, The Macmillan
company, 1921).
©copyright 1999
Robert Todd Carroll
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 03:27:02 -0400, llevitt <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> It is hard for me to believe that a presumably intelligent and otherwise
> well-informed person (evidence: being on the Chomsky list) could ask
> such questions. It is well known and well-established that the Protocols
> are a forgery that after many years of having been totally discredited,
> are once again in circulation due to the resurgence of antisemitism. What
> I find most amazing and disturbing is the question you pose,
> "[D]oes any of our current events give credence to that work?" The
> implication is the rubric of the most virulent antisemites, those who
> even deny the Holocaust, that a tiny minority of neo-con Jews whose views
> happen to coincide with those of the present administration, somehow
> contrive and control the behavior of the power brokers and military of
> the U.S. It is ludicrous to even contemplate such a monstrous notion. I
> trust others (hopefully, Chomsky himself) will give you the details; if
> no one else comes forward within the next few days, I will.
>
> Leon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: F. Leon Wilson
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:17 PM
> Subject: [CHOMSKY] The Protocols of Zion
>
>
> CHOMSKY Forum Members:
>
> What is the history of The Protocols of Zion?
>
> I have a copy of The Protocols of Zion and in view of recent wars/events
> and
> disclosure regarding Israel, Jews and Anti-Jews; it has generated many
> questions regarding Judaism and "The Protocols of Zion."
>
> What is the history of The Protocols of Zion and does any of our current
> events give credence to that work?
>
> F. Leon
>
--
Michael Pugliese
"Without knowing that we knew nothing, we went on talking without listening
to each other. Sometimes we flattered and praised each other, understanding
that we would be flattered and praised in return. Other times we abused and
shouted at each other, as if we were in a madhouse."
-Tolstoy
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