Anti-Semitic Myths
Introduction
It is a classic in paranoid, racist literature. Taken by the gullible as the
confidential minutes of a Jewish conclave convened in the last years of the
nineteenth century, it has been heralded by anti-Semites as proof that Jews
are plotting to take over the world. Since its contrivance around the turn
of the century by the Russian Okhrana, or Czarist secret police, "The
Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" has taken root in bigoted,
frightened minds around the world.
The booklet’s twenty-four sections spell out the alleged secret plans of
Jewish leaders seeking to attain world domination. They represent the most
notorious political forgery of modern times. Although thoroughly
discredited, the document is still being used to stir up anti-Semitic
hatred.
Origins of the Protocols
Serge Nilus, a little-known Czarist official in Moscow, edited several
editions of the Protocols, each with a different account of how he
discovered the document. In his 1911 edition Nilus claimed that his source
had stolen the document from (a non-existent) Zionist headquarters in
France. Other "editors" of the Protocols maintained that the document was
read at the First Zionist Congress held in 1897 in Basel, Switzerland.
Note: According to reputable scholars, including Prof. Norman Cohn in his
noted book, Warrant for Genocide, the world-control myth was actually lifted
from a 19th century French political satire in which the alleged plotters
weren’t even Jewish.
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INFORMATION:
http://www.adl.org/special_reports/protocols/protocols_intro.asp
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