Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Booklet about the Forgery of the" Protocols of the Elderly of Zion" - Basel, 1933
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Confrontation der "Geheimnisse der Weisen von Zion". ("Die Zionistischen Protokolle") mit ihrer Quelle "Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu", Der Nachweis der Falschung. [Confrontation between the Protocols of the Elderly of Zion with the origin - Dialogues in hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu; proof of forgery]. [Published by Rechtsschutzabteilung des Schweizerischen Israelitischen Gemeindebundes]. [Basel, 1933]. German.
A composition proving that the "Protocols of the Elderly of Zion" are a forgery, comparing three texts - a German version of the "Protocols" titled "Secrets of the Elderly of Zion" (die Geheimnisse der Weisen von Zion) by Ludwig Mueller; "The Zionist Protocols" (Die Zionistischen Protokolle) by Theodor Fritsch (1852-1933), politician, member of "The German Anti-Semitic People's Party", a leading anti-Semitic ideologue in Germany; the book "Dialogues in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu", by Maurice Joly, published in Brussels in 1864 criticizing napoleon's regime (dialogues composed for this book served at a later stage as a base for the "Protocols of the Elderly of Zion").
In 1933 the "Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities" sued the "Bund Nationalsozialistischer Eidgenossen" (Swiss National-Socialist Front) for distributing the "Protocols of the Elderly of Zion" in one of the movement's conventions. In 1934 the "Berne Trial" started and many evidences were gathered about the sources of the protocols and their uses (one of the first witnesses on behalf of the prosecution was Chaim Weizmann). In 1935, the court in Switzerland determined that the protocols are a forgery. This booklet was printed towards the Berne Trial or a similar trial held at the same time in Basel. 44 pp, 31 cm. Good condition. Folding mark in the center of the booklet. Torn cover, detached.
A composition proving that the "Protocols of the Elderly of Zion" are a forgery, comparing three texts - a German version of the "Protocols" titled "Secrets of the Elderly of Zion" (die Geheimnisse der Weisen von Zion) by Ludwig Mueller; "The Zionist Protocols" (Die Zionistischen Protokolle) by Theodor Fritsch (1852-1933), politician, member of "The German Anti-Semitic People's Party", a leading anti-Semitic ideologue in Germany; the book "Dialogues in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu", by Maurice Joly, published in Brussels in 1864 criticizing napoleon's regime (dialogues composed for this book served at a later stage as a base for the "Protocols of the Elderly of Zion").
In 1933 the "Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities" sued the "Bund Nationalsozialistischer Eidgenossen" (Swiss National-Socialist Front) for distributing the "Protocols of the Elderly of Zion" in one of the movement's conventions. In 1934 the "Berne Trial" started and many evidences were gathered about the sources of the protocols and their uses (one of the first witnesses on behalf of the prosecution was Chaim Weizmann). In 1935, the court in Switzerland determined that the protocols are a forgery. This booklet was printed towards the Berne Trial or a similar trial held at the same time in Basel. 44 pp, 31 cm. Good condition. Folding mark in the center of the booklet. Torn cover, detached.
Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita, Jewish Brigade
Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita, Jewish Brigade