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The Protocols is entirely a work of fiction, intentionally written to blame Jews for a variety of ills. Those who distribute it claim that it documents a Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world. The conspiracy and its alleged leaders, the so-called Elders of Zion, never existed.
In 1921, a London
Times article provided proof exposing
the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as fraudulent. The most widely distributed antisemitic publication of modern times, the
Protocols falsely purports to be the record of secret meetings of Jewish leaders who were plotting to take over the world. The text has been repeatedly discredited since, but continues to circulate today.
During the 1920s and 1930s,
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion played an important part in the Nazis' propaganda arsenal. The Nazi party published at least 23 editions of the
Protocols between 1919 and 1939. Following the Nazis' seizure of power in 1933, some schools used the
Protocols to indoctrinate students.
In 1935, a Swiss court fined two Nazi leaders for circulating a German-language edition of the
Protocols in Berne, Switzerland. The presiding justice at the trial declared the
Protocols "libelous," "obvious forgeries," and "ridiculous nonsense."
The US Senate issued a report in 1964 declaring that the
Protocols were "fabricated." The Senate called the contents of the
Protocols "gibberish" and criticized those who "peddled" the
Protocols for using the same propaganda technique as Hitler.