U.S. museum exhibit focuses on anti-Semitic 'Protocols'

[Behind the Aegis]

WASHINGTON - A century-old forgery used to justify ill-treatment of Jews in Czarist Russia and widely circulated by the Nazis is distributed even today in many languages to stoke hatred of Israel, says an exhibit at the U.S. Holocaust Museum.

Colorfully bound editions of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" have appeared recently in Mexico and in Japan, where there are few Jews, says exhibit historian Daniel Greene. High-school texts in Syria, Lebanon and schools run by the Palestinian Authority use the book as history, he says.

Its 24 chapters profess to record discussions by Jewish leaders of plans to take over the world. Historians have traced parallels in the text to a 19th-century French book, directed against supporters of Emperor Napoleon III, which does not mention Jews.

"The Internet has about 500,000 sites where the book is discussed - about half and half for and against," Greene estimated.


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[shenmue]

1. People need to learn

It's a forgery and it's about time people got a thorough education about it.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. I agree...but...

...most don't really give a shit! The "nasty Jews" are out to take over the world! :sarcasm:

Our biggest "problem" are those who 'cry' that "you cannot criticize Israel because I'll be called an anti-Semite" crowd, despite their love of using obvious Jew-haters as sources (or the ones that dispute the meaning of the word "anti-Semite" as if it magically changed meaning because of their superior intellect :eyes:). Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place!

[salin]

3. I cry for humanity...

what is wrong with us humans? Hate! Fear! Hate! Fear! And human tragedies follow. Through out time - we never learn.

[ninkasi]

4. I thought that particular work of venom

had been discredited long ago. It's a shame that people will let themselves be taken in by vile writings designed to do nothing but whip up anger and fear. We certainly do not lack for problems today, and hardly need lies to add to the flames of hatred.

[PatGund]

5. Hmmmm

Wonder if the Museum touches on Henry Ford's support for the "Protocols"??

[atreides1]

6. I'll let you

I work at the USHMM, I can go to the exhibit and check and get back to you. But it'll have to wait until tomorrow, I wasn't feeling well enough to go into work today, stomach flu, so I'm home.