September 17th, 2024
Where did it come from?
The text Protocols of the Elders of Zion essentially is the minutes of a meeting of the Elder’s of Zion which met in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s in Basel, Switzerland. There were a series of 24-27 meetings that created the Protocols of the Elders of Zion which was first printed in Russia in 1903 and then released to the public via newspaper in 1905. The Zionist movement was created and lead by Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) he also created the first Zionist Congress in August 1897. The congress met yearly until 1901 where they met every two years after that. His goal was to establish a Jewish state that he could run however he pleased, most likely dictatorship as it is frequently mentioned in the Protocols on page two saying, “…every man wants power, they’d become a dictator if they could.” He was well liked by other countries and was often involved in diplomatic policies with countries such as Germany, Russia, Ottoman Empire, and Britian. Herzl wrote numerous political pamphlets throughout his life most notible being The Jewish State which was published in 1896, the year prior to the first Zionist conference. The Jewish State spoke out against the harships and discrimination the Jewish people had to face in Europe. According to the text, Herzl states that the aristocratic class had to deal with angry mobs outside their houses, the middle classes who were salsemen were deemed to be untrustworthy, and the lower classes were doomed to ever regain status on the social ladder. After his death in 1904 the conference moved to Vienna then Cologne then finally to Berlin. Pre-World War I, the conferences were made up of a minority of Jewish people, most of which from Russia and the meetings were led by citizens from Austria and Germany. To further their movement after he died, they would create propaganda through pamphlets in hopes of spreading their cause.