Believing in "Inner Truth": 'The protocols of the elders of Zion' in Nazi propaganda, 1933-1945
TitleBelieving in "Inner Truth": 'The protocols of the elders of Zion' in Nazi propaganda, 1933-1945
Author
Call numberS940.5318/004
Object number03469ME
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
Year of publication
2014
Dimensionspp212-229
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Volume 29, Number 2, Fall 2015 pp212-229
Description
Although most leading Nazis realized that 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' was a spurious document, they found it useful in promoting belief in the international Jewish conspiracy of which they were already convinced. It is a forgery of remarkable attraction for antisemites. Authorship and other details were irrelevant, they averred, if the book expressed 'inner truth'