A strange and repugnant mystery of the twentieth century is the durability of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion; a clumsy forgery purporting to be evidence of the supposed Jewish plot to rule the world. Though it has been exposed as a forgery; some apprentice brownshirt is always rediscovering it; the latest in a line of gullibility that includes; most famously; Henry Ford. Recently it has been translated into Japanese and circulates once again with renewed virulence in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. In 1924 in Germany the Jewish author and journalist Binjamin Segel wrote a major historical exposé of the fraud and later edited his work into a shorter form; published as Welt-Krieg; Welt-Revolution; Welf-Verschwörung; Welt-Oberregierung (Berlin 1926). Translator Richard S. Levy; a specialist on the history of anti-semitism; provides an extensive introduction on the circumstances of Segel's work and the story of the Protocols up to the 1990s; including an explanation of its continuing psychological appeal and political function.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wonderfully writtenBy DoodlesA great story of real women and men over a century ago.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The "Gone With the Wind" of the Rocky MountainsBy RFRFMy name is Dick French and I do some writing. This book is one of the best I have ever had the pleasure of reading. The author; Mabel Barbee Lee; places her readers in Cripple Creek in what was most certainly its finest hour. It was a point in time when Americans believed in adventure; the promise of gold and in their ability to do whatever it took to get it. Thousands of them came together in a tent city at over 9;500 feet in elevation; why? because they had the courage of their convictions;and the ingenuity to make their dreams come true.Mabel Barbee Lee saw the efforts of that unique population; tapped into it; and gave it to us in the pages of her book. She was a very bright writer and a brillant witness to the history occurring all around her. She knew exactly what Cripple Creek was when people all over the world; at the time; called it the "Greatest Gold Camp on Earth."Richard "Dick" French1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A true bood of experiences by onw who was there.By YakatonyThis book is not the best written; since it was the author's first; but it is the very best true accounting of life during the heyday of Cripple Creek and Victor mining towns in Colorado; as experienced by one who was there. This fine lady's writings reflected the prudish (and most admirable) traits of good ladies of the time. As a "dirty old man" I wish it had been written by a man of those times to really see what went on and happened from a man's perspective (the women generally stayed home and tended the house and children; and hardly ever went out at night except during special occasians. She has a sequel (Return to Cripple Creek); but really; her first covered things pretty well. The sequel was important to me only because it put the final days of certain of the prominent old characters in proper (and in one case; surprising) perspective. YAK
