The History of a Lie

The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion

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English · 2h 42m · Religion

4 (17 reviews)

A presentation and deconstruction of the "Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion", an anti-Semitic work fabricated in order to brand Jews as dangerous and evil people, depicting the fictional secret Jewish world organization which aims to conquer the modern world. - Summary by Nathan Lewin

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Foreword 3:21 Read by Nathan Lewin
Chapter One – The Mysterious Protocols 15:46 Read by Nathan Lewin
Chapter Two – The Story From Which the Protocols Were Fabricated 57:04 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter Three – Fiction Forged Into “Fact” 34:21 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter Four – The Russian Sponsors of the Forgery 10:59 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter Five – Forgers Disagree 8:53 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter Six – The Black Hundreds, Their Dupes and Crimes 32:27 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Reviews


(5 stars)

Hysterically denounced as lies but history proves otherwise. All the plans contained in the Protocols 150 years ago have been accomplished to near completion. God's Chosen People have a very well documented and unbroken 3000 year history of oppressing and genociding everyone else they come in contact with.

This book dangerously shares too many of the blatant lies.


(3 stars)

The review of this book by Tony G. dated January 26, 2025 was profoundly ignorant and antisemitic. Tony's comment is a perfect illustration of how antisemitic conspiracy theories survive: people are so committed to their hatred that they will take a book written specifically to expose an infamous historical fraud and twist it into an endorsement of that very fraud. Herman Bernstein's The History of a Lie was written to expose the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as a fabrication, document their origins, and demonstrate how an elaborate antisemitic hoax was manufactured and propagated. Yet this reviewer apparently manages to read a book exposing the lie and come away convinced that the lie is true!