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[The] Protocols of the Elders of Zion
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The title of an antisemitic work in which Jews are accused of a conspiracy for achieving world domination. Where and by whom the Protocols of the Elders of Zion were written at the beginning of the 20th century is still unknown, with the hypotheses concerning their origin themselves becoming part of the myth. The work must be the most widely-diffused document of modern antisemitism.

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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (also known as Secrets of the Elders of Zion, Zionist Protocols, P…

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Hagemeister, Michael, “[The] Protocols of the Elders of Zion”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 03 October 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0709>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116



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