The Protocols and world revolution: including a translation and analysis of the "Protocols of the meetings of the Zionist men of wisdom"

About this book

The work is a polemical treatise that blends contemporary political commentary with a self‑presented exposé of a notorious forgery. Its opening frames the post‑World War I world as being threatened not only by the “destructive force of Bolshevism” but also by an alleged Jewish conspiracy that allegedly steers that revolutionary tide. Drawing on the author’s own claims of having obtained a manuscript titled Protocols of the Meetings of the Zionist Men of Wisdom in 1901, Nilus situates the text as a secret plan for world domination, linking it to Bolshevik uprisings across Europe and to alleged Jewish financial backing. The introduction proceeds to trace the document’s publication history, from its first appearance in Nilus’s 1905 Russian volume, through translations and pamphlets in Britain, France, and the United States, while asserting that mainstream press and Jewish authorities have suppressed its truth.

Written in a fervent, alarmist style typical of early‑twentieth‑century reactionary literature, the book reflects the anxieties of its era: fear of communist revolution, anti‑Jewish sentiment, and a conviction that Christian civilization is under siege. Its language is dense, laden with rhetorical questions and moral exhortations, and it assumes familiarity with contemporary political events and figures such as Lenin, Trotsky, and Béla Kun. Readers interested in the history of conspiracy theories, the propagation of antisemitic propaganda, or the cultural climate of the interwar period will find this volume a primary source that illustrates how fabricated documents were marshaled to legitimize prejudice and to rally anti‑communist sentiment.

Opening lines

The world is in the midst of a crisis not less serious than that of the great war. While it was inevitable that the period following the war should be fraught with grave problems for civilization, these problems have been made much more difficult by the presence of a new danger, namely, the destructive force of Bolshevism. Russia was the first victim of what proves to be a movement of an international character, Russia being used as the base of operations. While powerful Bolshevist armies are overrunning Asia and menacing the European countries to the West, an equally dangerous force of Red propagandists, directed from Moscow, is operating on several continents, spreading its social poison throughout the world and threatening the destruction of the social and industrial morale of civilized nations. …

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