The Protocols: Unpacking the Notorious Forgery

The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion: Unpacking the Notorious Antisemitic Forgery

The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, first published in Russia in 1903, is a notorious work of forgery containing many antisemitic conspiracy theories. Its twenty-four protocols depict a detailed sinister Jewish plot to gain world domination. Building on age-old antisemitic blood-libels and myths, the Protocols modernised many of those tropes and launched them into the twentieth century. The publication quickly gained popularity worldwide and has become a primary source of inspiration for antisemites.