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A Dangerous Lie: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion was a special exhibition about the 1903 Russian antisemitic canard, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The exhibit was held at the United States Holocaust Memorial in 2006.
Critical reception
[edit]Edward Rothstein criticized the exhibit for failing to explore the idea that the protocols were actually written by Mathieu Golovinski, a Russian-French political activist, for failing to help viewers understand the nature of the text, and for failing to discuss contemporary use of this forgery by contemporary antisemitic governments.[1]
The exhibit explained that in the early 20th century and during Hitler's rise to power in Germany, it was widely accepted that the Protocols documented an actual conspiracy by a small cabal of Jews to control the world for nefarious purposes, and that government and media in some countries continue to promote the Protocols as proof that such a Jewish conspiracy to control the world exists.[3] It details the manner in which Henry Ford was responsible for popularizing the fake Protocols in his newspaper, The Dearborn Independent.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Rothstein, Edward (21 April 2006). "The Anti-Semitic Hoax That Refuses to Die". New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ Levenson, Gabe (29 September 2006). "Show Puts 'Protocols' In The Spotlight". New York Jewish Week.
- 1 2 Mattingly, Terry. "There's more than 1 conspiracy theory afoot". Daily Breeze. Scripps Howard.
- ↑ Weissman Joselit, Jenna (12 May 2006). "Henry Ford: The Change-Averse Revolutionary". The Forward.