![]() Or about the assertion in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion that the subways of modern cities had been constructed to make it possible for the Jews one day to blow the Gentile capitals sky high. I first met Norman Cohn in the cellars of the Wiener Library in London, and after many long days and some particularly depressing research in the Revue des Societés sécretes we exchanged anecdotes about the Chief Rabbis of Koenigsberg and Liegnitz who, according to one writer of the 1880’s, were really field marshals in disguise in charge of Jewish army corps about to attack Russia. There is some occasional relief, but usually of the black humor variety. ![]() The myth of the Jewish world conspiracy is not an exhilarating topic of research prolonged exposure to the kind of literature that has grown up around it can engender bad dreams and mild hallucinations. ![]()
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