Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Part I

"The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" – Warsaw, 1923

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Protokoły mędrców Sjonu [The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]. Warsaw: Rozwój, 1923. Polish.
Early Polish edition of the anti-Semitic work "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Publication no. 1 of the "Jewish Studies Library" series, published by Rozwój. The Rozwój organization was established in 1913 as the propaganda wing of the anti-Semitic nationalist party Endecja. The activity of the organization was banned in 1923 after the winds of anti-Semitism in Poland led to the assassination of President Gabriel Narutowicz. (Narutowicz sympathized with the Jews and was even labeled "The President of the Jews" by his opponents.) After it was outlawed, the Rozwój organization continued to secretly disseminate anti-Semitic propaganda, including the "Jewish Studies Library" series.
Title page with the Hebrew ink stamp of the "Library of the Jewish Community in Lviv."
[2] ff., iii, 60 pp. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Later binding and endpapers. Minor blemishes to binding.
Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah