BERNSTEIN, HERMAN. The History of A Lie: "The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion."

First Edition of Early Jewish Response to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The book gives the lie to the fabricated "Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion," published in Germany in 1919, and England in 1920. By reproducing many rare Russian documents, Bernstein was able to prove that the work was a fabrication, emanating from the Tsarist Secret Police, first appearing in 1905. In the aftermath of World War One, the "Protocols" was disseminated in the West by Russian monarchists disgruntled by the Russian Revolution and eager to pin blame for their toppled world order upon the Jews. Reaching back in time, Bernstein makes a substantial case for the fabrication drawing upon the earlier novelette by "Sir John Retcliffe" (alias, German anti-Semite Herman Goedsche), whose booklet was issued in Russian translation in 1872 as a work of fiction. Herman Bernstein established his literary career as a translator of Russian works to English.The final page of the book contains advertisements for Bernstein's translations of works by Count Leo Tolstoi and Maxim Gorky