The Jewish Bolshevism

"The Jewish Bolshevism", is a 31- or 32-page antisemitic pamphlet published in London in 1922 and 1923 by the Britons Publishing Society. It included a foreword by German Nazi, Alfred Rosenberg, who promulgated the concept of "Jewish Bolshevism". It is an item listed by Robert Singerman in his annoitated bibliography, on antisemitica.

The relatively obscure publication embodies the Nazi doctrine that Jewishness and Bolshevism are one and the same; or that Bolshevism is Jewish, whether or not everything Jewish is included within Bolshevism. It is related to the antisemitic political epithets "Jewish Bolshevism", "Judeo-Bolshevism", "Judeo-Communism" and in Polish, "Żydokomuna". In the context of the publication, the terms Communism, Marxism and Bolshevism are meant to be interchangeable.

The methodology used consists of identifying Bolsheviks as Jews; by birth, or by name. A variation of the methodology involves demographics. The numbers of Jews and non-Jews are counted, and percentages of Jews and non-Jews are commputed. Since Jews are usually a minority, except in Israel, the focus is on the percentages. If the percentage of Jews who are Bolshevik exceeds non-Jews, the conclusion is drawn that Bolshevism is Jewish.

According to Singerman, "The Jewish Bolshevism", which he dubs as item "0121" in his Bibliography, is "Identical in content to item "0120", the pamphlet "The Grave Diggers of Russia", which was published in 1921 in Germany, by Dr. E. Boepple. In 1922, historian Gisela C. Lebzelter wrote: "The Britons published a brochure entitled Jewish Bolshevism, which featured drawings of Russian leaders supplemented by brief comments on their Jewish descent and affiliation. This booklet, which was prefaced by Alfred Rosenberg, had previously been published in English by "völkisch Deutscher Volksverlag"." [Political Anti-Semitism in England, 1918-1939", p. 64]

Bibliography

*Jews in Russia. With Half-Jews and "Damped" Jews:by Victor E. Marsden; (posthumously):(London: Issued by "The Britons", Printed by The Judaic Publishing Co., [1921] )::Singerman 0120

*Tel Aviv University::Title The Jewish Bolshevism:Imprint London: Britons Pub. Society, 1922; but Singerman (1921):Descr. 31 p. : chiefly ports.:Gen. note Foreword by Alfred Rosenberg: Cover missing:Top.Subj. - LCSH Communism: Antisemitism -- 20th century: Jewish communists -- Russia:Add. Rosenberg, Alfred:Holding Lib TAU Tel Aviv U.:Link to library: TAU01:ULI Sysno. 000719660::Singerman 0123

*Library of Congress::Pers. Main Entry Rosenberg, Alfred, 1893-1946:Title The Jewish bolshevism / Alfred Rosenberg:Imprint London : Britons Pub. Society, 1923:Descr. 30 p. : photocopy; ports.:Gen. note In box with book sysno. 1982012:Top.Subj. - LCSH Communism -- Russia: Communist leadership -- Russia: Propaganda, Anti-communist -- Germany: Antisemitism -- Germany -- 1918-1933: Fascism -- Great Britain -- 20th century:HoldingLib TAU Tel Aviv U.:Link to library: TAU01:ULI Sysno. 006615087

*Library of Congress::LC Control No.: 24026547:Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.):Personal Name: King, William Henry, 1863-:Main Title: Conditions in Russia. Speech of Hon. William H. King, a senator from the state of Utah, delivered in the Senate, January 22 and April 24, 1924.:Published/Created: Washington, Govt. print. off., 1924.:Related Names: Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924.:Description: 1 p. l., 127 p. 24 cm.:Notes: Presented by Mr. Lodge. Ordered printed May 26, 1924.:Subjects: Soviet Union--Economic conditions--1917-1945.: Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.:Series: [United States] 68th Cong., 1st sess. Senate. Doc. 126:LC Classification: DK265 .K44:Other System No.: (OCoLC)5193684

*Gisela C. Lebzelter:"Political Anti-Semitism in England, 1918,-1939":(New York: Holmes & Meier, 1978):ISBN 084190426X

*Robert Singerman:"Antisemitic Propaganda":(New York: Garland, 1982)

*Sharman Kadish:"Bolsheviks and British Jews":(London & Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1992):305.8924041:DS135:E5K33 1992:941'.004924-dc20:91-18896:ISBN 0-7146-3371-2

* Arkady Vaksberg: "Stalin against the Jews", 1994, Vintage Books (a division of Random House, New York), ISBN 0-679-42207-2
* Yuri Slezkine: "The Jewish Century", 2004, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-11995-3
* Richard Pipes: "Russia under the Bolshevik regime", 1993, Alfred A.Knopf, New York, ISBN 0-394-50242-6
* Mikhail Agursky: "The Third Rome.National Bolshevism in the USSR",1987,Westview Press, ISBN 08133-0139-4
* Robert Wistrich: "Revolutionary Jews from Marx to Trotsky", 1976, Harrap, London, ISBN 0-245-52785-0

See also

*Anti-Semitism

*Bolshevik

*Jews

*Singerman list

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.ceu.hu/jewishstudies/pdf/01_krajewski.pdf Jews,Communism,and the Jewish Communists]
* [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/666jpuxd.asp Stalin and the Jews] by Stephen Schwartz (weeklystandard.org)
* [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3342999,00.html Stalin's Jews] by Israeli journalist Sever Plocker (ynetnews.com)
* [http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3450203,00.html Stalin's Jewish affair] by Israeli journalist Dmitri Prokofiev (ynetnews.com)
* [http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/egorov.htm From Anti-Westernism to Anti-Semitism] by Konstantin Azadovskii and Boris Egorov (www.fas.harvard.edu)