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Protocols

JL;DR SUMMARY Umberto Eco's novel, "The Prague Cemetery," explores the roots of modern antisemitism and the infamous Protocols of the Elders of Zion through a narrative intertwining fiction and historic forgeries. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Hannah ArendtProtocols Of The Elders Of ZionHistorical NarrativesKarl PopperUmberto EcoThe Prague CemeterySimone SimoniniModern AntisemitismFiction Vs Forgery19th Century Conspiracies

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"I met Umberto Eco at Peacock Alley, a wildly expensive restaurant in the lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York."
Paris, France
"Within the Jewish community one of the historical reactions to the moment that you write about, to the Dreyfus case, was Zionism. You have Theodore Herzl, a Viennese journalist, who is sitting in Paris at the same time as your Simonini is."
London, United Kingdom
"But still: Its rare now in Paris or London or Madrid to find people who say that a conspiracy of Jewish rabbis controls the world."
Madrid, Madrid Province, Spain
"But still: Its rare now in Paris or London or Madrid to find people who say that a conspiracy of Jewish rabbis controls the world."
Ukraine
"The Chmielnicki pogroms in Ukraine killed a third of the Jewish population."
Spain
"In Spain, the entire population was expelled."
England, United Kingdom
"In medieval England, the entire population was murdered or expelled. The entire Jewish populations of major cities in Germany were exterminated during the Crusades."
Germany
"In medieval England, the entire population was murdered or expelled. The entire Jewish populations of major cities in Germany were exterminated during the Crusades."
Italy
"Because you are not responsible for what Netanyahu is doing in this moment, as I am not responsible for the deeds of Berlusconi even though he and I are both Italians."

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