The 1934 Expanded Edition of The Protocols of Zion
Marsden's name is associated with the Protocols more so than Nilus'. In the preface of this imprint is the statement the work is his "crowning monument" (1934 imprint). Popular biographical knowledge of Marsden derives from this edition of the text. The translation of Nilus' 1905 version was one of the first things Marsden undertook upon his return from Russia, as is the emphasis of the nameless editor(s) and compiler(s) of this version of the text.
In the 1934 text, the Russian Revolution and Zionism are portrayed as parts of the "Jewish conspiracy for world domination." The preface bears Marsden's name, but it is effectively and his obituary written by an unnamed editor. A substantial portion of the book is simply lifted out of Ford's serial articles, themselves paraphrases and extracts of the prior text.
Marsden is falsely credited with the allegation that a remark was made by Chaim Weizmann, at a banquet held on October 6, 1920, as follows:
"A beneficent protection which God has instituted in the life
of the Jew is that He has dispersed him all over the world."
-- United We Fall, Divided We Stand
The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion
WITH PREFACE AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Translated from the Russian Text by
VICTOR E. MARSDEN
Formerly Russian Correspondent of The "Morning Post"
Part II, "Text and Commentary,"" 1934 (p. 138 of 300 pp.)
The following remark, lifted from the 1934 text, cannot be attributed to him:
"It proves that the Learned Elders exist. It proves that Dr. Weizmann knows all about them. It proves that the desire for a "National Home" in Palestine is only camouflage and an infinitesimal part of the Jew's real object. It proves that the Jews of the world have no intention of settling in Palestine or any separate country, and that their annual prayer that they may all meet "Next Year in Jerusalem" is merely a piece of their characteristic make-believe. It also demonstrates that the Jews are now a world menace, and that the Aryan races will have to domicile them permanently out of Europe." --ibid., pp. 138-139
Marsden was already dead, having died on October 28, 1920.
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