Chapter Two

THE STORY FROM WHICH THE PROTOCOLS WERE FABRICATED

Essence of "Protocols" Was German Fiction of "Sir John Retcliffe"--Who Was "Retcliffe"?--His Infamous Record--His Bloodcurdling Story--The Meeting in the Cemetery--An Avowed Myth--Meeting Every Hundred Years Attended by "Representatives of the Twelve Tribes of Israel"--The "Son of the Accursed" Also Attends and Provides Comic Interludes 16