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The Lies of the Anti-Semitic, “Judeo Bolshevik World Conspiracy” myth

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It is important for the world to know of this treacherous falsehood "The Protocols" which Bobby Fischer read and was...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, December 7, 2020

Bobby and myself, both on the Autism Spectrum fell prey twice. First to Armstrong's cult literature deceptions, then the deceptive literature coming from the far right which preys on human sympathy, blaming “Jews” for everything that goes wrong.

Far right literature makes no effort to distinguish between “religious Judaism” —and

  • Marxist Leninism, or “Bolshevism,” “Bolshevik Party” commonly regarded as “Communism” but is more or less, an aberration of it. Bolsheviks were comprised of hardline Atheists, not “Judaism”.
    Bolsheviks overthrew Russia following the success of the Socialist Revolution, and the people's democratically elected appointment of Alexander Kerensky to their newly formed Provisional Government. The Bolshevik Revolution followed not long after, overthrowing the people's provisional government by armed force. After seizing power, Bolsheviks dissolved the constituent assembly, and bitterly persecuted all religions including Judaism along with Socialist rivals. Many are in unmarked graves till this day.
  • Zionism The century old, political nationalist “Zionist” movement, which is notoriously violent and dangerous.
    The Bolsheviks were bitterly opposed to Zionism, on grounds of ideological differences. The Bolsheviks were “Internationalists”, and Zionism is a Quasi-Religious, “Nationalist” political cult movement.

Instead of honesty, far right literature aims to blur the lines, confuse the reader to believe it is all the religion of “Judaism” to blame for two Atheistic political movements, to rouse bitter sentiment toward innocent religious Jews.
Religious Jews have began organizing to raise awareness that Zionism does not represent the practitioners of Judaism.

NY Times, January 08, 1972, Bobby Fischer confides he doesn't know much about politics.

Bobby Fischer and Politics, 1972

Therefore, it would've been impossible for him to even recognized deception. He was an innocent who was shaped to react just as he/we did.

“Judeo-Bolshevik Conspiracy” Myth

Judeo Bolshevik Myth

“Discussion about history and consequences of this bloody legend is important - both for understanding of the particular brutality and ferocity of extermination of Soviet Jews in the first months of the German invasion, and for combating and preventing similar hateful myths from arising and spreading in the modern world—against the Jews as against any others.’”

From “Symposium Sheds Light on Myth of ‘Judeo-Bolshevism’”
Katyn Forest Massacre

After that harrowing experience in the 1990's, I tried to move on with my life to forget what seemed beyond explanation. To discuss with people, risked their lack of understanding and being judged and criticized. A year ago, my life changed. In my mind, a flash from a video I'd seen in 2008 of Bobby angry at Zionists & read somewhere he was in WWCG. I began researching what I ALREADY knew to be true.
The slander brought tears to my eyes.
A huge piece of our soul is in that nightmare experience.

Maliciously deceived by Nazi literature, exploiting the frailty of human sympathy & the reward is being held to hypocritical double-standards as “the bad guy” by a regime which is now under scrutiny for its own horrific international war crimes, Apartheid and ethnic cleansing, persecution of Palestinian Christians, Muslims and Orthodox Jews. (Also see “Jewish Voice for Peace”). Jews are not the problem. Jews were never the problem. Zionism and Zionists are the only problem.

FIDE Chess and U.S. Chess, have done immeasurable harm to Jews, far & wide.

Their mythical biographies about the great chess genius would mislead people to believe Bobby just up & decided one day to dislike Jews for no “reason”, as if he merely lacked sanity.

Reason? Complex Deceptions.

Hitler with the Mask Off

It is important to note, Nazi literature is deceptive and ahistorical in regard of claims that the USSR, the Soviet Union, founded by the Bolshevik Party was controlled by a band of outlaw “Zionists”. This is not the case. The Soviet Union, with as despotic and tyrannical as they were, still, it is a known fact they were International Socialist and had no tolerance for “Nationalist” ideologies such as Zionism. Till this day, some of Zionism's greatest critics are on the far left and call themselves “Marxist Leninist” Communists.
Nazi literature depends on credulity and lack of historical knowledge.

Soviet Internationalism

From the beginning of the Soviet Union, Zionists were not welcomed.

Till the latter decades of the Soviet Union, Zionists still were not tolerated.

Pravda Claims U.S. Allows Zionist Terrorists Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) 11 Jan 1971 ()
Pravda Claims U.S. Allows Zionist Terrorists

(I have dedicated an entire page with newspaper, video documentaries, web references, refuting the Nazi myth that Jews supposedly financed the Bolshevik revolution. Historical documentation establishes, beyond doubt, Imperial Germany financed the Bolshevik overthrow of Russia. Germany's motive was simple. It was during WWI, and was beneficial to Germany, to remove Russia from the war as well as siphon Russia's wealth and territory for its own gain. Lenin and Trotsky were German spies. One reference published by the United States Government, 1918 War Information Series (now freely available on Google Books), contains numerous samples of official correspondence between the Bolshevik leaders and German officials. Another page dedicated to historical newspaper clippings which demonstrate the open hostilities that exist between the Soviet Union and Zionists, from 1910's through ensuing decades as well as traditional opposition of Jews to Zionist movement.)

Judeo Bolshevik Conspiracy Myth

Some Resources on the “Judeo-Bolshevik Conspiracy Myth”

The Guardian, London, Greater London, England, Wednesday, February 27, 1918
Bolsheviks and Jews(“Zionists”)

Bolsheviks vs. Jews vs. Zionists

Jews were seeking equality and assimilation within society. Before Zionist Racist Theory vocabularly was deployed and integrated, it was common to simply regard non-religious Caucasians Bobby Fischer or Mr. Abramson as plain “Caucasian”.

What Bobby Fischer knew of “Judaism”? No, what Bobby knew of “Zionism”. Zionists are hard at work pretending they speak for all world Jewry. Thankfully @TorahJews @NetureiKarta @jvplive @codepink are speaking up to push back against the dangerous Quasi-Religious Political Cult of Zionism.

Zionism is a Cult

Zionism is a cult. The cult of Zionism comes replete with misinterpretation of Doomsday scriptures and comprised primarily of Far-Right Fundamentalist Christians and non-religious caucasians who identify as Jews.

I was pleasantly surprised when the Orthodox Jewish Rabbinical Authority, Neturei Karta International read and gave a “thumbs up” on this post.
Neturei Karta
I explain about the history of Zionism, and how unscrupulous right wing extremists mislead Bobby Fischer as to what so-called “World Jewry” refer to and how the Zionists actually betrayed “World Jewry”.

World Christians, Jewry and Catholics Boycott Germany
The Real Bobby Fischer and 'The Jews'

It should be noted, most of the individuals listed by the Zionist disinformation specialist are not Jewish adherents, but are non-religious caucasians. Hitler would claim they are Jews, Christian Zionists would also classify these individuals as part of the mythological “race” theories which Hitler popularized, but as for practicing of Judaism, they do not. Many individuals who identify as “Jews” are actually atheists in practice. For this reason, the Nazi swindle how the Holocaust was a “hoax” and never happened because of “The Census!” — is itself exposed as flagrant hoax — for they do employ two definitions of what constitutes Jewish identity: Religion (which was counted pre-USSR, pre-Nazi Germany) or numbers by Race? (Which was a new method popularized by Anti-Semites) for, it can not be both.

Some chess writers would have us believe that Ralph Ginzburg was a legitimate reporter, and to dismiss Bobby Fischer's protests to the contrary.
Ralph Ginzburg - Smut Peddler (a collection of newspapers on the unscrupulous felon muckraker, Ralph Ginzburg)

Malice

Another article reveals Bobby Fischer's anger toward Ralph Ginzburg

“Jury Gets Goldwater's Suit”
Des Moines Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, May 24, 1968 - Page 6

“Controversial Genius”
The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, July 13, 1963 - Page 39

Ralph Ginzburg's Malice

The question remains: “What Is A Zionist?”

Los Angeles Herald, (Los Angeles, California), 28 Jan 1910

German Jews Oppose Zionism

In 1910, Zionism was only getting its roots settled into the Jewish population and was not well embraced. The Jews needed “motivation” to move. So the Zionists along with their cordial relations with the Nazi regime, gave the Jewish people the “motivation” they needed to pack up in an insane exodus from their homelands.

Zionism is a political, racist, nationalist movement similar to how the Ku Klux Klan camouflaged its goals, killing and segregation, behind Christianity… so the Zionists camouflage their war crimes behind the religion of Judaism in hopes of bolstering their political cult's “legitimacy”.

But MANY Jews, who are faithful to the Torah, oppose the Zionist movement.. Including many who call themselves, Secular Jews, oppose Zionism. Bobby Fischer abhorred their well documented, century-old terrorist, nationalist movement, it's Apartheid and ethnic cleansing.

Also, the Zionists are well-documented in their willing participation in persecution and even murder of Jews along with Christians, Muslims and peoples of other religion and non-religious alike. Zionism is a nationalist political movement and has nothing to do with the religion of Judaism. A vast number of professing Zionists, are Atheists.

Zionist Terrorism

Fischer, like Mahatma Gandhi, spoke against ZIONISTS, as then it was common to call them “Jews” in the general sense, because Zionists pretend to speak for all Jewish people (which itself is a patent falsehood).
There is a vast difference between Jews and Zionists.

This is exactly how Zionists act. And they can be bitterly vindictive and particularly vicious if you criticize their crimes against humanity. Dr. Finkelstein takes them to task. He tells them to “Shut Up”. His parents were in Auschwitz. Where were their parents? In San Diego, or Cincinnatti?

My main interest right now is to expose the [Neocons and Zionists]. This is a lot bigger than me. They're not just persecuting me. This is not just my struggle, I'm not just doing this for myself… This is life and death for the world. These G***** [Neocons and Zionists] have to be stopped. They're a menace to the whole world.
—(attributed as) Bobby Fischer, March 10, 1999

Who are the Neocons?

Zionists and Neocons

Certain persons in media, would like millions of people (you) to be mystified as to what Bobby Fischer rambled on about... "Bolsheviks" "Israel" "Jews" . . . "What's it all mean??" Reporters baited their questions, then later took Bobby out of context. They do not want the public at large to understand. (See attached paragraph about "Neoconservatives" . . . you get the mixture of what Bobby Fischer was speaking of. He is like tens of thousands of people, misguided, and that's no accident. The chess journalists didn't tell you about all this. Now did they? 😉 Many of them are paid to keep the public in a shroud of mystery.... oh, "it was a mystery why Bobby this and Bobby that." No it isn't. See True Torah Jews and Neturei Karta International

A Hate Group

Classified as a Radical Hate Group

Some Back History Over The Years

1910…

German Jews Oppose Zionism
Bolsheviks and JewsBolsheviks and Jews 27 Feb 1918, Wed The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com Crimes Of The ZionistsCrimes Of The Zionists 19 Dec 1919, Fri The Jewish Monitor (Dallas, Texas) Newspapers.com

1920…

Always Like the CzarsAlways Like the Czars 15 Nov 1924, Sat The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) Newspapers.com Two Communist Agitators ArrestedTwo Communist Agitators Arrested 25 Mar 1925, Wed The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com Zionist Leader Retains PowerZionist Leader Retains Power 25 Aug 1925, Tue The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, August 25, 1925 - Page 7
Zionist Leader Retains Power
Today's session was featured by an address by Tahan, a Hungarian Jews, for the assistance of the congress in fighting terrorist reaction. He told the conference that only in Russia and Hungary is the Zionist movement illegal and its adherents persecuted and legally prosecuted. The congress will register a strong protest with the Hungarian government.

Protest Soviet RussiaProtest Soviet Russia 13 Sep 1927, Tue The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska) Newspapers.com Move for a Hebrew Republic in Siberia Seen as Soviet Bid to Offset England In Palestine and Split AmMove for a Hebrew Republic in Siberia Seen as Soviet Bid to Offset England In Palestine and Split Am 19 Feb 1928, Sun The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com

1930…

Make Mass Arrests of Zionists in RussiaMake Mass Arrests of Zionists in Russia 23 Oct 1930, Thu Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana) Newspapers.com

1950…

Reds Link Lawyer to Baruch, ZionistsReds Link Lawyer to Baruch, Zionists 16 Feb 1953, Mon Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com

1960…

Zionists Are BarredZionists Are Barred 17 Jul 1968, Wed The Journal Herald (Dayton, Ohio) Newspapers.com

1970…

Soviet Bolsheviks and Zionist Terrorists Clash
Pravda Raps Zionists America Accused By RussiaAmerica Accused By Russia 20 Feb 1971, Sat The Indiana Gazette (Indiana, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

1980…

Pravda puts Zionists on par with NazisPravda puts Zionists on par with Nazis 18 Jan 1984, Wed The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com

Here's one for those Nazis spreading propaganda, claiming the Soviet Union was a “Jewish” entity. As the news bit states, the Atheist Soviet Union didn't recognize Jewish marriages. Nazis tell BIG lies to their readers.

American Jewish Girl Joins Vigil in LondonAmerican Jewish Girl Joins Vigil in London 14 Jun 1972, Wed The Times Standard (Eureka, California) Newspapers.com

Who Does it all Directly Benefit?

British-American-Russian Colonialism, a Middle East Military Outpost and the Balfour Declaration of 1917…

British-American-Russian Colonialism and the Balfour Declaration of 1917

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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