List of editions of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion


This lists early editions of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an antisemitic forgery purporting to describe a Jewish conspiracy to achieve world domination. For recent editions, see Contemporary imprints of [The Protocols of the Elders of Zion].

In the [Russian Empire]

1902 M: Mikhail Osipovich Menshikov - The first textual reference to
the Protocols, in an article in the newspaper Novoye Vremya; claims that they were
stolen by a "French journalist" in Nice, and quotes a line.

1903

  • In Russian, in the newspaper Znamya. The headline in the newspaper was Programa zavoevanija mira evrejami. The title of The Protocols itself was The Protocols of the Sessions of the "World Alliance of Freemasons and of the Sages of Zion". The publisher was Pavel Krushevan. Publication was in nine issues of the newspaper, from No. 190 through No. 197 and No. 200, from August to September or in September.

1904

L: Hippolytus Lutostansky - A direct quote of above edition; no revision, but useful chronological evidence.

1905

Image:1905 2fnl [Velikoe v malom i antikhrist.jpg|120px|thumb|right|1905 ed. Velikoe v malom i antikhrist, Microform in NYPL]
Великое въ маломъ и антихристъ,

1906

This version claims, bizarrely, that the Protocols date to 929 B.C.
In 2020 the Russian historian Ljubov’ Vladimirovna Ul’Janova-Bibikova found a typescript version of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in the manuscripts collections of the Moscow Central Library. The copy included manuscript additions of terms and corrections found in the 1906 version edited by Georgy Butmi. The handwriting is similar to other manuscripts written by Butmi. This typescript copy confirms that the Protocols were written at least in part in Russia, and were not completely written or translated in France. Cesare G. De Michelis has signalled the importance of the discovery of this typescript.

1911

  • Library of Congress catalog card:

1912

Image:The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Nilus - cleaned.jpg|thumb|upright|The frontispiece of an imprint of The Protocols dated 1912. Some of the signs or occult symbols read: "Thus we shall win", "Mark of "antichrist", "Tetragrammaton", "INRI", "Tarot", "Great mystery"

1917

  • 1917 4th ed. Serge Nilus imprint that was the source of the USA translations published in 1920.

In the United States

1920.1

1920.2

  • Library of Congress catalog card:

1920.3

The International Jew: The World's Problem
Image:19200522 Dearborn Independent-Intl Jew.jpg|thumb|right|100px|The International Jew, The World's Problem - 1920 articles in the Dearborn Independent

1920–1922.4

The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem
Jewish Activities in the United States
Jewish Influence in American Life
''Aspects of Jewish Power in the United States ''

In Britain

1920

  • Library of Congress card catalog:
  • First British Edition, trans. George Shanks

1920.5

''The Cause of World Unrest''

1923

Protocols of the meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion
''Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion''

1958

World Conquest Through World Government: The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion
The earliest imprint in the British Library is as follows: