History
The relatively obscure publication embodies the Nazi doctrine that Jewishness and Bolshevism are one and the same; or that Bolshevism is Jewish, whether or not everything Jewish is included within Bolshevism. It is related to the antisemitic political epithets Jewish Bolshevism, Judeo-Bolshevism, Judeo-Communism and in Polish, Żydokomuna. In the context of the publication, the terms Communism, Marxism and Bolshevism are meant to be interchangeable.
The methodology used consists of identifying Bolsheviks as Jews; by birth, or by name. A variation of the methodology involves demographics. The numbers of Jews and non-Jews are counted, and percentages of Jews and non-Jews are commputed. Since Jews are usually a minority, the focus is on the percentages. If the percentage of Jews who are Bolshevik exceeds non-Jews, the conclusion is drawn that Bolshevism is Jewish.
According to Singerman, The Jewish Bolshevism, which he dubs as item "0121" in his Bibliography, is "Identical in content to item "0120", the pamphlet The Grave Diggers of Russia, which was published in 1921 in Germany, by Dr. E. Boepple. In 1922, historian Gisela C. Lebzelter wrote: "The Britons published a brochure entitled Jewish Bolshevism, which featured drawings of Russian leaders supplemented by brief comments on their Jewish descent and affiliation. This booklet, which was prefaced by Alfred Rosenberg, had previously been published in English by völkisch Deutscher Volksverlag."
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