JEWISH FINANCIERS, AND PARTICULARLY THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD, WERE ATTACKED AS “DESPOTS SEEKING WORLD DOMINANCE” BY PROFESSOR WILHELM GRAU, HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF THE THIRD REICH, IN AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE FIRST CONGRESS OF GERMAN HISTORIANS UNDER THE NAZI REGIME, AT ERFURT.
“THE ROTHSCHILDS INTRODUCED THE RULE OF MONEY INTO EUROPEAN POLITICS,” PROFESSOR GRAU CHARGED. “MONEY WITHOUT A FATHERLAND, WITHOUT SOUL AND WITHOUT FAITH BECAME THE DOMINATING INFLUENCE IN POLITICS.”
THE IDEA OF A WORLD RULED BY FINANCE” INCLUDED NO NATIONS, ONLY ECONOMIC PROVINCES,” HE SAID.
“THIS IDEA IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THAT OF THE MARXISTS,” PROFESSOR GRAU DECLARED. “ROTHSCHILD AND MARX WERE BROTHERS IN BLOOD AND SPIRIT. NATIONAL SOCIALISM’S VICTORY STRUCK THE FIRST REAL BLOW TO AN INTERNATIONALISM OF THIS FORM AND RECALLED THE NATIONS TO THEIR REAL DUTIES.”
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