Editing Europa: The Last Battle (section)

===== Claim (20:20): According to state department documents, a group of Jews, including Jacob Schiff, Felix Warburg, '''Otto [Hermann] Kahn, Mortimer L. Schiff, Issac Zeelman, already planned the overthrow of the russian tsar in 1916. They decided that Russia should be destroyed, and a communist slave regime should be implemented''' =====
This claim has it's origins in a report titled ''"Bolshevism and Judaism"'' dated November 30, 1918. The report details the belief that the planning for the Bolshevik Revolution first began in February 1916, with the help of four prominent Jewish bankers. The author is identified only as a "Top Secret Informant", and a sum total of zero sources are cited.<ref>“Bolshevism and Judaism,” November 30, 1918, 10110-920

National Archives</ref> Nonetheless, copies and imitations of the original source began to pop up in newspapers, spreading its authoritative effect.

We can however note that, of course, all Jews were hostile to the Russian Empire, Schiff had previously funded the Japanese war effort against it. But, as expected of bankers, Schiff was also hostile toward socialism. More on that later. So to be clear, it's '''one''' document, unnamed author with unsourced claims, and it aroused no further investigation from state organs. It does not prove that "they decided a communist regime should be implemented" '''Verdict:''' False