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Retrieved from: https://www.schiffnaturepreserve.org/JacobSchiffEssay.pdf</ref> Schiff's anti-bolshevism is also noted in the book: ''"Jacob H. Schiff A Study in American Jewish Leadership"'' by W. Cohen, chapter 7: after the bolsheviks took power, Schiff demanded that the money intended for Kerensky be sent back. | Retrieved from: https://www.schiffnaturepreserve.org/JacobSchiffEssay.pdf</ref> Schiff's anti-bolshevism is also noted in the book: ''"Jacob H. Schiff A Study in American Jewish Leadership"'' by W. Cohen, chapter 7: after the bolsheviks took power, Schiff demanded that the money intended for Kerensky be sent back. | ||
The origins of the claim (Trotsky taking money from bankers) are hard to pin down. Perhaps they can be found here: During a public hearing held by a U.S. Senate subcommittee to investigate "Bolshevik influence in the United States." A Czech military attaché named VS Hurban, who was stationed in Russia in 1917, mentioned this in his testimony about the Bolshevik leader: ''"Trotsky may have taken money from Germany, but he will deny it,"'' he told the senators. ''"Miliukov has confirmed that Trotsky received '''$10,000''' from some Germans while in the United States. Miliukov has evidence, but Trotsky denies it."''<ref>Hearing on “Brewing and Liquor Interests and German and Bolshevik Propaganda," Committee on Judiciary, United States Senate, 65th Congress, 1919, quoted in Sutton, 23.</ref> Subcommittee Chairman, North Carolina Democratic Senator Councilman Lee Overman asked for details, but Helbang brushed him off. The subcommittee adjourned that day, and senators never reopened the issue. According to the same book by W. Cohen mentioned earlier, that number of $10,000 was raised to $10,000,000 and later $20,000,000, all leading back to two original sources, "''Bolshevism and Judaism"'' and the senate subcommittee. | |||
Example of fake quote: "In the United States, some of Trotsky's wealthy partisans donated as much as $25,000 to finance a printing press and meeting halls for the dispossessed politician." Allegedly Page 389 of Deutscher, Isaac. The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky 1929-1940. However, nowhere to be found.<ref>https://archive.org/details/prophetoutcasttr0000deut/page/388/mode/2up?q=Page+389</ref> | Example of fake quote: "In the United States, some of Trotsky's wealthy partisans donated as much as $25,000 to finance a printing press and meeting halls for the dispossessed politician." Allegedly Page 389 of Deutscher, Isaac. The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky 1929-1940. However, nowhere to be found.<ref>https://archive.org/details/prophetoutcasttr0000deut/page/388/mode/2up?q=Page+389</ref> |