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F. RODERICH-STOLTHEIM

THE RIDDLE
OF
THE JEWS SUCCESS

Translated from the German by Capel PownallHAMMER-VERLAG / LEIPZIG1927----------------From Metapedia[ http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Fritsch]

Theodor Emil Fritsch (October 28, 1852 near Leipzig September 8, 1933) was a German antijudaist whose views did much to influencepopular opposition to Jewish supremacism in Germany during the late19th and early 20th centuries.

A believer in the absolute superiority of the Aryan race, Fritsch wasupset by the changes brought on by rapid industrialization and urbanization, and called for a return to the traditional peasant valuesand customs of the distant past, which he believed exemplified theessence of the Volk.

In 1883 he founded the Hammer Publishing House.

One of Fritsch's major goals was to unite all Jew-resister politicalparties under a single banner; he wished for opposition to Jewish supremacism to permeate the agenda of every German social and political organization. This effort proved largely to be a failure, as by 1890 there were over 190 various patriotic parties in Germany. Healso had a powerful rival for the leadership of the patriots in Otto Bckel, with whom he had a strong personal rivalry.
In 1893, Fritsch published his most famous work, The Handbook of the Jewish Question also known as the Anti-Semitic Catechismwhich criticed the Jews and called upon Germans to refrain fromintermingling with them. Vastly popular, the book was read by millions and was in its 49th edition by 1944 (330,000 copies). Theideas espoused by the work greatly influenced Hitler and his party during their rise to power after World War I. Fritsch also founded ajournal - the Hammer (in 1902) and this became the basis of amovement, the Reichshammerbund, in 1912.

His better known book, The Riddle of the Jew's Success waspublished in English in 1927 under the pseudonym F. RoderichStoltheim, and dealt with the negative impact that Jewish values and the centralization of the German economy in Jewish hands had on theGerman people. This book was recently republished by NoontidePress, and was the subject of a media controversy after it was banned by Amazon.com and other online book sellers.
Fritsch held the publication rights to the German edition of Henry Fords work The International Jew.

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If there are riddles in the history of the nations, then the Jews mostcertainly present one of the chief instances; and, whoever hasoccupied himself with the problems of humanity, without advancing so far as the great problem of the Jews, has, so far as knowledge and experience of life are concerned, merely skimmed the surface of thesubject. There is scarcely a field, from Art and Literature to Religion and Political Economy, from Politics to the most secret domains of sensuality and criminality, in which the influence of the Jewish spiritand of the Jewish entity cannot be clearly traced, and has not imparteda peculiar warp or trend to the affairs in question.

Indisputable as these facts are, it is nevertheless equally certain thatScience, Literature and the Press, which concern themselves, not only in Germany, but all the world over, with all manner of valuableknowledge, display the utmost anxiety to avoid casting any light into the secret and mysterious sphere of Jewish influence. It is, as if asilent mandate had been issued, that the essential relations of life with Jewdom are on no account to be disturbed that the Jews, in fact, arenot to be discussed. And thus, one is entitled to maintain, that in no department of knowledge is the ignorance of our learned men so pronounced, as it is in everything, which is connected with the Jews.

If, however, the influences and activities, which the Hebrews exertupon the spiritual and political destinies of the nations, are of an extraordinary nature, one must finally supplement this recognised factby the further recognition, that Hebrewdom avails itself of extraordinary powers and means to produce such results.It is, in this respect, that the present book furnishes disclosures.

To start with, one point must be made perfectly clear: religious viewsand religious motives are excluded from this work.[Page 5]The author is completely neutral to the religious parties, and cannotsubscribe unconditionally to any one of the same.

When Jews are spoken of in the course of this book, we are notthinking of a religious community, but rather of a particular people, anation, a race. Consequently, whenever it would be advisable to avoid the use of the word Jew, on account of the unpleasant flavour or taint which invariably accompanies that expression, use has been made, to a great extent, of the names Hebrew, or Semite.

That the Jews, however, in spite of their dispersion amongst thenations, still feel, at the present day, that they are a special people and a special race, and that they feel themselves united more by their common blood and race than by their religious creed, is testified to by one of the most illustrious amongst the people of Israel.

Disraeli, who later on became Prime Minister of England, and wascreated Lord Beaconsfield, makes, in his novel Endymion, which was published in London in 1844, an influential, elderly Jew speak to a young man as follows:

No one must treat the racial principle, the racial question, with indifference. It is the key to the history of the world; and history isonly so frequently confused because it is written by people, who are unacquainted with the racial question, and ignorant ofeverything which has a bearing upon it. Wherever you find thesame in operation, whether amongst communities, or, in the caseof individuals, it has to be reckoned with. But, on the other side, there is no other subject again, which demands such a fine powerof discrimination, or, where the principle, if it is not completelyunderstood, may show itself to be as misleading as an IgnisFatuus.

I find in Europe three great races with pronounced characters the Germans, the Slavs and the Celts, and their behaviour isdetermined precisely by these distinguishing characteristics. There is, however, yet another great race, which influences theworld the Semitic. The Semites are, without question, a greatrace, for, amongst all the things in this world which appear to betrue, nothing is more certain than the fact that they invented ouralphabet.*

* This has long been shown to be erroneous (The author.)[Page 6]

But the Semites, at the present moment, exert through theirsmallest but most peculiar family, the Jews, an extraordinarilygreat influence upon all affairs. There is no other race, which hasbeen endowed to such a degree with obstinacy and talent fororganisation. These qualities have secured for them untold possessions and immeasurable credit. As you advance in life and acquire a more extensive knowledge of business and affairs in general, you will find that the Jews cross your path and frustrateyour plans, wherever you go. Long ago they stole their way into our secret diplomacy, and have become almost complete mastersof it; in another 25 years they will openly claim their share in thegovernment of the country. Now here we are dealing with races: men and cliques of men who are guided in their behaviour bytheir peculiar organisation, and a statesman must reckon with thissituation. On the other hand what do you understand by theLatin race? Language and Religion do not make race blood makes it

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