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Hermann Ottomar Friedrich Goedsche (12 February 1815 – 8 November 1878), also known as his pseudonym Sir John Retcliffe was a German writer primarily remembered for his antisemitism. ==Life and work== Goedsche was born in Trachenberg, Silesia, then in the Kingdom of Prussia, today part of Poland. In 1848 he worked for the ''Neuen Preußischen (Kreuz-)Zeitung'', together with prominent Germans like Theodor Fontane, Otto von Bismarck and George Hesekiel. In 1853 he travelled as a journalist to Turkey. Goedsche worked in the genre of historical romance novel, as typified by Walter Scott, Charles Sealsfield and Theodor Mügge, but he was also influenced by authors like Eugène Sue, Alexandre Dumas, père and George Hesekiel. Some of his works are critical of British colonialism. He was openly antisemitic and, although adopting an English pseudonym, he was a Prussian chauvinist who held a profound aversion against Britain and everything British. His political views on the "perfidious Albion" are clearly expressed in his novels. Goedsche worked as a postal employee, but in reality he was an ''agent provocateur'' for the Prussian secret police. He forged letters which were used as evidence to frame democratic leaders. In 1849 he was caught after forging evidence in the prosecution of political reformer Benedict Waldeck and had to leave the postal service.〔(Keren, Daniel, ''Commentary on The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'', 10 February 1993. ) Republished as accompanying introduction to ''The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion'' translated by Victor E Marsden. The relevant part is on page 4 of the pdf file.]〕 He died at Bad Warmbrunn, today Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój in Jelenia Góra, in 1878. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hermann Goedsche」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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