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2012] THE TSAR’S OTHER LIEUTENANT 219 Was this the same story he had pitched to Norman Thwaites way back in 1918? The whole thing ultimately amounted to little, except for Ford’s expenses. In October, Sokolov returned to France, where he died the following month. The story that Jews were responsible for the murder of Tsar Nicholas and his family is still repeated today, with the added bonus that the actual order to murder came from none other than Jacob Schiff. 83 If he didn’t think of that himself, Brasol would really have appreciated the touch. The next incident, and the only thing related to Ford that Brasol ever admitted to, stemmed from a libel suit brought against Ford by his old antagonist Herman Bernstein. In response to The International Jew, in 1921 Bernstein came out with The History of a Lie, a book detailing the origins and fraudulence of the Protocols. Not long after, the Dearborn Independent ran articles attacking Bernstein’s character and reputation, and, in 1923, he came back with the suit. Ford’s men, maybe Brasol himself, also dug up some articles Bernstein had written for the New York Evening Journal in which he alleged a White Russian conclave in Constantinople in 1921, where the participants had conspired “to kill off all the Jews all over the world.” 84 Bernstein even produced supposed minutes—protocols—of these meetings with names and dates. Whether he meant this as a parody is unclear, but the Fordites apparently believed that if they could prove Bernstein a liar they would blow him and his suit out of the water. As Brasol later described it, sometime in 1926, he was approached by the law firm representing Ford—Nicoll, Anable & Nicoll. He first was paid to examine the Bernstein articles, and after doing so “very carefully,” he “determined the whole lot was “a flagrant forgery.” 85 A few weeks later, the same firm engaged him to undertake a trip to Europe, where he would track down and interview individuals mentioned in Bernstein’s articles. Since Brasol claimed to know many of them personally, this would make the task easier. Soon after, he left for Europe, came back with the evidence, submitted it to the law firm, and “that is that.” Again, his efforts largely came to naught. The court refused to admit the evidence, and Ford finally settled; in 1927, he publicly repudiated and apologized for the whole antisemitic campaign. Whether he repudiated it personally is another question. But Boris Brasol may have undertaken another, far more secretive and far more important mission for Ford. According to James Pool, in his book 83. Juri Lina, Under the Sign of the Scorpion: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire (Referent: Stockholm, 2002), 247. 84. Exclusion Hearing, FBI, File 100-15704, 16. 85. Ibid., 17.
220 JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM [ VOL. 4:199 Who Financed Hitler, Brasol served as secret intermediary and bag man between Ford and the nascent Nazi Party. 86 We will examine that function, and other things concerning the tireless and sinister Mr. Brasol, in the second half of this essay. *Richard B. Spence received a PhD in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Since 1986, he has been a professor of history and department chair at the University of Idaho. Focusing on Russian, Eastern European, and Middle Eastern history, espionage, antisemitism, and the Holocaust, Professor Spence has published numerous articles and books, including Boris Savinkov (Columbia University Press, 1991), Trust No One (Feral House, 2002), and Secret Agent 666 (Feral House, 2008). He has been a consultant to the History Channel, the International Spy Museum, Radio Liberty, and the Russian Cultural Foundation. 86. Pool, Who Financed Hitler, 87-88.
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