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Friend on FB began posting some nasty anti-Semitic claims, may I please have a reality check on his statements? The post in question said that Jewish people were a small portion of the population, but controlled all banking assets and 70 percent of the courts.

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Friend on Facebook basically said that the Jewish peoples were actually trying to take over after WWI. Were they really the 5% who controlled 70% of the courts and gov't, and 100% of the banks? Reality check please?

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Where there ever pretty well-known historical accounts of events that later turned out to be lies created by people of the time? Maybe to save face or something? How often does that happen?

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Friend on FB began posting some nasty anti-Semitic claims, may I please have a reality check on his statements? The post in question said that Jewish people were a small portion of the population, but controlled all banking assets and 70 percent of the courts.	150
Friend on Facebook basically said that the Jewish peoples were actually trying to take over after WWI. Were they really the 5% who controlled 70% of the courts and gov't, and 100% of the banks? Reality check please?	2
Where there ever pretty well-known historical accounts of events that later turned out to be lies created by people of the time? Maybe to save face or something? How often does that happen?	1