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Gentile Folly: The Rothschilds
Gentile The Rothschilds by Arnold Leese examines the history, family relationships, financial activities, political connections, and international influence of the Rothschild banking family, presenting the Rothschilds as a powerful force in European and international affairs. Leese traces the family from Mayer Amschel Rothschild and the Frankfurt house through the London, Paris, Vienna, Naples, and American branches, describing their involvement in government finance, wars, loans, railways, mining, oil, banking, international commerce, and political affairs. He devotes particular attention to the Rothschilds' relationships with European monarchies and political leaders, their connections with Freemasonry and Jewish organizations, their influence on the press, and their activities in Britain, Europe, the United States, South America, Africa, and the Middle East. Later chapters examine the Rothschilds' relationships with other Jewish families, Gentile intermarriages, political and diplomatic figures, Zionism, and the family's involvement in international finance and raw materials, while the concluding chapter considers what Leese calls the "moral of it all" and the political and social consequences he attributes to Rothschild influence.
- GenresHistory
74 pages, Paperback
Published October 27, 2025
About the author
Arnold S. Leese
13 books9 followersDr. Arnold Spencer Leese British veterinarian and minor politician.
When he qualified as a veterinarian, he moved to British India where he specialized in camels and was highly respected because of his work. He wrote a book that was to remain a standard work in the field for nearly 50 years.
As an animal lover he was a staunch opponent of kosher slaughter and all other forms of animal cruelty.
During World War I he served on the Western Front and in the Middle East.
In 1924 he joined the British Fascists and was elected as a councilor in Stamford, Lincolnshire. In 1933 he founded the Imperial Fascist League. Which soon was pushed into obscurity mainly by Oswald Mosley`s BUF. Leese accused Mosley of being a kosher fascist and of being soft on Jews.
In 1943 Leese was imprisoned under the Defense Regulation 18B. In 1947 he went to prison again for aiding members of the Waffen SS.
Leese was politically active until the end of his life and was a great inspiration for many of the subsequent leaders of the British far-right including Colin Jordan.In 1951 he published his autobiography.
When he qualified as a veterinarian, he moved to British India where he specialized in camels and was highly respected because of his work. He wrote a book that was to remain a standard work in the field for nearly 50 years.
As an animal lover he was a staunch opponent of kosher slaughter and all other forms of animal cruelty.
During World War I he served on the Western Front and in the Middle East.
In 1924 he joined the British Fascists and was elected as a councilor in Stamford, Lincolnshire. In 1933 he founded the Imperial Fascist League. Which soon was pushed into obscurity mainly by Oswald Mosley`s BUF. Leese accused Mosley of being a kosher fascist and of being soft on Jews.
In 1943 Leese was imprisoned under the Defense Regulation 18B. In 1947 he went to prison again for aiding members of the Waffen SS.
Leese was politically active until the end of his life and was a great inspiration for many of the subsequent leaders of the British far-right including Colin Jordan.In 1951 he published his autobiography.
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December 7, 2015
Interesting book, loaded with facts about the Rothschilds and other jews, but with numerous misfortunes with a slightly Arian accent - which i dont personally mind- but this book is a MUStT for serious quasi-historians.
July 21, 2025
[Read from https://archive.ph/NwnNa]
this work is effectively a condensed version of Corti’s Rise of the House of Rothschild https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
and Reign of the House of Rothschild https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
combined with other sources to bring as much relevant information about the Rothschild as possible available up to 1940 together. It very much succeeds in this, but there are two errors (no fault of Leese’s) which must be corrected.
(1) Leese states briefly in the text that Rothschilds have interests against the Soviets because of the confiscation of the Baku oil-wells from them, But we know that in fact Rothschild sold their Russian interests in 1912, and the Bolsheviks even got money from the Rothschilds https://archive.ph/vNLmc
(2) Leese states that the Rothschilds wanted foreign intervention in the American Civil War but was stopped by Russia sending its fleet as a threat. In fact, the Russian fleet was sent as a precaution as a result of British anger against Russia for the suppression of the Polish so that if Britain decided to intervene, Russia could attack its commerce shipping. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1835544
The idea of Russia intervening on the side of the Union in case of foreign intervention was in fact propaganda played by the Unionists to dissuade any possible intervention by foreign powers, which in this context was only France, since Britain adopted a policy of neutrality and rejected Napoleon III’s proposal to recognise the Confederacy, which fits in line with Rothschild policy since Rothschild wanted to overthrow Napoleon III as Leese himself shows. Henry Clews, referenced in Leese’s work, in fact wrote (or rather reprinted) a whole chapter in his book casting doubt on the Russia fleet story but Leese looked it over, focusing on a earlier chapter of the book which he misreads as confirming that Russia wanted to stop foreign intervention https://archive.ph/FHffM
Leese quotes Disraeli (Rothschild’s man) as saying that there “will be an America of armies,” but looking at the full context of Disraeli’s words, what he actually meant was that America would transform, after the Civil War, from a collection of ‘colonies' into a Imperial Unit, which was what Rothschild wanted as confirmed by his agent August Belmont who wrote that “any other solution to our present difficulties than a reconstruction of but one government over all the states of our confederacy would entail… an inheritance of the most fearful consequences” (see previous link)
Lincoln, far from fighting the Banks, in fact resurrected the infamous Hamiltonian Bank of the United States though the National Currency Act. The Greenbacks that are spoken about in anti-Usury circles were in fact only a war time measure.
The only Lincoln was assassinated in the end was because he didn’t want to impose the radical suppression of the South and wanted to deport the Blacks, which went against the Rothschild goal of “introduction of foreign races in large numbers as citizens” (Disraeli)
this work is effectively a condensed version of Corti’s Rise of the House of Rothschild https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
and Reign of the House of Rothschild https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
combined with other sources to bring as much relevant information about the Rothschild as possible available up to 1940 together. It very much succeeds in this, but there are two errors (no fault of Leese’s) which must be corrected.
(1) Leese states briefly in the text that Rothschilds have interests against the Soviets because of the confiscation of the Baku oil-wells from them, But we know that in fact Rothschild sold their Russian interests in 1912, and the Bolsheviks even got money from the Rothschilds https://archive.ph/vNLmc
(2) Leese states that the Rothschilds wanted foreign intervention in the American Civil War but was stopped by Russia sending its fleet as a threat. In fact, the Russian fleet was sent as a precaution as a result of British anger against Russia for the suppression of the Polish so that if Britain decided to intervene, Russia could attack its commerce shipping. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1835544
The idea of Russia intervening on the side of the Union in case of foreign intervention was in fact propaganda played by the Unionists to dissuade any possible intervention by foreign powers, which in this context was only France, since Britain adopted a policy of neutrality and rejected Napoleon III’s proposal to recognise the Confederacy, which fits in line with Rothschild policy since Rothschild wanted to overthrow Napoleon III as Leese himself shows. Henry Clews, referenced in Leese’s work, in fact wrote (or rather reprinted) a whole chapter in his book casting doubt on the Russia fleet story but Leese looked it over, focusing on a earlier chapter of the book which he misreads as confirming that Russia wanted to stop foreign intervention https://archive.ph/FHffM
Leese quotes Disraeli (Rothschild’s man) as saying that there “will be an America of armies,” but looking at the full context of Disraeli’s words, what he actually meant was that America would transform, after the Civil War, from a collection of ‘colonies' into a Imperial Unit, which was what Rothschild wanted as confirmed by his agent August Belmont who wrote that “any other solution to our present difficulties than a reconstruction of but one government over all the states of our confederacy would entail… an inheritance of the most fearful consequences” (see previous link)
Lincoln, far from fighting the Banks, in fact resurrected the infamous Hamiltonian Bank of the United States though the National Currency Act. The Greenbacks that are spoken about in anti-Usury circles were in fact only a war time measure.
The only Lincoln was assassinated in the end was because he didn’t want to impose the radical suppression of the South and wanted to deport the Blacks, which went against the Rothschild goal of “introduction of foreign races in large numbers as citizens” (Disraeli)
April 5, 2023
An introduction to the destructive legacy of the Rothschild family.
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January 3, 2017A relevent book not only for it's content but for it's context.
I agree and give belief to the raw data and facts in this book, but I disagree with the author's views, Arnold Leese being a fascist and a racist anti-semite. For this reasons I abstein from rating his book.
The world context this book was written is the start of WW2, the author being a British citizen, he clearly is not a traitor, he represents one of the currents of thoughts that was forgotten by history.
His world view is biased but not insane, it has roots in actual facts.
I agree and give belief to the raw data and facts in this book, but I disagree with the author's views, Arnold Leese being a fascist and a racist anti-semite. For this reasons I abstein from rating his book.
The world context this book was written is the start of WW2, the author being a British citizen, he clearly is not a traitor, he represents one of the currents of thoughts that was forgotten by history.
His world view is biased but not insane, it has roots in actual facts.
September 19, 2013
Now I want to read everything on this intriguing world's wealthiest family
September 11, 2021
Ehmm ideálně nula nula nic?
Asi takhle...
Narazila jsem nedávno na krásně opravený zámeček a jiné věci ve Vítkovicích a zjistila jsem, že se na tom podepsala rakouská větev Rothschildů. Pak jsem na ně narazila ještě když jsme byla v Krakově, tedy ve spojitosti se Slezskem a oblastí a zámečky hned za hranicemi, kousek za Bohumínem.
Tak jsem byla zvědavá a dohledala jsem spoustu zajímavostí, že i kvůli nim Hitler tolik nenáviděl Židy a že na ně vyhlásil hon.
Chtěla jsem si o nich něco přečíst a když jsem v knihkupectví narazila na tuhle knížečku, vzala jsem si ji. No...
Celkem se divím, že se prodává, protože ji napsal Arnold Leese, což byl ohromný fašista, veterinář, stoupenec Hitlera. A stejně rasistická je i tahle kniha.. Nelze věřit její objektivitě. Je plná zmanipulovaného textu, plné zášti vůči Rothschildům a také i plná nenávisti.
Tahle kniha rozhodně spadá do té kategorie, která by se prodávat neměla, dost silně podněcuje k nenávisti a to nejen k Rotshildům, ale k židům všeobecně.
Poprvé nevím, co s knihou, protože se nehodí, abych ji dala do knihovny, cokoliv jiného.
Poprvé uvažuji, že nějakou knihu jednoduše zlikviduji.
Dost mě to znechutilo, protože jsem v reálu byla zvědavá na příběh rodiny Rothschildů.
Asi takhle...
Narazila jsem nedávno na krásně opravený zámeček a jiné věci ve Vítkovicích a zjistila jsem, že se na tom podepsala rakouská větev Rothschildů. Pak jsem na ně narazila ještě když jsme byla v Krakově, tedy ve spojitosti se Slezskem a oblastí a zámečky hned za hranicemi, kousek za Bohumínem.
Tak jsem byla zvědavá a dohledala jsem spoustu zajímavostí, že i kvůli nim Hitler tolik nenáviděl Židy a že na ně vyhlásil hon.
Chtěla jsem si o nich něco přečíst a když jsem v knihkupectví narazila na tuhle knížečku, vzala jsem si ji. No...
Celkem se divím, že se prodává, protože ji napsal Arnold Leese, což byl ohromný fašista, veterinář, stoupenec Hitlera. A stejně rasistická je i tahle kniha.. Nelze věřit její objektivitě. Je plná zmanipulovaného textu, plné zášti vůči Rothschildům a také i plná nenávisti.
Tahle kniha rozhodně spadá do té kategorie, která by se prodávat neměla, dost silně podněcuje k nenávisti a to nejen k Rotshildům, ale k židům všeobecně.
Poprvé nevím, co s knihou, protože se nehodí, abych ji dala do knihovny, cokoliv jiného.
Poprvé uvažuji, že nějakou knihu jednoduše zlikviduji.
Dost mě to znechutilo, protože jsem v reálu byla zvědavá na příběh rodiny Rothschildů.
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