Schiff spent millions to overthrow the Czar and more millions to overthrow Kerensky. He was sending money to Russia long after the true character of the Bolsheviks was known to the world. Schiff raised $10 million, supposedly for Jewish war relief in Russia, but later events revealed it to be a good business investment.
Schiff’s loans to multiple nations to oppose Germany in WWI were primarily due to his own German roots and sympathy for the Jewish people. He refused to loan money to Russia until the tsar was toppled and The new government declared Jews to be equal citizens, and stopped immediately when Lenin and Trotsky seized power.
