Natalie de Bogory
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Natalie de Bogory, is primarily known for her notorious work in translating from the Russian language
into the English language
, and subsequently distributing and participating in having published the first or second American
edition in the United States
of the infamous Plagiarism
known as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. There were two different editions printed in the United States in 1920. The earlier, entitled The Protocols and World Revolution, associated with Boris Brasol
and published by Small, Maynard and Company. The later, entitled Praemonitus Praemunitus associated with Harris A. Houghton
and published by The Beckwith Company
.
of Russia
. Her parents had been imprisoned under the tsarist government for revolutionary involvements. Her father Vladimir escaped from Siberia and later married her mother Julie Gortinsky in Switzerland. Gortinsky was from a noble family and educated at the Smolny Institute in St. Petersburg. Natalie was born in Geneva. She married Albert Sonnichsen, a writer, had one child Eric in 1909, and was divorced from in 1919. Eventually she moved to Paris, after losing custody of her son in a very public legal fight, and she worked as Sol Hurok
's publicity person in
Europe and eventually a writer for the International Herald Tribune. She died in 1936 in Paris.
She worked as the assistant of the physician and military intelligence officer in the service of the U.S. War Department
, Harris Ayers Houghton, who paid for her services out of his own private funds. Houghton engaged her as his personal and investigative assistant, for nine months, and subsequently claimed that no public funds were used for her services. She had obtained a Russian version of the Protocols of Zion from the notorious White Russian
and extremely antisemitic, tsarist officer Boris Brasol
, and thereafter she requested, under her own initiative and received authorization to translate it into the English language
. She did not work alone, however, but with close consultation with Brasol, and another former tsarist officer, General G. J. Sosnowsky.
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
into the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and subsequently distributing and participating in having published the first or second American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
edition in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
of the infamous Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous...
known as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. There were two different editions printed in the United States in 1920. The earlier, entitled The Protocols and World Revolution, associated with Boris Brasol
Boris Brasol
Boris Leo Brasol , lawyer and literary critic, was a White Russian immigrant to the United States.-Biography:...
and published by Small, Maynard and Company. The later, entitled Praemonitus Praemunitus associated with Harris A. Houghton
Harris A. Houghton
Harris Ayers Houghton was a professional physician and military officer of the United States during and shortly after World War I. His fame, or rather infamy is due to the anonymous translation and publication from the Russian language into the English language, of the Protocols of the Elders of...
and published by The Beckwith Company
The Beckwith Company
The Beckwith Company was a publishing entity in 1920, based in New York City. It is remembered for publishing a second edition of the forged Protocols of the Elders of Zion, more specifically a second translation from the Russian language into the English language.- The Beckwith edition of the...
.
Biography
She was the granddaughter of a general in the service of the tsarTsar
Tsar is a title used to designate certain European Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers. As a system of government in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire, it is known as Tsarist autocracy, or Tsarism...
of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Her parents had been imprisoned under the tsarist government for revolutionary involvements. Her father Vladimir escaped from Siberia and later married her mother Julie Gortinsky in Switzerland. Gortinsky was from a noble family and educated at the Smolny Institute in St. Petersburg. Natalie was born in Geneva. She married Albert Sonnichsen, a writer, had one child Eric in 1909, and was divorced from in 1919. Eventually she moved to Paris, after losing custody of her son in a very public legal fight, and she worked as Sol Hurok
Sol Hurok
Sol Hurok was a world-famous 20th century American impresario.-Biography:...
's publicity person in
Europe and eventually a writer for the International Herald Tribune. She died in 1936 in Paris.
She worked as the assistant of the physician and military intelligence officer in the service of the U.S. War Department
United States Department of War
The United States Department of War, also called the War Department , was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army...
, Harris Ayers Houghton, who paid for her services out of his own private funds. Houghton engaged her as his personal and investigative assistant, for nine months, and subsequently claimed that no public funds were used for her services. She had obtained a Russian version of the Protocols of Zion from the notorious White Russian
White movement
The White movement and its military arm the White Army - known as the White Guard or the Whites - was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces.The movement comprised one of the politico-military Russian forces who fought...
and extremely antisemitic, tsarist officer Boris Brasol
Boris Brasol
Boris Leo Brasol , lawyer and literary critic, was a White Russian immigrant to the United States.-Biography:...
, and thereafter she requested, under her own initiative and received authorization to translate it into the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. She did not work alone, however, but with close consultation with Brasol, and another former tsarist officer, General G. J. Sosnowsky.