The claim

A list of “19 points for the enslavement of peoples” is attributed to Karl Marx and circulated on social media.

Our conclusion

It cannot be proven that this list comes from Marx. The anti-Semitic pamphlet “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” is more likely to serve as a template.

The list, which is attributed here to Karl Marx, contains various recommendations such as “Destroy families”, “Incite the people against the “rich” or “Let uneducated people rule”, which is even highlighted.

Screenshot of Karl Marx's Facebook post list
Screenshot Facebook post

Apparently this list is archived in the British Museum London and can be found under catalog number 3926.

Catalog no. 3926

A search in the archives of the British Museum London for this catalog number yields no results. If you search for the catalog number in combination with the search term “Marx” you won’t get any results either. – None.

AFP 's fact-checkers asked the British Museum directly for the catalog number and list and received the response from the press office on April 14, 2022: "Our archives team has no record of this."
The museum's written collections are known to be held in the British Library , So the colleagues from AFP also searched here. With the same result , no such list can be found.
When asked directly, a spokeswoman for the British Library told AFP that no such list could be found. dpa fact checkers also came to this conclusion .

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Wilfried Nippel, history professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin, points to another document that cites catalog number 3926 and the British Museum as a source:

“Incidentally, claims that there was an original text for the fake “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” in the British Museum also existed in the 1920s. Perhaps this text about the 'world Jewish conspiracy' is the model, but this is a text of a few dozen pages, not just a list.”

Wolfgang Nippel
MIMIKAMA
Screenshot Google Books

These writings are an anti-Semitic pamphlet. The Vienna Museum writes about this:

“A hundred years ago, the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” – starting in Russia – spread rapidly throughout the Western world. Even Goebbels doubted that the “document” of a “Jewish-Masonic world conspiracy” was authentic. Nevertheless, it fueled modern anti-Semitism like no other writing – until today.”

Vienna Museum

Here too, the search leads to the cited source of the original – British Museum Library, No. 3926 – no results, regardless of whether you search in English or Russian .

Francesco Di Palma, employee at the Institute for History and Cultural Studies at the Free University of Berlin, explains the contents of those “protocols” 2020 lecture These are very close to the points on the list currently attributed to Karl Marx.

Does the list reflect Marx's attitude?

According to experts, the points in the list cannot be attributed to Karl Marx. He campaigned for the labor movement, but the list contains recommendations such as “creating wealth-swallowing monopolies,” “increasing wages without benefiting workers,” or “poisoning employee-employer relationships.”

Michael Quante, philosophy professor at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, explains when asked by AFP:

“The content of the text does not fit Karl Marx’s position. From the perspective of the editors and editors responsible for the critical edition of Marx and Engels, it is not a text that can be attributed to Karl Marx.”

Michael Quante

What is also noticeable is the linguistic content relating to vaccinations or the phrase “employees/employers” that do not come from the time of Karl Marx.
Uffa Jensen, deputy director at the Center for Research on Anti-Semitism, shared his opinion with AFP:

“The thing is clearly a current product that makes use of classic texts such as the protocols. The phrase 'employer' and 'employer', but even more so the reference to the vaccination, leave little doubt that the author is to be suspected in the anti-Semitic German-speaking Internet of today. That never has anything to do with Marx.”

Uffa Jensen

Conclusion

It cannot be proven that the list of “19 points that Karl Marx recommends for the enslavement of peoples” actually came from the philosopher's pen.

Nor is it kept in the British Museum under the catalog number listed. The anti-Semitic book “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” is a possible source for this list. But this also has nothing to do with Karl Marx.

Source: AFP , dpa , Vienna Museum

This might also be of interest : No, Klaus Schwab never talked about eliminating 4 billion “useless eaters”!


If you enjoyed this post and value the importance of well-founded information, become part of the exclusive Mimikama Club! Support our work and help us promote awareness and combat misinformation. As a club member you receive:

📬 Special Weekly Newsletter: Get exclusive content straight to your inbox.
🎥 Exclusive video* “Fact Checker Basic Course”: Learn from Andre Wolf how to recognize and combat misinformation.
📅 Early access to in-depth articles and fact checks: always be one step ahead.
📄 Bonus articles, just for you: Discover content you won't find anywhere else.
📝 Participation in webinars and workshops : Join us live or watch the recordings.
✔️ Quality exchange: Discuss safely in our comment function without trolls and bots.

Join us and become part of a community that stands for truth and clarity. Together we can make the world a little better!

* In this special course, Andre Wolf will teach you how to recognize and effectively combat misinformation. After completing the video, you have the opportunity to join our research team and actively participate in the education - an opportunity that is exclusively reserved for our club members!


Notes:
1) This content reflects the current state of affairs at the time of publication. The reproduction of individual images, screenshots, embeds or video sequences serves to discuss the topic. 2) Individual contributions were created through the use of machine assistance and were carefully checked by the Mimikama editorial team before publication. ( Reason )