Who are The Rothschilds? The Rothschild’s are a very wealthy family of financiers. In the late 18th century (1700′s) Mayer Rothschild, the German patriarch of the family, sent his five sons to the major financial centers of western Europe to found new branches of the families bank. One son settled in London, one in Paris, one in Frankfurt, one in Vienna, and one in Naples. The sons were canny dealmakers, and rose to some prominence in their respective cities. Their familial contacts allowed them to communicate important news more easily across the continent, and allowed many other business advantages. One son in particular (Nathan, in London) became notorious for his ability to realize great profit from tumultuous events, and to supposedly influence political events across the continent. This was the time of Napolean, and Nathan, with his extensive network of contacts and ability to collect large sums of money to lend to the Government for financing its wars, became indispensably useful to the British Government of the time.
The families success was achieved in spite of the fact that they were members of a reviled class in Europe, being Jewish. Members of the family were raised into the nobility in several places (Britain and Austria at least), and in all cases were the first and only Jewish members of the nobility in those countries. They also became extremely famous and prominent in society. They built large, extravagant palaces and Chateaus in every country in which they resided, and the family art collection was far and away the most extensive private collection of its day (and perhaps ever). Taken as a whole, their family fortune was among the largest ever.
This fame and prominence turned out not to be entirely a blessing. The Rothchilds were the most prominent example of a wealthy family of Jewish financiers, and the hatred for such people was a big influence in the rise of the antisemitism that ultimately led to the Nazi’s atrocities. People who believe the modern day versions of a conspiracy whereby Jewish financiers control the world draw from the exact same (fabricated and outlandish) sources that the Nazis did. In reality, while many Jews did work in finance and even excel in it, the elite members of every European country of course did the same.
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