Background
George Shanks was the son of Henry Shanks, a well-known British merchant who resided in Moscow.
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George Shanks
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Career
His version was produced for The Britons, an early anti-immigration and anti-Semitic organization. Henry Shanks managed the family firm of Shanks & Bolin, Magasin Anglais established by his father James Steuart Shanks in 1852. As a result of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the family lost their business and home and were forced to return to London.
lieutenant is believed that the translation was completed during this period in London.
His identity was not discovered until 1978. Initially, it was believed that Victor East. Marsden was the translator, as his name came to be associated with the British English language translation of the Protocols in pamphlet or booklet form soon after he died in 1920.
Shanks is known to have engaged in a dispute with The Britons over payment of the royalties to which he was entitled regarding their publication of.
Membership
George was also a founding member of Radio Normandy.
