Henri Louis-Victor-Mars Rollin (November 9, 1885 – April 1955) was a French naval officer, spy, journalist and essayist.
In 1903, he joined the
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
and served on battleship
''Diderot'' in
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. He subsequently served on ''Paris II'' and was taken prisoner by
Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker on December 13, 1917, after the sinking of the ship.
In 1939, he published ''L'Apocalypse de notre temps'' and explored the world of intrigue that helped fabricate the forgery ''
Protocols of the Elders of Zion
''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'' () or ''The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion'' is a fabricated antisemitic text purporting to describe a Jewish plan for global domination. The hoax was plagiarized from several ...
''.
1885 births
1955 deaths
People of the French Third Republic
French male essayists
20th-century French essayists
20th-century French male writers
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