On this day, 22 May 1920, the antisemitic hoax document the Protocols of the Elders of Zion was prin

On this day, 22 May 1920, the antisemitic hoax document the Protocols of the Elders of Zion was printed by auto industry mogul Henry Ford in the Dearborn Independent, inaugurating a policy of antisemitism in that paper. The paper was sold in all Ford outlets, and had a circulation of 700,000. In 1927 he published an antisemitic book, named The International Jew, and he later began sending money to German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler every year for his birthday. For his efforts, Henry Ford was later presented with the Grand Cross Of the Supreme Order of the German Eagle by Hitler, the highest Nazi order which could be awarded to a non-German. Ford was also one of many US corporations which aided Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. Ford invested millions of dollars in Nazi Germany, and made trucks for German occupation troops in France. Ford also repaired and help supply spare parts for German military vehicles in Switzerland. Henry Ford’s son, Edsel Ford even attended a party, alongside executives from General Motors and other corporations, celebrating the Nazi victory in France at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Ford and son also refused to build aircraft engines for Britain, and attempted to restrict shipments of motors to Britain, which needed them for the war effort. Learn more about corporations in Allied countries assisting the Nazis in this article: https://libcom.org/library/allied-multinationals-supply-nazi-germany-world-war-2 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1993586900826450/?type=3 -- source link
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