Event
Bernstein v. Ford
Libel suit by the journalist Herman Bernstein against Henry Ford, filed 1923 and settled in 1927.
- Dates
- 1923–1927
Connections 4
involved
- Herman Bernstein plaintiff Scholarship & press 1
- Henry Ford defendant Scholarship & press 1
part of
- The Dearborn Independent’s “International Jew” campaign Scholarship & press 1
followed from
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The History of a Lie
According to Herman Bernstein
Scholarship & press
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Bernstein’s own account of how the suit arose.
Timeline 1 date
- 1923–1927 Bernstein v. Ford
Proof 2 sources
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America’s Most Dangerous Anti-Jewish Propagandist, The Atlantic, 7 Nov 2023.
Scholarship & press
In 1923, the journalist Herman Bernstein filed a libel suit against Ford, who had remarked in an interview that Bernstein was the one who had told him aboard the “peace ship”
Ford dodged service in the Bernstein case
Ford settled separately with Sapiro and Bernstein.
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Herman Bernstein Relates Events Preceding Suit Against Henry Ford, Jewish Telegraphic Agency (Jewish Daily Bulletin, July 1927).
Scholarship & press
I was singled out for attack and was libelled by those who spoke in the name of Mr. Ford.
Its contents clearly indicate that you reached your conclusions
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