Event
Reports of Ford and Hitler, 1922 and 1923
Newspaper reports from Munich and Berlin of a picture of Ford in Hitler’s office, of Ford’s book at Nazi headquarters, and of Hitler’s praise of Ford.
- Dates
- 1922–1923
Connections 3
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- Adolf Hitler denied taking money from Ford Scholarship & press 12
- Henry Ford the rumour’s subject Scholarship & press 1
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Timeline 1 date
- 1922–1923 Reports of Ford and Hitler, 1922 and 1923
Proof 2 sources
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America’s Most Dangerous Anti-Jewish Propagandist, The Atlantic, 7 Nov 2023.
Scholarship & press
Hitler denied receiving funding from Ford but made no secret that he considered him an inspiration.
In late 1922, The New York Times reported the “rumor” passing through Berlin that Henry Ford was bankrolling Adolf Hitler
The wall of Hitler’s office featured a large picture of the American mogul, the Times noted
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Antisemitism and Henry Ford’s “The International Jew”, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Encyclopedia.
Scholarship & press
In a 1923 interview for the Chicago Tribune, Hitler said, “We look on Heinrich Ford as the leader of the growing Fascisti [Fascist] movement in America.
He even displayed a portrait of Ford in his private office.
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