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Ford’s retraction of 1927

Statement dated 30 June 1927 in which Henry Ford retracted the Dearborn Independent’s charges against Jews and called the Protocols forgeries; drafted by Louis Marshall.

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30 Jun 1927

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  • Theodor Fritsch Nov 1927 went on publishing the book after the retraction Scholarship & press 12

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  1. 30 Jun 1927 Ford’s retraction of 1927
  2. Nov 1927 Theodor Fritsch intervened in Ford’s retraction of 1927
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  1. Ford Orders Fritsch to Stop Distribution of “International Jew”, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 15 Nov 1927. Scholarship & press
    I am informed through the public prints that you are still publishing and circulating these pamphlets in various European countries in a number of languages
    whatever rights you have or claim to have to publish ‘The International Jew’ anywhere or in any language whatsoever, are hereby revoked and terminated
  2. Antisemitism and Henry Ford’s “The International Jew”, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Encyclopedia. Scholarship & press
    As part of the apology, Ford ordered that copies of The International Jew be burned. He also ordered overseas publishers to stop publishing the book. These orders were ignored.
    Ford’s apology was published in multiple newspapers on July 8, 1927, but it did not run in The Dearborn Independent.
    Louis Marshall, a prominent attorney and leading voice for Jewish and minority rights in the United States, drafted a statement of apology for Ford to sign.
  3. Statement by Henry Ford regarding charges against Jews made in his publications, with statement and reply by Louis Marshall (American Jewish Year Book), American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Year Book (via the Berman Jewish Policy Archive), 1927. Primary record
    has been made the medium for resurrecting exploded fictions, for giving currency to the so-called Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion, which have been demonstrated, as I learn, to be gross forgeries
    I hereby approve of the attached
    it has been impossible for me to devote personal attention to their management or to keep informed as to their contents
    I answered that there must be a complete retraction of all of the false charges made, a full apology and request for forgiveness
  4. The International Jew: 1920s Antisemitism Revived Online, Anti-Defamation League, 30 Jan 2017. Scholarship & press
    The only statement I care to make about the Protocols is that they fit in with what is going on
  5. Henry Ford’s apology, Reform Judaism. Scholarship & press
    Ford then had one of his assistants sign the letter on his behalf
    The letter was written in reaction to a libel charge brought against Ford by Aaron Sapiro
  6. America’s Most Dangerous Anti-Jewish Propagandist, The Atlantic, 7 Nov 2023. Scholarship & press
    That summer, Ford representatives enlisted Louis Marshall, the president of the American Jewish Committee, to help bring the “International Jew” debacle to a close.
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