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Theodor Fritsch

German publisher of “The International Jew” in German.

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Owner of the Hammer Verlag in Leipzig. Henry Ford ordered him in 1927 to stop publishing the book; see Der internationale Jude.

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Ford’s retraction of 1927 Nov 1927 went on publishing the book after the retraction Scholarship & press 1 2

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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
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.
By 1922, The International Jew was already in its 21st printing in Germany.
Henry Ford and Antisemitism: The Notorious “Dearborn Independent”, American Jewish Archives. Scholarship & press
In Germany, Theodor Fritsch reprinted Ford’s Dearborn Independent articles as books in four, cumulative volumes.

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