In 1920 Henry Ford bought "The Dearborn Independent," a virile and very independent journal published in his home town. He used it to publish his series of 81 articles (between 1920 and 1922) on "the Jewish Question in America," which he called "the world's foremost problem." The Dearborn Independent was distributed nationwide to Ford dealer showrooms and was offered free of charge to the general public. At its peak, circulation reached 700,000 readers. He later published the articles as a four-volume set of books. At the Nuremberg Tribunal, Baldur Von Shirach, Hitler Youth Leader, said he had been influenced through reading these books. The work was also quoted in Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. This volume reprints the articles from May 22 to October 2, 1920. This four-volume set is an important document in the history of anti-semiticism in America.
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1920. This volume contains a series of articles reprinted from articles appearing in 'The Dearborn Independent' from May 22 to October 2, 1920. "This little book is the partial record of an investigation of the Jewish Question. It is printed to enable readers to inform themselves on the data published in 'The Dearborn Independent' prior to October 1, 1920. The motive of this work is simply a desire to make facts known to the people. Other motives have been ascribed to it. But the motive of prejudice or any form of antagonism is hardly strong enough to support such an investigation as this. Moreover, had an unworthy motive existed, some sign of it would inevitably appear in the work itself. We confidently call the reader to witness that the tone of these articles is all that it should be." These articles are worthy of reproduction due to their historical value. In NO WAY IS THE PUBLISHER ANTI-SEMITIC. As a religious and philosophical publisher, we make old and scarce works available to the modern reader-regardless of their position on any certain topic. For the Jewish zealots who are outraged at this publication, consider that if anything stated herein is true, then the Jewish people must live with their history without remaking it or pretending it to be something different than what is the actual truth. If these articles are false and derogatory, then let the facts speak for themselves and condemn the editors of these articles. The truth will eventually surface to the benefit of both the Jewish zealot and those who would criticize the great Jewish people. Certainly in the twenty-first century, an advanced society can debate ideas on their own merit and prove any philosophy to be true or false without fanaticism from either side. No race or religion is above criticism. Conversely, no race or religion is worthy of condemnation and excoriation. It is not the words in a book that make or demean a people-only their actions. Every person and every race has their high and low moments. Only a fair minded soul can see the good in all peoples everywhere. Hopefully, you the reader, are such a soul. This book contains important historical information and as such, it is herewith reprinted.
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Henry Ford published this series of articles in 1920 looking at the role of Jews in the international society of his time, which is to say, after WW1 and pre WW2.He saw the Jews as a separate group, having maintained their identity over millenia by means of a strong racial awareness, intermarriage laws, religion and tradition. There isn't much to doubt about this, but he moves on to consider how this Jewish group has interacted with the remaining 97% of Gentile society (in 1920 Jews were about 3% of the US population and are a similar proportion today). He concludes that there are positive and negative effects. On the positive side he shows traditional Jewish commercial activities such as banking becoming centred in the most tolerant countries (in his day and at present the US) providing plentiful Gentile employment which in the modern context would include the media and entertainment industries. On the negative side is the manipulation of their host legislatures, foreign policy, economy and media channels for their own rather than the national benefit. Although he doesn't express it in these terms, he is really asking whether Jews and Gentiles have a symbiotic relationship (both sides benefit) or a parasitic relationship (one side benefits) in the countries in which they coexist. He comes down mostly on the side of a parasitic relationship which he supports by the considerable efforts that Jewish organizations go to to hide their power and shut down any references to it in the media. They label it as anti-Semitic, which it often is, but Ford makes it clear that the Jews themselves have been operating a solid racist policy since at least Roman times so it isn't a surprise that Gentiles sometimes react in the same way. The book identifies Gentile nationalism and racial identity as a principal Jewish fear, hence their strong support for multiculturalism (for Gentiles) and liberalism (for Gentiles) of the kind promoted in the collapsing late Austro-Hungarian empire and German Weimar republic, both of which they powerfully influenced. He shows that the the murderous Bolshevik revolutionaries were almost entirely Jewish and the catastrophic result that their revolution had for the Russian and Ukrainian populations, and, should he have written his articles post WW2, he would have added the equally catastrophic German nationalistic reaction against the early 20th century Jewish domination of German society (e.g. in 1912, one out of three high school students in Vienna was a religious Jew, 40% of medical students were Jewish etc. displacing the traditionally German middle class - See Brigitte Hamann )
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This review is from: The International Jew Vol I: The World's Foremost Problem (Paperback)
A hard-hitting, easy-to-read introduction to what the renowned American automaker and industrialist called "the world's foremost problem." This influential and much-discussed collection of essays, packed with facts and insights, is an eye-opening survey of the enduringly vexing "Jewish question." These essays originally appeared 1920-22 in Ford's Dearborn Independent. A sample: "Jewish intolerance today, yesterday and in every age of history where Jews were able to exert influence or power, is indisputable except among people who do not know the record."
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[...]Anyway, all I can say -- if freedom of speech exists -- is that this is an excellent book. It reflects reality as it is today, and it was written in the early 19s. Everybody should read it.
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