Why was he anti-semitist and what started it? Did he ever suffer a stroke while watching a film on the Nazis?
2006-10-01 09:56:10 · 2 answers · asked by Maninblack 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I don't know; some people are that way. Some people are jealous of their success and mainly label the individuals as money-grubbers, which they aren't.
2006-10-01 10:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
From 1920 to 1927, ford owned and published the Dearborn Independent. The newspaper was radically anti-Jewish. there is some question about whether or not Ford ever knew what was being published in his newspaper, but he undoubtedly did.
Ford was a big hero of Hitler and is mentioned approvingly in Mein Kampf.
There is an excellent article called "Anti-Semitism and The Dearborn Independent" as part of the Wikipedia article on Henry Ford. The web address is below.
Was he anti-Jewish? There is no record of Jews being fired from the assembly line, nor record of them being refused employment, or promotions to a certain low level. He probably had a general bias against Jews, not at all uncommon at the time.
The story about the circumstances of his series of strokes are mythical. The people who might have known never discussed them.
2006-10-01 15:22:44 · answer #2 · answered by Prof. Cochise 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋