Henry Ford's Anti-Semitism

Henry Ford, a successful industrialist, was a notorious anti-Semite. He openly expressed his anti-Semitic beliefs and conspiracy theories, blaming Jews for various societal problems. Ford's newspaper, Dearborn Independent, published a 92-week series based on the fabricated, anti-Semitic document called 'The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion.' Despite this document being exposed as a lie in 1921, Ford continued his weekly essays attacking Jews. His publications had a wide reach, and the German edition of his book, 'The International Jew,' influenced Adolf Hitler, who admired Ford and even hung his portrait in his office. Hitler credited Ford as his inspiration and blamed Jews for Germany's troubles.