In the History: Henry Ford documentary shown above, the anti-Jewish activities of the founder of the Ford Motor Company are discussed.
Henry Ford’s anti-Semitic views are revealed in tonight’s documentary. Over
In tonight’s historical documentary, it appears that the big businessman With Henry Ford had strong opinions about everything, including Jews.
In 1918, Ford bought his hometown Dearborn Independent – magazine and started using the publication as a platform for spreading his own propaganda.
The magazine was distributed free of charge at Ford car dealerships, which spread to millions of American homes.
In his weekly editorials, Ford, among other things, declared Judaism to be the beginning and root of all evil. Ford blamed Jews for everything from World War I to jazz music and sowed unabashed anti-Semitism.
Over the course of two years, Ford wrote nearly a hundred articles, which were compiled into a four-volume work. The work was translated into 16 languages. It was published in Finnish in 1924 under the name International Jewry: The World’s Most Important Question.
Ford used his writings as a source The Minutes of the Elders of Zion. Written in Tsarist Russia, the text consists of forged documents describing Jewish plans for world domination.
Ford imagined the writings to be genuine for a long time and was one of the most enthusiastic spreaders of the forged text. Ford saw the Jews as a cancerous race that needed to be purged.
Ford’s writings also gained supporters. Among them had been influential in the German National Socialist Workers’ Party Adolf Hitlerwho later put Ford’s ideas into practice with his own actions.
Hitler praised Ford in his own writings. Shortly before the start of World War II, Ford was awarded the Nazi Germany Medal of Merit.
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Ford’s desire to control other people’s lives extended further. In 1928, Ford bought a huge tract of land in Brazil and built a village bearing his name in the rainforest. He wanted to teach the residents of Fordlandia to his own concept of civilization.
Even Ford’s own employees were not allowed to do so. In order to receive their $5 a day wages, the workers had to adhere to the Good American Code of Conduct drawn up by Ford.
Employees had to, among other things, keep their homes clean, bright and ventilated, eat nutritiously and use their earnings sparingly. Violation of the advice led to dismissal at worst.
History: Henry Ford today on TV1 at 19:00 & in Areena. See all TV programs and broadcast times in Telku’s TV guide.