(FORD, HENRY, Ed.) Vol. I: The International Jew: The World’s Foremost Problem. * Vol. II: Jewish Activities in the United States. * Vol. III: Jewish Influences in American Life. * Vol. IV: Aspects of Jewish Power in the United States
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 35
(ANTISEMITICA)
(FORD, HENRY, Ed.) Vol. I: The International Jew: The World’s Foremost Problem. * Vol. II: Jewish Activities in the United States. * Vol. III: Jewish Influences in American Life. * Vol. IV: Aspects of Jewish Power in the United States
Dearborn, Michigan: Dearborn Publishing Co 1920-22
Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $800
Selected anti-Jewish articles reprinted from The Dearborn Independent, the weekly newspaper owned by automobile magnate, Henry Ford.
Following the turn toward isolationism in America and the Red Scare of 1919-21, a wave of anti-Semitism bore serious consequences for American Jewry. This nativist nationalism had a vigorous proponent in Ford, who launched his own personal anti-Semitic propoganda campaign which was without precedent in corporate America