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The International Jew is a four volume set of books originally published and distributed in the early 1920's by Henry Ford, an American industrialist, automobile developer and manufacturer.
It is to be distinguished from The International Jew: The World's Problem which was the headline in The Dearborn Independent and is the name of a of collection of articles serialized in The Dearborn Independent, a newspaper owned by Ford.
It is also to be distinguished from the title of the first volume of the series, namely, The International Jew, The World's Foremost Problem (note the absence or presence of the word "Foremost" as the distinguishing mark in the subtitle). It is substantially a compilation of antisemitic sources, but consisting primarily of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion as the main and most important source.
Main article: The Protocols of the Elders of ZionContent
After publication in the periodical, the articles were compiled into a four volume set as follows:
- Volume 1: The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem (1920)
- Volume 2: Jewish Activities in the United States (1921)
- Volume 3: Jewish Influence in American Life (1921)
- Volume 4: Aspects of Jewish Power in the United States (1922)
Influence on Hitler
Vincent Curcio wrote that these publications "were widely distributed and had great influence, particularly in Nazi Germany, where no less a personage than Adolf Hitler read and admired them. Hitler based several sections of Mein Kampf on his writings: indeed, Ford is the only American mentioned in Hitler's book."
Libel suit, 1927
A libel lawsuit brought by San Francisco lawyer and Jewish farm cooperative organizer Aaron Sapiro in response to antisemitic remarks led Ford to close the Independent in December 1927. News reports at the time quoted him as being shocked by the content and having been unaware of its nature. During the trial, the editor of Ford's "Own Page", William Cameron, testified that Ford had nothing to do with the editorials even though they were under his byline. Cameron testified at the libel trial that he never discussed the content of the pages or sent them to Ford for his approval. Investigative journalist Max Wallace noted that "whatever credibility this absurd claim may have had was soon undermined when James M. Miller, a former Dearborn Independent employee, swore under oath that Ford had told him he intended to expose Sapiro. According to Michael Barkun, "That Cameron would have continued to publish such controversial material without Ford's explicit instructions seemed unthinkable to those who knew both men. Mrs. Stanley Ruddiman, a Ford family intimate, remarked that "I don't think Mr. Cameron ever wrote anything for publication without Mr. Ford's approval".
Legacy
The Patriotic Publishing Co.
In 1934, The Patriotic Publishing Co., an unincorporated entity that operated out of a post office box "Issued" and "Compiled and edited" the The Protocols as an expanded 300-page tome. The expansion from less than 100 pages to 300 pages was made possible by lifting substantial sections from The Dearborn Independent. Most of the later imprints of the Protocols are derived from this 1934 edition.
Distribution of The International Jew was halted in 1942, but extremist groups often recycle the material; it still appears on anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi websites.
G. F. Green and the Christian Nationalist Crusade
In June of 1949 there appeared a 174 page one volume abridgment of the text, entitled The International Jew, subtitled "The World's Foremost Problem", and edited by G. F. Green. It was published by G. F. Green, editor of The Independent Nationalist with the address at 56 Gloucester Road, New Barnet, Herts, England.
The printer was H.L. Castle, Ltd., Victoria Printing Works; Watford, Herts, England. This edition sold for 9/- (British currency).
The book also sold in the United States. It is distributed by the Christian Nationalist Crusade.
This is the source of the version of the International Jew which currently circulates as an abridgment bearing the name of G. F. Green.
Bibliography
Primary sources
The Dearborn Independent
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- Call # *DA+ (Dearborn independent) Library has: Year 19, no.11-52-year 28, no.11 (Jan. 11-Dec. 31, 1927)
- Title Dearborn independent (Dearborn, Mich. : 1901).
- Dearborn independent.
- Imprint Dearborn, Mich., Suburban Pub. Co.,
- URL for this record
- LOCATION CALL # STATUS
- Humanities- General Research- Rm315 *DA+ (Dearborn independent) Library has: Year 19, no.11-52-year 28, no.11 (Jan. 11-Dec. 31, 1927)
- Division Humanities- General Research- Rm315
- Descript 28 v. ill. 40-51 cm.
- Frequency Weekly
- Note Began in 1901? Ceased with v.28, 1927; Cf. Ayer.
- "The Ford international weekly" appears with title in masthead, <Jan 1919-Apr. 1925>.
- Includes editorial page by Henry Ford.
- Description based on: Vol. 7, no. 27 (Jan 31, 1908).
- Published as a weekly periodical <Nov. 1, 1919>-<Oct. 15, 1927>.
- Numbering irregular.
- Available on microfilm from the Auburn University Libraries.
- Subject Dearborn (Mich.) -- Newspapers.
- Wayne County (Mich.) -- Newspapers.
- United States Michigan Wayne Dearborn.
- Add'l name Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
- NYPL CATNYP:
Volume 1
- LC Control No.: 21005671
- Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
- Uniform Title: The Dearborn independent.
- Main Title: The international Jew, the world's foremost problem, being a reprint of a series of articles appearing in
- The Dearborn independent from May 22 to October 2, 1920.
- Published/Created: 1920.
- Description: 1 p.l., -235 p. 19cm.
- Subjects: Protocols of the wise men of Zion. Jews.
- LC Classification: DS145.D5 A3
- CALL NUMBER: DS145.D5 A3
Volume 2
- LC Control No.: 21013445
- Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
- Uniform Title: Dearborn independent.
- International Jew
- Main Title: Jewish activities in the United States;
- Published/Created:
- Description: 255 p. 20 cm.
- Subjects: Jews--United States.
- Jewish question.
- LC Classification: DS145.D5 A32
Volume 3
- LC Control No.: 22009405
- Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
- Uniform Title: Dearborn independent.
- Main Title: Jewish influences in American life;
- Published/Created: {1921}
- Description: 256 p. 20 cm.
- Subjects: Jews--United States.
- Jewish question.
- LC Classification: DS145.D5 A32 vol. III
Volume 4
- LC Control No.: 22019493
- Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
- Corporate Name: The Dearborn independent.
- Uniform Title: International Jew
- Main Title: Aspects of Jewish power in the United States;
- Published/Created:
- Description: p. cm.
- Subjects: Jews--United States.
- LC Classification: DS145.D5 A36 vol. IV.
- Other System No.: (OCoLC)27795584
German edition
- LC Control No.: 53049221
- Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
- Uniform Title: The Dearborn independent.
- The International Jew. German.
- Main Title: Der internationale Jude.
- Published/Created: Leipzig, Hammer-Verlag
- Description: 2 v. 22 cm.
- Subjects: Jews--United States.
- LC Classification: DS145.D5 A4 1920z
- CALL NUMBER: DS145.D5 A4 1920z
Russian language edition
- LC Control No.: 76518610
- Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
- Personal Name: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
- Uniform Title: International Jew. Russian.
- Main Title: Mezhdunarodnoe evreĭstvo / Genri Ford ; perevod s angliīskago.
- Published/Created: , 192-]
- Related Titles: Dearborn Independent.
- Description: 237 p. ; 23 cm.
- Notes: Translation of a collection of unsigned articles originally appearing in the Dearborn independent May 22-Oct. 2, 1920.
- Subjects: Jews--United States.
- LC Classification: DS141 .D45 1920z
- Language Code: rus eng
- Other System No.: (OCoLC)32521103
Egyptian edition
- Henry Ford; Egyptian Translator: ]
- The International Jew (Arabic)
- (Cairo: Dar al-Fadhilah, 2001)
Secondary sources
- Ford R. Bryan, Henry's Lieutenants (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993) ISBN 0-8143-2428-2 (paper)
- Albert Lee, Henry Ford and the Jews (New York: Stein and Day, 1980) ISBN 0-8128-2701-5
- Max Wallace, The American Axis: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the Third Reich (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003) ISBN 0-312-29022-5
References
- Template:PDFlink by Philip Graves published in The Times, August 16-18, 1921
- The International Jew. The Worlds Foremost Problem. Being a Reprint of a Series of Articles Appearing in The Dearborn Independent from May 22 ... 1920 Dearborn, Mich. Dearborn Publishing Co., 1920-1922
- Curcio, Vincent (2001). Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514705-7, p. 211.
- Lewis, (1976) pp. 140-156; Baldwin p 220-221.
- Wallace, p. 30.
- Barkun, Michael (1996). Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement. UNC Press. ISBN 0-8078-4638-4, p. 35.
- The International Jew Arabic edition. Publisher: Dar al-Fadhilah, Cairo, Egypt. Translator: �Ali al-Gawhari. The International Jew: a commercial success in Egypt
- P.O. Box 526, Chicago, IL
External link
- The New York Public Library, Catalog Record
- Complete text hosted by SolarGeneral.com
- Statement by Henry Ford pamphelet issued by American Jewish Committee