BALDUS VON SCHIRACH

Henry Ford, the American industrialist, was a virulent anti-Semite. He published some of the worst hate literature ever distributed in the United States. However, the German Nazis used his materials to influence young Germans who were great admirers of Ford whose autos and trucks sold also in Germany. In 1942, Ford repudiated his anti-Semitic positions () but by that time the damage had already been done with millions of German youth.

Henry Ford, the American industrialist, was a virulent anti-Semite. He published some of the worst hate literature ever distributed in the United States. However, the German Nazis used his materials to influence young Germans who were great admirers of Ford whose autos and trucks sold also in Germany. In 1942, Ford repudiated his anti-Semitic positions () but by that time the damage had already been done with millions of German youth.