Language:
English
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of American History
Angaben zur Quelle:
91,3 (2004) 877-905
Keywords:
Ford, Henry,
;
Marshall, Louis,
;
Dearborn independent
;
Antisemitism in the press
;
Antisemitism History 1500-
;
Jews Periodicals
Abstract:
Reveals how, in 1927, the head of the American Jewish Congress, Louis Marshall, went behind the backs of two Jews (Aaron Sapiro and Herman Bernstein) who were trying to sue Henry Ford for libel, and wrote a document that Ford signed apologizing for the serialization of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" in the "Dearborn Independent". However, Ford denied responsibility, blaming his employees. Marshall's elitist approach was adopted in order to avoid confrontation. Ford's apology did not halt the spread of the "Protocols" or of "The International Jew", which was derived from it. Nor did it remove obstacles to a more secure equality for American Jews. Marshall's devotion to an individual conception of equal rights left unchallenged the problem of group defamation that only anti-hate speech legislation could address.
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