Henry Ford purchased The Dearborn Independent and published it from 1919 to 1927. The weekly, widely distributed paper (circulation reached at least 900,000 by 1926) covered business and economic news as well as world events. It also became a source of antisemitism. The front page read "The International Jew: The World's Problems", each week, the paper published antisemitic articles. It also republished The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. While The Dearborn Independent did condemn violence, it also blamed Jews for provoking the violence.
Ford's antisemitism provoked protests and a boycott of his automobiles in the 1920s. The Anti Defamation League launched a campaign to oppose Ford. In 1927, a lawsuit was brought against Ford. As a consequence, the paper shut down, Ford apologised, his apology was received with skepticism. In 1931, Hitler gave an interview saying "I regard Henry Ford as my inspiration" (via and via and via).
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