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Henry Ford and the Nazis
http://reformed-theology.org/html/books/wall_street/chapter_06.htm
Henry Ford is often seen to be something of an enigma among the
Wall Street elite. For many years in the 20s and 30s Ford was
popularly known as an enemy of the financial establishment.
Ford accused Morgan and others of using war and revolution as
a road to profit and their influence in social systems as a
means of personal advancement. By 1938 Henry Ford, in his
public statements, had divided financiers into two classes:
those who profited from war and used their influence to bring
about war for profit, and the "constructive" financiers.
Among the latter group he now included the House of Morgan.
On the other hand, when we probe behind these public statements
we find that Henry Ford and son Edsel Ford have been in the
forefront of American businessmen who try to walk both sides
of every ideological fence in search of profit. Using Ford's
own criteria, the Fords are among the "destructive" elements.
It was Henry Ford who in the 1930s built the Soviet Union's
first modern automobile plant (located at Gorki) and which in
the 50s and 60s produced the trucks used by the North Vietnamese
to carry weapons and munitions for use against Americans.
At about the same time, Henry Ford was also the most famous of
Hitler's foreign backers, and he was rewarded in the 1930s for
this long-lasting support with the highest Nazi decoration for
foreigners.
..
Henry Ford Receives a Nazi Medal
A decade later, in August 1938 after Hitler had achieved power
with the aid of the cartels Henry Ford received the Grand Cross
of the German Eagle, a Nazi decoration for distinguished foreigners.
The New York Times reported it was the first time the Grand Cross
had been awarded in the United States and was to celebrate
Henry Ford's 75th birthday.
..
Hitler received a mild and comfortable prison sentence for his
Bavarian revolutionary activities. The rest from more active
pursuits enabled him to write Mein Kampf. Henry Ford's book,
The International Jew, earlier circulated by the Nazis, was
translated by them into a dozen languages, and Hitler utilized
sections of the book verbatim in writing Mein Kampf.
http://reformed-theology.org/html/books/wall_street/chapter_06.htm
Henry Ford is often seen to be something of an enigma among the
Wall Street elite. For many years in the 20s and 30s Ford was
popularly known as an enemy of the financial establishment.
Ford accused Morgan and others of using war and revolution as
a road to profit and their influence in social systems as a
means of personal advancement. By 1938 Henry Ford, in his
public statements, had divided financiers into two classes:
those who profited from war and used their influence to bring
about war for profit, and the "constructive" financiers.
Among the latter group he now included the House of Morgan.
On the other hand, when we probe behind these public statements
we find that Henry Ford and son Edsel Ford have been in the
forefront of American businessmen who try to walk both sides
of every ideological fence in search of profit. Using Ford's
own criteria, the Fords are among the "destructive" elements.
It was Henry Ford who in the 1930s built the Soviet Union's
first modern automobile plant (located at Gorki) and which in
the 50s and 60s produced the trucks used by the North Vietnamese
to carry weapons and munitions for use against Americans.
At about the same time, Henry Ford was also the most famous of
Hitler's foreign backers, and he was rewarded in the 1930s for
this long-lasting support with the highest Nazi decoration for
foreigners.
..
Henry Ford Receives a Nazi Medal
A decade later, in August 1938 after Hitler had achieved power
with the aid of the cartels Henry Ford received the Grand Cross
of the German Eagle, a Nazi decoration for distinguished foreigners.
The New York Times reported it was the first time the Grand Cross
had been awarded in the United States and was to celebrate
Henry Ford's 75th birthday.
..
Hitler received a mild and comfortable prison sentence for his
Bavarian revolutionary activities. The rest from more active
pursuits enabled him to write Mein Kampf. Henry Ford's book,
The International Jew, earlier circulated by the Nazis, was
translated by them into a dozen languages, and Hitler utilized
sections of the book verbatim in writing Mein Kampf.