may 22, 1920 - Henry Ford publishes
"The International Jew" in
The Dearborn Independent
from May 22 to October 2, 1920
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At the beginning of 1920, Ford's personal newspaper, The Dearborn Independent, was languishing in subscriptions and losing money. Ford and his personal secretary, Ernest G. Liebold, began to discuss a series of articles on the Jewish Question.[1]:97 While it was Liebold who claimed to have come up with the title, The International Jew, he turned to "the walking dictionary" William J. Cameron for most of the writing.[1]:99,103 For 91 issues, the weekly paper announced a variety of Jewish-evil-influenced major stories in its headlines.
Editor E. G. Pipp left the Independent in April 1920 in disgust with the planned antisemitic articles, which began in May. Ford did not write the articles. He expressed his opinions verbally to Liebold, and to Cameron, who replaced Pipp as editor. Cameron had the main responsibility for expanding these opinions into article form. Liebold was responsible for collecting more material to support the articles.[1]:98-100
The most popular and aggressive stories were then chosen to be reprinted into four volumes called The International Jew.[2] The first volume was published in November 1920 as an anthology of articles that had been published in the Independent from May 22 to October 2, 1920. The original print run of the first edition was estimated to be between 200,000 and 500,000 copies. Three additional volumes were published over the next 18 months.[1]:145
Liebold never copyrighted The International Jew and therefore had no control over anyone else publishing it themselves. The book was ultimately translated into 16 languages, including six editions in Germany between 1920 and 1922, and has remained in the public domain.[1]:145
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