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American History Hit

Nazis in America: The Far Right in the 1930s

American History Hit

History Hit

America, History

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In 1933, The Pittsburgh Courier published an editorial entitled 'Hitler Learns from America'. So how and why was fascism on the rise in the United States from the Great Depression to the Second World War?


In this episode, Don speaks with Rachel Maddow, host of 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC. Together, they explore the influence of propaganda, key figures of American Fascism, and the Great Sedition Trial of 1944.


Rachel's latest book is 'Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism.'


Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.


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Just a note from me, before we get started, this conversation has been recorded before our recent presidential

0:38.6

election. Here in Detroit, row upon row of shiny black vehicles exit the assembly line in steady

0:46.8

succession. Simple, affordable, and durable, with a lightweight body and uniform shape. In 1908,

0:57.6

the Ford Model T, one of the first vehicles to be mass produced,

1:00.7

comes to represent American engineering innovation,

1:04.6

a landmark achievement and a cultural icon for the modern world.

1:09.7

But this is not the only assembly line to be owned and operated by Henry Ford.

1:12.3

A decade after the Model T came into being, in 1918, Ford buys his hometown newspaper, the Dearborn Independent. Then two

1:18.7

years later, on May 22nd, 1920, he publishes a four-volume set of pamphlets and articles taken

1:25.5

from the newspaper, and titled The International Jew,

1:29.2

The World's Problem. The first edition flies off the presses in the hundreds of thousands. It will

1:35.1

later be translated into 16 languages. It blames the Jewish population for pretty much all of the

1:41.5

world's problems, labor unrest, Bolshevism, financial strife, and war.

1:47.5

Ford distributes half a million copies to his network of dealerships and subscribers,

1:52.7

spreading anti-Semitic hatred across the country.

1:55.6

A message reflected and admired by the burgeoning National Socialist Movement in Germany,

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