Aaron Sapiro^{[1, 2]}

• Name	Aaron Sapiro  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	10435
  Person ID	I10435	aojd
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Jacob Sapiro,   b. Poland/Russia ,   d. 1893, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  Family ID	F3735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Aaron was an attorney who sued Henry Ford in the 1930's: 1920-1927 HENRY FORD (USA)Published an assortment of anti-Semitic literature including: The International Jew, Jewish Activities in the United States and Jewish Influence in American Life. As the result of a libel action in 1927 he was forced to make a public retraction. 1927 June 30, HENRY FORD (USA)The automobile magnet was forced to publicly apologize for libel against the Jews. Aaron Sapiro, a lawyer, had accused Ford and his Dearborn Independent of the libel. Although the case was a personal one, the newspaper's anti-Semitic propaganda figured heavily in the case. Ford was forced to retract some of his accusations and apologize. [1]

  
  

• Sources

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