Research assistance provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute. ... The generous treatment allotted Ford Motor by the Nazi regime is partially attributable to the violent anti-Semitism of the company's founder, Henry Ford. read more
Although it has long been known that Henry Ford, the company's founder, held anti-Semitic views, the extent of his involvement in Hitler's rise to power is in dispute. Max Wallace, a journalist and Holocaust researcher, says in The American Axis: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of the Third Reich that both men fell for Nazi propaganda. read more
Best Answer: Ford sympathized with Hitler and the Nazi Party. However, there is no proof of financial support. Several reports contradict one another. In March of 1923, a reporter from The Chicago Tribune interviewed Hitler himself concerning the matter. read more