The Times Warns of Hitler
One hundred years ago today … the New York Times published an article warning of a fascist German political leader surging in popularity. Adolf Hitler, says the headline, has demonstrated “extraordinary powers of swaying crowds to his will.”
New York Times, 21 November, 1922. p. 21. The New York Times.
Correspondent Cyril Brown writes that Hitler is leading a “reactionary Nationalistic anti-Semitic movement” that “has now reached a point where it is considered potentially dangerous, though not for the immediate future.”
New York Times, 21 November, 1922. p. 21. The New York Times.
Brwon goes on to predict that “it is certain the Allies will take umbrage at the Hitler organization as a violation of the military clauses” of the Treaty of Versailles, “and demand disbandment.”
– Jonathan Goldman, November 21, 2022
TAGS: politics, journalism, fascism, antisemitism