> >>>>And just like his good friend Henry Ford he was very anti-Semitic.
>
> Abe,
>
> I have studied Edison for some thirty years. Could you please give me some
> concrete evidence that Edison was anti-Semitic?
>
[...]
> Dennis?
There is no doubt that Edison was anti-Semite. Here is evidence from Stollwerck
archive, Cologne. Since 1895, Ludwig Stollwerck had business relations with
Edison, and knew him personally from 1902, when they discussed future
cooperations in Llewellyn Park.
In a letter dated 28 July 1904, John H. Volkmann of Stollwerck & Co., New York,
strongly advised Ludwig Stollwerck not to send a Jewish director for contract
negotiations with Edison, because, "as you [Stollwerck] already know, Edison is
highly anti-Semitic." (Translation from German, Stollwerck archive, Cologne)
Stephan
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