Benjamin Freedman

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Benjamin Freedman (third from left), with the award given to him by the Anti-Communist Federation of Polish Freedom Fighters in Salem , Massachusetts in 1972; far left his wife Rose Schoendorf

Benjamin Harrison Freedman , also Friedman (born October 5, 1890 in Manhattan , New York City , † April / May 1984 ) was an American , anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist activist.

Life

As the son of his Jewish parents Maurice Friedman and Annie Kaufmann originally involved in the Jewish community of New York, Freedman fell out with the Ashkenazi majority and accused them of abuse of Judaism.

In 1918 he accompanied the negotiations for the Versailles Treaty.

Freedman was a business partner of Samuel D. Leidesdorf and John H. Woodbury Laboratories , a dermatological institute and successor to the old Woodbury Soap Company , from 1925 to 1937 . Freedman was listed on the letterhead of the Institute for Arab American Affairs and, along with his wife, Rose M. Schoendorf Freedman, known as "R M Schoendorf," sponsored a number of imprinted advertisements for The League for Peace with around 1946 Justice in Palestine . ("Sponsored a series of advertisements under the imprint of 'The League for Peace with Justice in Palestine'"). In 1946 he sued the American Jewish Committee for libel and the case was dismissed in less than a month.

He claimed that the majority of New York's Jews were not of Semitic origin, but merely descended from converts from the Turkic Khazar people who were originally expelled from Asia. These would have a corrosive influence on American politics. Freedman converted to Christianity, he invested his assets and dedication to educate people about the development of the intra-European conflict leading to World War I.

activities

He was a financier of the author Conde McGinley , editor of Common Sense magazine . At the 1955 trial of Rabbi Joachim Prinz's defamation suit against McGinley, Freedman testified that he had given McGinley more than $ 10,000 but less than $ 100,000 in financial assistance ("he [Freedman] had given Mr. McGinley financial support of 'more than $ 10,000 but less than $ 100,000' ".) Prince had sued McGinley for calling him a" red rabbi ".

At the Henry George School Benjamin Freedman said, "The emergence of tensions in on the Middle East " ( "The Genesis of Middle East Tensions"). Long John Nebel reported on the WNBC that Freedman was anti-Semitic. Freedman was politically active until the mid-1970s.

Freedman opposed the nomination of Anna M. Rosenberg as Assistant Secretary of Defense in 1950. An article in the ADL Bulletin entitled The Plot Against Ann Rosenberg wrote of the attacks on Rosenberg's loyalty to "professional anti-Semites and mad nationalists" ("professional anti Semites and lunatic nationalists ”), such as the anti-Jewish intrigue of John Rankin , Benjamin Freedman and Gerald Smith (“ Jew-baiting cabal of John Rankin, Benjamin Freedman, and Gerald Smith ”).

"Freedman, an apostate Jew, was well known to the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee as an active supporter of the Arab cause in the Middle East . (fn 33) In the course of his erratic and often contradictory testimony before the Senate committee, Freedman revealed the roles played by anti-Semitic agitators and right-wing anticommunists - including Gerald LK Smith , Conde McGinley, the “Reverend” Wesley Swift, Congressman John Rankin, Senator Joseph McCarthy, and JB Matthews - in the campaign against the Rosenberg appointment. (fn 34) "

“Freedman, an apostate Jew, was well known to the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee as an active supporter of Arab interests in the Middle East. In the course of his erratic and often contradicting testimony before the Senate Committee, Freedman revealed the roles played by right-wing anti-Semitic agitors and anti-communists such as Gerald LK Smith , Conde McGinley, the "Reverend" Wesley Swift , Congressman John Rankin , Senator Joseph McCarthy , and JB Matthews, played in the campaign against Rosenberg's appeal. "

Benjamin Freedman is mentioned in a report by the Un-American Activities Committee .

Works

  • League for Peace With Justice in Palestine . Freedman published his brochures under the aegis of the League for Peace With Justice in Palestine , which he founded in 1946.
  • Palestine . In: Destiny: The Magazine of National Life , January 1948, pp. 26-28 (originally appeared in the National Economic Council's Letter , no. 177, Oct. 15, 1947). Haverhill, Mass.
  • Facts are facts. Noontide, ISBN 0-317-53273-1
  • Why Congress is Crooked or Crazy or Both. Founder, 1946, League for Peace with Justice in Palestine (self-published, New York, 1975)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ House Committee on un-American activities (PDF; 3.3 MB) p. 17, calling him “Benjamin Harrison Freedman… of 960 Park Avenue”
  2. ^ Social Security Death Index: "born Oct 4 1890, died May 1984 Benjamin Freeman [sic] Garden City, NY "
  3. ↑ "In the meantime, however, a vicious campaign against Mrs. Rosenberg's nomination had been launched by a group of professional anti-Semites. The leaders of the group were Benjamin H. Freedman, a retired New York businessman ... and Gerald LK Smith, the notorious leader of the 'Christian Nationalist Crusade.' ”Robert K. Griffith: The Politics of Fear , p. 136. ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  4. ↑ "[Fulton Lewis Jr.] went on the air to denounce Freedman as a 'violent anti-semite'." Robert K. Griffith: The Politics of Fear , p. 138.
  5. ↑ a b c Stuart Svonkin: Jews Against Prejudice , S. 120th
  6. ^ Anti-Zionist Tells of Dinner in Capital . In: New York Times , May 8, 1948
  7. ^ The New York Times on May 5, 1948: "Benjamin H. Freedman, who says he has spent more than $ 100,000 of his own money fighting Zionism, charged yesterday that outstanding Americans of the Jewish faith were the" dictators "of our policy on Palestine. " Retrieved December 17, 2011 .
  8. ↑ The New York Times on May 8, 1948: “Benjamin Freedman, anti-Zionist founder of the League for Peace With Justice in Palestine, testified yesterday in Mid-Manhattan Magistrates' Court that last winter he discussed partition at a dinner of fifty- two members of Congress and that he gave to each Representative literature and advertisements opposing partition and political Zionism. " Retrieved December 17, 2011 .
  9. ^ Scribner's Magazine
  10. ↑ Nomination of Anna M. Rosenberg to be Assistant Secretary of Defense , Freedman's testimony begins on p. 145.
  11. ^ John Roy Carlson : Cairo to Damascus . (PDF; 4.5 MB) button 1951
  12. ^ New York Times , July 8, 1946.
  13. ^ New York Times , May 27, 1948, p. 23.
  14. ↑ Preliminary Report on Neo-fascist and Hate Groups p. 18 (PDF; 3.3 MB)
  15. ^ New York Times , April 1, 1955, p. 9.
  16. ^ New York Times , Feb. 14, 1964.
  17. ^ New York Times , Sep. 2, 1965.
  18. ^ Social Security Death Index: “born Oct 4 1890, died May 1984 Benjamin Freeman [sic] Garden City, NY”.
  19. ^ New York Passenger Lists . ancestry.com - Arriving on the Queen of Bermuda , 24 Feb 1936, from Hamilton, Bermuda, Sheet 126 “Benjamin Freedman 46 born 1890 New York City, residence 2138 Edwin Ave, West Hill, NY”. The next entry is “Rose Margaret Freedman 30 born 1905 New York City, residence 2138 Edwin Ave, West Hill, NY”.
  20. ↑ Nomination of Anna M. Rosenberg to be Assistant Secretary of Defense
  21. ↑ p. 17 (PDF; 3.3 MB) House Un-American Activities Committee
  22. ↑ Yearbook of the United Nations 1946/7  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / domino.un.org  
  23. ^ Brigitte Bailer-Galanda , Wilhelm Lasek, Herbert Schiedel: "Revisionism" and the Mauthausen concentration camp. On the genesis and topicality of "revisionism". in: Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance. Yearbook 2004, Vienna 2004, p. 141. (pdf) Accessed December 17, 2011 .
  24. ↑ Parts of the “Barnes Review” were indexed in Germany in 2008 by the Federal Testing Office for Media Harmful to Young People “because of the glorification or trivialization of National Socialism and / or because of the glorification or trivialization of the war and / or because of racist content”. German Bundestag on February 6, 2009: Printed matter 16/11845. (PDF; 23 kB) Retrieved December 17, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Freedman, Benjamin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freedman, Benjamin Harrison (full name); Friedman, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American, anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist activist
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Manhattan , New York City
DATE OF DEATH April 1984 or May 1984