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Father '''Charles Edward Coughlin''' (1891-1979), the 'Radio Priest', was a [[Roman Catholic]] priest who made [[anti-semitic]] radio broadcasts during the 1930s and early 40s. He believed that [[Nazism]] was a "political defence mechanism" and in 1936 predicted "''Some day the Jews will get what's coming to them. Just wait and see.''"

Father '''Charles Edward Coughlin''' (1891-1979), the 'Radio Priest', was a Roman Catholic priest with a very wide following for his political broadcasts in the United States in the 1930s.  He began as a liberal who supported the [[New Deal]] and denounced bankers, but broke with President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] around 1934 because he felt Roosevelt was controlled by Jewish bankers.  

Coughlin was born in Hamilton, [[Ontario]], and was ordained in 1916. In 1923 he moved to [[Detroit]] and from 1926 began broadcasting weekly radio sermons. In the early 1930s he enthusiastically endorsed President Roosevelt and the [[New Deal]], but the tenor of his talks, as the sermons had become, changed to attacks on [[Wall Street]], international finance, and the New Deal itself. As Coughlin was attracting audiences in the tens of millions, Roosevelt sent intermediaries including [[Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.]] to try and quieten the priest, to no avail.

Coughlin was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was ordained in 1916. In 1923 he moved to nearby [[Detroit]] and from 1926 began broadcasting weekly radio sermons. In the early 1930s he enthusiastically endorsed President Roosevelt and the [[New Deal]], but the tenor of his talks, as the sermons had become, changed to attacks on [[Wall Street]], international finance, and the New Deal itself. As Coughlin was attracting audiences in the tens of millions, Roosevelt sent intermediaries including [[Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.]] to try and quieten the priest, to no avail.

From 1936 Coughlin began to express admiration for [[Hitler]] and [[Mussolini]] and to attack [[Jews]]; he founded a publication 'Social Justice' which published extracts from a forgery called ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]''. He also gave his support to the [[Christian Front]], an organisation suppressed by the [[FBI]] in 1940 for planning [[Nazi]] terroristic attacks, and which was responsible for physical attacks on Jewish families on the east coast. In 1938, following [[Holocaust#Crystal_Night|Kristellnacht]] in [[Germany]], he blamed the Jewish victims for the assaults they had suffered. By the late thirties, pressure was growing from both inside and outside the church to stop Coughlin's broadcasts. Several major networks refused to carry his talks, or insisted on prior approval of his scripts; but he only ceased broadcasting upon receipt of a direct order from the Bishop of Detroit in 1942.

From 1936 Coughlin began to express admiration for [[Hitler]] and [[Mussolini]] and to attack [[Jews]]; he founded a publication 'Social Justice' which published extracts from a forgery called ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]''. He also gave his support to the [[Christian Front]], an organisation suppressed by the [[FBI]] in 1940, which was responsible for physical attacks on Jewish families on the east coast. In 1938, following [[Holocaust#Crystal_Night|Kristellnacht]] in [[Germany]], he blamed the Jewish victims for the assaults they had suffered. By the late thirties, pressure was growing from both inside and outside the church to stop Coughlin's broadcasts. Several major networks refused to carry his talks, or insisted on prior approval of his scripts; but he only ceased broadcasting upon receipt of a direct order from the Bishop of Detroit in 1942.

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