 Ford was also widely known for his pacifism during the first years of World War I, and for promoting antisemitic content, including "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion", through his newspaper "The Dearborn Independent" and the book "The International Jew", having an alleged influence on the development of Nazism.Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, on a farm in Greenfield Township, Michigan.His father, William Ford (1826–1905), was born in County Cork, Ireland, to a family which emigrated from Somerset, England in the 16th century.