Antony Sutton / Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler (1976)
artifactMoney & Finance
A famous book claimed Wall Street bankrolled Hitler — and became a template for a whole genre of conspiracy history.
Who they are
Antony Sutton's 1976 book 'Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler,' argued by an economist[1].
What they do
It claims that big American money — Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Ford, Standard Oil — helped finance Germany's war build-up.
How it works
A critic, Howard Dickman, tore into its method in a scholarly journal, saying it jumped from the fact that companies shared board members to the much bigger claim of one coordinated plan.
Why it matters
The engine keeps it as a foundational example of the genre — a book that shaped how later 'follow the money' conspiracy arguments get made, and also how they get criticized.
The engine's record — word for word
Report #78. Economist's controversial thesis on Rockefeller + J.P. Morgan + Ford + Standard Oil financing of German war preparations. Howard Dickman critique in Business History Review dismantled methodology as 'conspiracy history' leaping over interlocking-directorships to assert monolithic coordination. Genre-foundational node.
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