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Robert Henry Best (April 16, 1896 – December 16, 1952) was an American foreign correspondent who covered events in Europe for American media outlets during the interwar period. He later became a supporter of the Nazis and a well known broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II.
One of these was Robert Henry Best, a South Carolinian who began reporting from Europe in the 1920s. In his transmissions from Berlin, Best attacked Communism, Jewish people, and the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also denied that he was working for Nazi Germany.
In 18 years of reporting for the United Press in Vienna, Robert Henry Best developed an obsessive hatred of Jews, the New Deal and Communism. He lived with an aging, dope-addicted "countess";...
Robert Henry Best (April 16, 1896 – December 16, 1952) was an American foreign correspondent who covered events in Europe for American media outlets during the Interwar period. Later he became a Nazi supporter and well known broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II. He was convicted of...
By shortwave, his broadcasts reached perhaps 150,000 Americans during twice-an-evening broadcasts. Best coined such phrases as “Jewnited States,” and even the Nazis found him extreme. Convicted in the United States of treason after the war, Best died in prison in 1952.
Robert Henry Best. Birth. 16 Apr 1896. Sumter County, South Carolina, USA. Death. 16 Dec 1952 (aged 56) Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA. Burial. Pacolet Methodist Cemetery. Pacolet, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map. Memorial ID. 41137032. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 4. Flowers 2. Memorials. Region.
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