On November 20 , 1938 , two weeks after Kristallnacht , when Jews across Germany were attacked and killed , and Jewish businesses , homes and synagogues burned , Coughlin blamed the Jewish victims , saying that " Jewish persecution only followed after Christians first were persecuted . " After this speech , and as his programs became more antisemitic , some radio stations , including those in New York and Chicago , began refusing to air his speeches without pre-approved scripts ; in New York , his programs were cancelled by WINS and WMCA , leaving Coughlin to broadcasting on the Newark part-time station WHBI . This made Coughlin a hero in Nazi Germany , where papers ran headlines like : " America is Not Allowed to Hear the Truth . " On December 18 , 1938 two thousand of Coughlin 's followers marched in New York protesting potential asylum law changes that would allow more Jews ( including refugees from Hitler 's persecution ) into the US , chanting , " Send Jews back where they came from in leaky boats ! " and " Wait until Hitler comes over here ! " The protests continued for several months . Donald Warren , using information from the FBI and German government archives , has also argued that Coughlin received indirect funding from Nazi Germany during this period
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
History of antisemitism in the United States