On various occasions , Coughlin denied that he was antisemitic . In February 1939 , when the American Nazi organization the German American Bund held a large rally in New York City , Coughlin , in his weekly radio address , immediately distanced himself from the organization and said : " Nothing can be gained by linking ourselves with any organization which is engaged in agitating racial animosities or propagating racial hatreds . Organizations which stand upon such platforms are immoral and their policies are only negative . " In August of that same year , in an interview with Edward Doherty of the weekly magazine '' Liberty '' , Coughlin said : On November 20 , 1938 , two weeks after Kristallnacht ( the Nazi attack on German and Austrian Jews , their synagogues , and businesses ) , Coughlin , referring to the millions of Christians killed by the Communists in Russia , said " Jewish persecution only followed after Christians first were persecuted . " After this speech , some radio stations , including those in New York City and Chicago , began refusing to air Coughlin 's speeches without subjecting his scripts to prior review and approval . In New York City , his programs were cancelled by WINS and WMCA , and Coughlin broadcast only on the Newark part-time station WHBI . On December 18 , 1938 thousands of Coughlin 's followers picketed the studios of station WMCA in New York City to protest the station 's refusal to carry the priest 's broadcasts . A number of protesters yelled anti-semitic statements , such as " Send Jews back where they came from in leaky boats ! " and " Wait until Hitler comes over here ! " The protests continued for several months . Historian Donald Warren , using information from the FBI and German government archives , has documented that Coughlin received indirect funding from Nazi Germany during this period
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Charles Coughlin