His father Simon Baruch (1840--1921) was a German immigrant of Ashkenazi Jewish ethnicity who came with his family to the United States in 1855, and according to his son's 1957 autobiography; was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
His father Simon Baruch (1840--1921) was a German immigrant of Ashkenazi Jewish ethnicity who came with his family to the United States in 1855. According to his son's 1957 autobiography; was a Knight of the Ku Klux Klan.