How an antisemitic conspiracy theory made its way to a state capitol

A New Hampshire Republican. A German Holocaust denier. A suspicious bottle of baby oil. An NPR investigation reveals how the alarming rise of antisemitic conspiracy theories reached a state capitol.


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This episode was reported and produced by Tom Dreisbach, with help from Karen Zamora. It was edited by Barrie Hardymon with help from Monika Evstatieva, Bob Little, and Kristian Monroe. Audio engineering by Jimmy Keeley.

Tony Cavin is NPR’s Managing Editor for Standard and Practices. 

Legal support from Johannes Doerge.

Thanks also to Dan Barrick and our colleagues at New Hampshire Public Radio.

Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.


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