Jewish invention myths are quite fun to bust, and I often learn a lot doing so. So, let’s continue with the claim that jews invented the steering wheel lock and the steering column lock.
‘MNews’ claims that:
‘Abram Srulevich Neiman – Anti-theft devices
Abram Neiman invented the first anti-theft devices for cars, motorcycles, and bicycles, as well as the ignition/steering lock.’ (1)
This was difficult to verify but eventually I discovered that Abram Neiman did indeed invent an anti-theft lock in the form of a steering column key lock as Jean-Pierre Allali explains at the website of the ‘Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France’ (CRIF) – which is the jewish version of the Anti-Defamation League in France – as follows (my translation from the original French):
‘After completing his engineering studies late in life, he returned to Germany. And that’s when he had a stroke of genius. His motorbike is stolen. Furious with the thief, but also with himself, he set about inventing an anti-theft device. The Neiman was in the making. In Cologne, in his workshop, he manufactured motorcycles and cars and invented the cyclecar, a curious three-wheeled vehicle, a hybrid of car and motorcycle. In 1931, a law was promulgated which made owners liable in the event of theft of their vehicle. Neiman, whose anti-theft device had been ready for some time, seized this opportunity.’ (2)
This puts the invention of the ‘Neiman’ sometime in the mid-late 20s, but which Neiman first began trying to sell in 1931 on the basis of the new law in Germany. (3)
The problem of course is that while Neiman did indeed invent the ‘Neiman’ lock – which was a combination of steering wheel lock and steering column lock – the steering wheel lock was not new since we have numerous examples of steering wheel lock patents being successfully applied for and granted in the United States alone by 1918. (4)
The concept behind ‘Neiman’ – a key lock fitted to the steering column in order to immobilize it – was also on sale in the United States before June 1923! (5)
So, no Abram Neiman didn’t invent the steering wheel lock nor the steering column lock; he just improved upon an already extant concept and design that was being sold years before his so-called ‘stroke of genius’.
Just another jewish invention claim that is complete and utter nonsense!
References
(1) https://mnews.world/en/news/the-great-jews-and-their-inventions
(2) https://www.crif.org/fr/alireavoiraecouter/Neiman-Parcours-d-un-inventeur-Par-Nadia-Neiman-%28%2A%2910844
(3) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Neiman
(4) United States Patents Office, 1918, ‘Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office’, Vol. 250, 1st Edition, Government Printing Office: Washington, pp. xxx, xlii, xliv, lviii, lxxxvi-lxxxvii
(5) Mary Seelhorst, ‘Think It’s New? Think Again!’, March 2002, Popular Mechanics, p. 160