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In response to the spread of organized anti-Semitism in the United States during the 1930s, leaders of Los Angeles' Jewish community formed a special defense organization known as the Los Angeles Jewish Community Committee. The committee later changed its name to the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee. The collection documents the committee's efforts to combat prejudice and educate the public through cooperation with both Jewish and non-Jewish groups, from its formation in 1933 through the early 1990s. The Anti-Nazi News (subtitle: A Journal in Defense of American Democracy) was a publication produced by the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League from October 1936 through February 1940. The purpose of the league newspaper was to alert the public to local, national, and international Nazi activities. This particular issue - the first - features the main banner headline: "HOLLYWOOD FIGHTS NAZISM". The accompanying story is about a mass meeting being held at the Shrine Auditorium (see item CRCms136 in this collection for more details). Another headline reads: "Lutherans in Germany Defy Death in Protest to Hitler: Join Catholics in Move to Fight Reich's Suppression of Religious Freedom". Also in this issue was a grim political cartoon, depicting a gaunt-faced Nazi soldier carrying the flag of the Third Reich, with the heading: "THE THIRD REICH MARCHES ON" (see CRCms142b). 17 x 11.5 in.
Anti-Nazi movement Anti-fascist movements Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945 Motion picture producers and directors--Political activity Motion picture actors and actresses--Political activity Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei National socialism
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