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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. This detailed example of anti-Jewish propaganda in Hollywood was produced by the Hollywood Actors and Technicians Committee on Unemployment. The thrust of the document is that blame for unemployment in the movie industry (pre-World War II) could be laid squarely at the feet of Hollywod Jews -- be they moguls, producers, actors, or rank-and-file staff. It accuses the studios of being "engaged, day and night, in spreading vicious, un-American propaganda of insult and hate" via the films they made and of hiring Jews instead of non-Jews whenever possible. It implores the reader to "WAKE UP!" and take action to defend their rights, or risk losing their livelihoods. This flier provides a classic example of the scare tactics employed by fascist groups of the time. (See page 1, also in this collection: CRCms134a.) 12 x 9 in.
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