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Hitler in Los Angeles how Jews foiled Nazi plots against Hollywood and America

Reveals the little known story of a private Los Angeles spy operation organized by attorney Leon Lewis--which included Neil Ness, Joseph Roos, and Charles Slocombe--to stop the rise of Nazis from killing the city's Jews and sabotaging the nation's military installations. Also discusses Nazi threats...

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Main Author: Ross, Steven Joseph (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
Subjects:
Lewis, Leon L. > Friends and associates.
Lewis, Leon L. > Adversaries.
Roos, Joseph, > 1908-1999 > Friends and associates.
Roos, Joseph, > 1908-1999 > Adversaries.
Jews > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
National socialism and motion pictures.
Nazis in motion pictures.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
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Summary:Reveals the little known story of a private Los Angeles spy operation organized by attorney Leon Lewis--which included Neil Ness, Joseph Roos, and Charles Slocombe--to stop the rise of Nazis from killing the city's Jews and sabotaging the nation's military installations. Also discusses Nazi threats and their influence on Hollywood film content and the sometimes conflicted role of German consul Georg Gyssling, and also Los Angeles's anti-Semitic political movements.
Physical Description:414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-397) and index.
ISBN:9781620405628
1620405628
Author Notes:Steven J. Ross is professor of history at the University of Southern California and director of the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life. He is the author of Hollywood Left and Right , recipient of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Film Scholars Award and nominated for a Pulitzer; Working-Class Hollywood , nominated for a Pulitzer and the National Book Award; Movies and American Society ; and Workers on the Edge . He lives in Southern California. http://scalar.usc.edu/works/hitler-in-los-angeles/index

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