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Hollywoods Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles (GoldsteinGoren Series in American Jewish History, 11),Used
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Finalist, Celebrate 350 Award in American Jewish StudiesTells the remarkable story of the Jewish moguls in Hollywood who established the first antiNazi Jewish resistance organization in the country in the 1930sIn April 1939, Warner Brothers studios released the first Hollywood film to confront the Nazi threat in the United States. Confessions of a Nazi Spy, starring Edward G. Robinson, told the story of German agents in New York City working to overthrow the U.S. government. The film alerted Americans to the dangers of Nazism at home and encouraged them to defend against it.Confessions of a Nazi Spy may have been the first cinematic shot fired by Hollywood against Nazis in America, but it by no means marked the political awakening of the film industrys Jewish executives to the problem. Hollywoods Spies tells the remarkable story of the Jewish moguls in Hollywood who paid private investigators to infiltrate Nazi groups operating in Los Angeles, establishing the first antiNazi Jewish resistance organization in the countrythe Los Angeles Jewish Community Committee (LAJCC).Drawing on more than 15,000 pages of archival documents, Laura B. Rosenzweig offers a compelling narrative illuminating the role that Jewish Americans played in combating insurgent Nazism in the United States in the 1930s. Forced undercover by the antiSemitic climate of the decade, the LAJCC partnered with organizations whose Americanism was unimpeachable, such as the American Legion, to channel information regarding seditious Nazi plots to Congress, the Justice Department, the FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department.Hollywoods Spies corrects the decadeslong belief that American Jews lacked the political organization and leadership to assert their political interests during this period in our history and reveals that the LAJCC was one of many covert 'fact finding' operations funded by Jewish Americans designed to root out Nazism in the United States.
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- Q: What is the main topic of 'Hollywood’s Spies'? A: 'Hollywood’s Spies' explores the efforts of Jewish moguls in Hollywood who established the first anti-Nazi Jewish resistance organization in the United States during the 1930s.
- Q: Who is the author of 'Hollywood’s Spies'? A: The book is authored by Laura B. Rosenzweig.
- Q: What significant event in Hollywood does the book discuss? A: The book discusses the release of 'Confessions of a Nazi Spy' in 1939, which was the first Hollywood film to address the Nazi threat in America.
- Q: How many pages does 'Hollywood’s Spies' have? A: 'Hollywood’s Spies' contains 320 pages.
- Q: When was 'Hollywood’s Spies' published? A: 'Hollywood’s Spies' was published on September 19, 2017.
- Q: What is the binding type of 'Hollywood’s Spies'? A: 'Hollywood’s Spies' is available in hardcover binding.
- Q: Is 'Hollywood’s Spies' a new book? A: Yes, 'Hollywood’s Spies' is in new condition.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: 'Hollywood’s Spies' is available in its first edition.
- Q: What category does 'Hollywood’s Spies' fall under? A: 'Hollywood’s Spies' is categorized under Performing Arts.
- Q: What unique perspective does 'Hollywood’s Spies' provide? A: 'Hollywood’s Spies' offers a compelling narrative that reveals the political activism of Jewish Americans against Nazism in the 1930s, correcting misconceptions about their political organization during that time.