Hitler in Los Angeles : how Jews foiled Nazi plots against Hollywood and America / Steven J. Ross
- Bib ID:
- 7756265
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ross, Steven Joseph, author
- Description:
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- New York, NY : Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017
- ©2017
- 2017
- 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781620405628 ((hardcover))
- 1620405628 ((hardcover))
- Summary:
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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.
- Full contents:
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- Map of Nazi and fascist Los Angeles
- Prologue
- Creating a spy network, 1933-1934. "The most dangerous Jew in Los Angeles" ; The spying begins ; Plots revealed, spies uncovered ; Going for help ; A bitter lesson: the German-American Alliance trial
- The Nazi and fascist attack on Hollywood, 1933-1935. The moguls and the Nazis ; Inside the fascist front ; HUAC comes to town ; The most charming Nazi in Los Angeles
- New threats, new spies, 1935-1939. Spy and divide ; The plots to kill the Jews ; Nazi versus Nazi ; Silver shirts, Nazis, and movie stars ; Slaughter the Hollywood Jews ; The most hated Nazi in Hollywood ; The three most dangerous enemies list ; The race is on
- Espionage, sabotage, and the coming of war, 1938-1941. Closing in ; Sabotage, secret agents, and Fifth Columnists ; Darkening skies, new dangers ; Pearl Harbor roundup
- Epilogue: Vigilant till war's end and beyond
- Guide to spies, Nazis, and fascists.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Lewis, Leon L -- Friends and associates
- Lewis, Leon L -- Adversaries
- Roos, Joseph, 1908-1999 -- Friends and associates
- Roos, Joseph, 1908-1999 -- Adversaries
- Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles -- Political activity
- 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
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Holocaust
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations
- California -- Los Angeles
- United States
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2017
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