The League for Human Rights Against Nazism and Domestic Fascism, 1933-1946
“BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY:” THE LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST NAZISM AND DOMESTIC FASCISM, 1933-1946 A thesis submitted to Kent State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in History by Scott D. Abrams May, 2012 i Thesis written by Scott D. Abrams B.A., The University of Akron, 2010 M.A., Kent State University, 2012 Approved by _______________________________, Kenneth Bindas, Co-Advisor _______________________________, Richard Steigmann-Hall, Co-Advisor _______________________________, Kenneth Bindas, Chair, Department of History _______________________________, Timothy Moerland, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..................................................................................................iv INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 1: Building a Nazi Community.......................................................................23 CHAPTER 2: Public Resistance and Clandestine Vigilance.............................................55 CHAPTER 3: Breaking the Bund and Legion...................................................................90 CHAPTER 4: Resistance, Vigilance, and Change: America's War, the League for Human Rights, and the Fall of American Fascism.......................................................................123 BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................161
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