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Title:
Hitler in Los Angeles : how Jews foiled Nazi plots against Hollywood and America
Author:
Ross, Steven Joseph, author.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

©2017
Physical Description:
414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781620405628
Abstract:
Reveals the 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.
Personal Subject:
Lewis, Leon L.-Friends and associates.

Lewis, Leon L.-Adversaries.

Roos, Joseph, 1908-1999-Friends and associates.

Roos, Joseph, 1908-1999-Adversaries.
Corporate Subject:
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles -- Political activity.
Subject Term:
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.
Geographic Term:
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations.
Language:
English
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