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Nazis in Los Angeles and the Man Who Stopped Them

March 09, 2018

Nazis in Los Angeles and the Man Who Stopped Them

Steven Ross, author of "Hitler in Los Angeles," discusses Leon Lewis, a Jewish attorney who started a spy network in 1930s Los Angeles to combat Nazi and Fascist hate groups.

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