Jun 12, 2015

June 1945: Fascism in the United States?

“Fascism in the United States?
“Presented by Max Wolff
“I. Prejudice.
“A. ‘There could be no successful fascistic movement without prejudice.
“B. The American prejudice against the Negro is following the same pattern as the German prejudice against the Jew.”

-- From the Estespeaks 1945 newsletter of the YMCA camp my mother attended in June 17-24 1945 at Estes Park, Colorado, after her first year of college. Dr. Max Wolff was described as “from Europe and U. of Missouri, Columbia.” The camp photo of the conference reveals an integrated, although predominately white, group of young people. It included one African-American and three Japanese Americans among the group of about fifty.  The group includes only about four young men, at time when most young men were in the military.

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