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1934 mock trial vs. Adolph Hitler at MSG...
1934 mock trial vs. Adolph Hitler at MSG...
Item # 725123
March 08, 1934
THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1934
* Mock trial of Adolph Hitler
* Anti Nazis - Hitlerism rally
* Madison Square Garden - MSG
* American Jewish Congress - Jews
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "NAZIS 'CONVICTED' OF WORLD 'CRIME' BY 20,000 IN RALLY" with subheads. (see images)
Much more on pages 14 & 15 with banner headings, various subheads and related photo. Loads of text here. This was more than 4 years prior to Kristallnacht and about 5 years prior to the outbreak of World War II. Great to have in this NYC publication.
Complete with 42 pages, rag edition, tiny binding holes along the spine, very nice condition.
background: On March 7, 1934, Madison Square Garden became the stage for a monumental act of moral protest known as "The Case of Civilization Against Hitlerism," a mock trial that drew over 20,000 attendees to condemn the burgeoning Nazi regime. Organized by the American Jewish Congress and supported by a broad coalition of interfaith and civic leaders, the event functioned as a formal legal inquiry presided over by former Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby and prosecuted by the renowned Judge Samuel Seabury. Throughout the evening, twenty-one "witnesses"—including university presidents, labor leaders like those from the AFL, and prominent clergymen—presented a staggering indictment of the Third Reich's assault on religious freedom, intellectual life, and human rights. This collective testimony aimed to shatter American isolationist apathy by framing Hitler not merely as a local German politician, but as a global threat to the foundational values of Western society. The night concluded with a thunderous, unanimous verdict of "Guilty" from the crowd, effectively galvanizing the anti-Nazi boycott movement and marking one of the first major public efforts to demand that the United States government acknowledge the atrocities occurring in Europe.
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