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2d suit to block Nazis
from Skokie march fails
By Larry Weintraub
The Illinois Supreme Court again has refused to forbid the long-threatened neo-Nazi
march through predominantly Jewish Skokie.
In a ruling issued Friday, and received
Monday by lawyers in the case, the state tribunal ordered Cook County Circuit Court to
dismiss a suit by survivors of the World War
II Nazi holocaust, who sought to prevent the
march.
Another ruling by the Supreme Court Friday in a related suit filed by the village held
that the Nazi’s First Amendment right of
free assembly guarantees the National Socialist Party of America may march and display
swastikas. That judgment was reported over
the weekend.
The Supreme Court action revealed Monday
ordered dismissal of a class action suit by
Skokie manufacturer Sol Goldstein, a survivor of Nazi Germany’s persecution of Jews,
on behalf of all holocaust survivors in the village.
The suit maintained that psychological and
emotional scars caused by memories of the
World War II death camps would impel survivors to attend such a march and attempt to
stop it, possibly by violence.
The court had ruled in the village’s suit that
Skokie residents were not impelled to attend
a Nazi rally and, therefore, the First Amendment rights could not be abridged.
Jerome H. Torshen, attorney for the survivors, said he would formally ask the state
high court to reconsider the question.
“This ruling is totally unprecedented,” he
said. “The Supreme Court ordered dismissal
(of the suit) without giving the plaintiffs a
hearing, without reading the motions, without
considering the merits.
“The court has denied the litigants the right
to be heard.” He said he would file his motion
for reconsideration within the next two
weeks.
David Hamlin, executive director of the Illinois American Civil Liberties Union, which is
defending the Nazis, said the Supreme
Court’s ruling On the village’s suit “couldn’t
have been stronger” and he believes the ruling on the Goldstein action was saying that
Swastikas and liberty - an editorial; Page
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the court “considers the survivors’ suit to be
the same as the village’s suit.
“The court’s ruling is so strong that they’re
saying they won’t rehear the suit,” Hamlin
said, “and the ruling is so strong it’s possible
the U.S. Supreme Court will deny an appeal.”
Skokie officials said over the weekend they,
too, will ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider its judgment on their suit, and will
appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if the Illinois ruling is not changed.
The Nazis, headed by Frank Collin, have
been trying to demonstrate in the village
(where Jews comprise approximately 40,000
of the 70,000 population) since April.
If the state high court decisions stand, only
one other legal barrier to a march would exist.
That involves three village ordinances hastily passed to thwart the march. The ordinances are being challenged in a suit before
U.S. District Court Judge Bernard M. Decker,
Decker has heard arguments in that action
and is expected to rule soon.
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IN THE
CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION
SOL GOLDSTEIN, on his own behalf
and on behalf of a class
similarly situated,
.Plaintiff,
)
v.
)
FRANCIS JOSEPH COLLIN, a/k/a
FRANK COLLIN and all persons
acting in concert with him under
the name of the NATIONAL
SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA,
Defendants.
No. 77CH 4367
COMPLAINT
This action is brought on behalf of Jewish residents
of Skokie, Illinois, who are survivors of the campaign of
racial extermination ("the holocaust") carried on by Adolf
Hitler and the National Socialist Party ("the Nazis") during
World War II. The action seeks a preliminary and permanent
injunction against persons calling themselves the National
Socialist Party of America ("the neo-Nazis"), restraining them
from intentionally inflicting severe emotional distress upon
plaintiff and the plaintiff class by attempting to reenact a
Nazi-style rally in Skokie. As his Complaint against defendants,
plaintiff states:
VENUE
1. Venue is properly in this Court since the actions
sought to be enjoined would take place in Cook County, Illinois,
and because one or more of the defendants is a resident of
Cook County, Illinois.
PARTIES
2. Plaintiff, Sol Goldstein, is a resident of
Skokie, Illinois. Goldstein is of Jewish ancestry and was
born in Minsk, Russia, in 1914. Thereafter, he lived in
Lithuania. From 1941 to 1943, he was forced to live in the
ghetto in Kovno, Lithuania. From 1943 to the Liberation, he
fought with the partisans based in the forest near Vilna.
The Nazis murdered his mother by throwing her into a well
with fifty other women and covering them with gravel. He
witnessed selections for forced labor and concentration camps.
His wife's parents and five brothers and sisters were murdered
by the Nazis.
3. Defendant Collin is a resident of Chicago. He
is the leader (or self-styled fuehrer) of the neo-Nazis.
4. Defendant neo-Nazis are an aggregation of
adolescent and middle-aged men who have come together in
Chicago, Illinois. They proclaim and subscribe to the doctrines
of racial and religious hatred vocalized by their idol, Adolf
Hitler, prior to and during World War II. The neo-Nazis have
made persons of Jewish ancestry a particular target of their
venom, overt actions and hate, and, like the Nazis, demand
their annihilation and support genocide.
5. The neo-Nazis have adopted the insignia and
symbols of the Nazi party of Alolf Hitler, notably the brown
shirt uniform and the swastika.
CLASS ACTION ALLEGATIONS
6. Plaintiff is representative of a class of
residents of the Village of Skokie, Illinois, who are of
Jewish ancestry, and who lived in territories occupied by
the armed forces of Nazi Germany prior to and during World
War II.
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7. This class of persons is too numerous to permit
practical joinder before this Court.
8. The questions of law and fact raised herein
are common to all members of the class, the plaintiff's claims
are typical of those of the class, and individual actions by
members of the class would create a risk of inconsistent
judgments.
9. Plaintiff will fairly and adequately represent
the interest of the members of the class in this action.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
10. The Nazi Party had its origins in the aftermath
of the German defeat in World War I. Initially, the Nazis
were a very few right-wing extremists and malcontents, whose
activities consisted primarily of rallies, public demonstrations
and the dissemination of hate-filled, venomous and
illogical tracts. Virtually from its inception the group
launched vicious attacks against Jews.
11. Within a few years following the end of World
War I the leadership of the Nazi Party had been taken over by
Adolf Hitler, the party fuehrer. His leadership was marked by
an increase in the anti-semitic outbursts of the party and a
concurrent increase in the number of rallies and street demonstrations
held by the party.
In November, 1923, the Nazi
Party staged an unsuccessful coup against the legal government
of Germany.
The party was then banned and Hitler was convicted
of treason and sent to prison.
His prison writings, in the
form of a book entitled Mein Kampf, set out a plan for seizing
power in Germany,. conquering Europe, and subsequently annihilating
the Jews of Europe.
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�12.
After his release from prison, Hitler and a
reborn Nazi Party began a steadily increasing effort to come
to power.
Nazis, in brown shirts with the swastika insignia
prominently displayed on armbands, became a common sight.
They vilified Jews and perpetrated acts of violence against
Jews and their property.
13.
state.
In 1933, Hitler became chancellor of the German
The tempo of anti-semitic violence increased.
of brown-shirted Nazis terrorized Jews.
Gangs
At mass rallies,
where Nazi symbols were omnipresent, Hitler launched scathing,
vituperative attacks on Jews.
The government, entirely
controlled by the Nazi apparatus, issued laws intended to
isolate and eventually ostracize Jews from German life.
A
ministry of propaganda purposefully maintained continual
agitation against Jews at a high level.
14.
By 1938, scenes of violence against Jews
became commonplace occurrences on the streets of German
cities.
Nazi gangs regularly beat up Jews, destroyed
synagogues, and looted Jewish-owned stores.
Eventually mass
deportation of Jews to concentration camps was begun.
Storm
troopers would appear at Jewish homes at any time of the day
or night and drag the inhabitants to camps.
Warnings of
deportation were only rarely given and the destination was
never specified.
Usually deportation meant irrunediate death
or extended and atrocious emotional and physical suffering,
brutalization and dehumanization, under deplorable conditions.
15.
The treatment inflicted on the Jews of Germany
was extended to other European Jewish communities as a result
of the conquests of the German army.
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Under the banner of the
�Nazi insignia, military personnel and extermination specialists
carried out a policy of torture and murder of Jews wherever
they were found.
death.
Concentration camps became factories of
Nazi guards mericilessly killed camp inmates without
warning.
Starvation, disease and exhaustion frequently killed
those inmates spared death by shooting or gassing.
Eventually
some 6,000,000 Jews from all corners of Europe were massacred
under the supervision or encouragement of the Nazis and under
the aegis of the brown shirt and swastika which were the Nazis'
symbols.
16.
The terror and suffering imposed on the Jewish
communities of Europe by the Nazis stand as an unparalleled
exampled of man's cruelty and barbarism.
The period of annihila-
tion, brutality and demonic conduct is commonly known as the
holocaust.
THREATENED HARM
17.
Prior to May 1, 1977, the nee-Nazis announced
that they were planning a campaign of street demonstrations
and speeches in
heavily populated by Jews.
The purpose
of this campaign was to arouse hatred of Jews by persons
living in close proximity to large numbers of Jews.
A
leaf let announcing the anti-Jewish campaign is attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
18.
On May I, 1977, the Collin-led nee-Nazis
announced that they planned to hold the first rally in their
anti-Jewish campaign in Skokie, Illinois.
19.
The Village of Skokie, Illinois, is widely.
known to have a very high concentration of Jewish residents.
Approximately sixty per cent of its population is Jewish.
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�20.
The Village of Skokie, Illinois, also contains
a large number of Jews who lived in territory controlled by
the Nazi forces of Adolf Hitler during World War II.
Such
persons refer to themselves as "survivors of the holocaust."
21.
Through legal action taken by the Village of
Skokie, the planned rally of May 1 was enjoined, but the neoNazis have announced their intention to hold a rally on July 4,
1977, and to march in the brown shirt uniform of the Nazi
party, wearing the swastika.
22.
For survivors of the holocaust, such as plaintiff,
the march and rally in Skokie, by persons who call themselves
Nazis, wear the brown shirt and swastika, and bear the insignia
of the Nazi party, is outrageous and abhorrent conduct, which
will necessarily recall the holocaust which the survivors
experienced, and will impose on them severe and extreme
emotional distress.
23.
The symptoms of severe emotional distress which
will be suffered by survivors of the holocaust as a result of
exposure to this reenactment of behavior they witnessed in
conjunction with their experiences during the holocaust are
detailed in the affidavit of Dr. Lawrence
z.
Freedman, attached
hereto as Exhibit _B.
24.
This severe and emotional distress will be
experienced by survivors of the holocaust as a direct and
proximate result of the presence of persons bearing the symbols
and insignia of the Nazi party marching in or through their
home conununity, an area widely known as being predominantly
Jewish.
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Defendant Frank Collin, and those acting in
concert with him under the name of the National Socialist
Party of America, know that the population of Skokie is
predominantly Jewish, and that many survivors of the holocaust
reside in Skokie.
26.
Defendants know and intend that the result
of their threatened demonstration in Skokie will be the
creation of severe emotional distress in those survivors of
the holocaust who reside in Skokie.
27.
Plaintiff and the class he represents have
a right to be secure in their persons and to have their
individual human dignities maintained.
28.
The action threatened by defendants is imminent,
and will cause severe and inevitable irreparable harm to
plaintiff and the class he represents.
29.
Plaintiff has no adequate remedy at law.
WHEREFORE, plaintiff, on his own behalf and on
behalf of all those similarly situated, prays this Court for
issuance of a preliminary and permanent injunctive relief
restraining Frank Collin, his agents, employees, successors,
and all those acting in concert with him, including those
acting in the name of the National Socialist Party of America,
from engaging in any demonstration, rally, parade, or march of
any kind or description,-:in or through the Village of Skokie,
Illinois, at which the uniform of the Nazi party (including
brown shirts or swastika.armbands) is worn-by-the participants,
or the insignia of the Nazi party are displayed, and from
engaging in any said demonstration, rally, parade or march in
or through the Village of Skokie on July
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1977.
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Many White
who have followed our Movement over the years have been
distressed that we have confined our activities to
far south side
and southern suburbs. Recent
in the Lerner newspapers have expressed
the fears of the Jewish community, es
ially the J
Defense League, that
we may soon concentrate our efforts in their areas. Traditionally, we have
always had the best support in
Park and in
like Park Forest.
But a new factor has entered the picture. Namely, the Chicago Park District
the courts. They have both enforced what amounts to a complete ban of our
right to
speech in public. And, since we have been so banned, we have
decided to relocate in areas heavily populated by. the real enemy --- the Jews!
An old maxim goes: "Where one finds the most
there also shall one find
the most Jew-haters." With this
truth in mind, we are now planning a
number of street demonstrations and even speeches in Evanston, Skokie, Lincoln
wood, .
North Shore, Morton Grove, etc. This leaflet is but the first of
..
number now being prepared for eventual mass-distribution. A beautiful, fullcolor
18 inches by 30 inches, with non-removable adhesive on the
back, is a]ready in the works. The poster shows three rabbis involved in the
ritual murder of an innocent Gentile boy during the hate-fest of Purim. Our
propaganda will deal at large with expose' after
the Talmud, the
Protocols of Zion and revealing quotes, many never before presented anywhere,
from loose-lipped Hebes. In short,
successful opposition to the Black
Invasion of Southwest Chicago will
be turned on the culprits who started
it all:
the Jews! ALL
WE
OUR
SPEAK IN MAR-
are therefore compelled to seek new grcund for support. And we
shall find it: in the Aryan
of the Jewized suburbs, who have
had enough of political manipulation,
thievery and forced integration
HEIL HITLER!
The National . Socialist Party of J.merjca, at
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60629
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Hall, 2519 West 71st
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IN THE
CIRCUIT_COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION
Sol Goldstein,
on their
behalf of a
own behalf and on
.class similarly situated,
,
,
Plaintiffs,
v.
FRANCIS JOSEPH aka FRANK COLLIN,
'
, and all persons
acting in concert with them
under the name of the NATIONAL
SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA
Defendants.
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No.
AFFIDAVIT
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Dr. Lawrence Zelic Freedman, being
sworn on
his oath, deposes and states as follows:
1.
I am Lawrence_ Zelic Freedman, M.D., Foundations
Fund Research Professor of Psychiatry,
and Co-Chairman of the Institute of Social
of Chicago,
Behavioral
Pathology.
2.
During the period in which Adolf Hitler was
the head of government in Germany, the Jews in that country
and those which its armies subsequently conquered lived
under a reign of terror.
The Jews lived in dread of outrage
,
.
�or death:
the total lack of security for the individual
and his inability to know when he would be the target of
terrorism, isolation and death.
3.
Clinical studies have demonstrated that
profound trauma inflicted upon individuals and groups from
causes which cannot be avoided and from which there is no
escape suffer from depression, withdrawal and intense
anxiety -- .in short, terror.
4.
Even when the circumstances which created these
pathological states are removed, the traumatized individual
remains sensitized and vulnerable to signs and symbols, as
well as to the substance of their recurrences.
5.
It is my opinion that exposure to such symbols
as swastikas, Nazi-like uniforms and the marching of men in
para-military style could inflict serious recurrences of the
psychic assault previously suffered by these people.
This
form of psychological assault has been called by some experts
It is a significant and possibly dangerous
attack on the sensibilities of a highly vulnerable population.
The
of harmful assault is greatly reinforced when
such a reenactment is forced upon persons within the very
conununity. in which they live.
6.
suffered
by
The severe emotional distress which will be
survivors of the holocaust as a result of exposure
to this reenactment of behavior they witnessed in conjunction
with their experiences during the holocaust includes
a.
an overwhelming sense of anxiety,
b.
feelings of terror, shame or guilt,
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�c.
withdrawal manifested by an inner blunting of
emotions, as well as withdrawal from ordinary contact
with society, and alienation from family and friends,
c.
a paralyzing sense of helplessness and an
incapacity to deal with day-eo-day problems,
e.
an urge to respond pathologically to the re-
enactment experience,
f.
emotional turmoil and anguish in assessing a
response to the reenactment,
g.
experiencing of psychosomatic symptoms of
physical ailments and pain suffered during the holocaust.
LAWRENCE ZELIC FREEDMAN, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this
2
day
of
Pub-I c
My
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Goldstein v. Collin, Docket No.77-4367, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division
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United States. Circuit Court (Illinois : Northern District)
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Photocopy of the Class Action Suit by "Sol Goldstein, on his own behalf and on behalf of a class similarly situated, Plaintiff v. Francis Joseph Collin a/k/a Frank Collin and all persons acting in concern of the National Socialist Party of America, Defendants". The lawsuit was an attempt to prevent the proposed National Socialist (Nazi) Party's march. The document lists what the complaint was, the allegations, the historical background, the perceived threat of harm, the exhibit evidence, and an affidavit regarding the perceived harm.
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1977-06-27
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.
District Courts -- Illinois
Holocaust survivors
Collin, Frank
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2004.012.026.pdf
Skokie Historical Society - Smith Collection - 2004.012.026.001-.013
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Goldstein, Sol
Collin, Frank
Freedman, Lawrence Zelic, 1919-
Original item from the Smith Collection, Skokie Historical Society
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eng
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13 p.
court documents
from the Mayor Al Smith Collection
key documents
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Holocaust line comforts
PHONE CALLS to the Horwich
JCC’s “Holocaust” hot line Sunday
night, April 16, were divided between
persons who were emotionally upset
and those who wanted to discuss the
program objectively. The program was
“The Holocaust,” NBC’s four-part series on the extermination of six million
European Jews during the regime of
Adolf Hitler.
Expecting strong reaction to the
emotionally charged program, the center set up the hot line for people who
simply needed to talk to another person, those in emotional distress and
those who had factual or historical
questions.
About 10 persons called the hot line
Sunday night, most of them about 30
minutes after the program ended, and
some as late as 11:30 p.m., said Marty
Levine, assistant director of Horwich.
“People were frightened and scared
of what they had seen,” Levine said.
They were afraid that it “could happen
again, that they might be a victim, it
could have been me and it still could
be. There was almost a time confusion,” he said.
ONE WOMAN in her 60s who called
was “overwhelmed by the memories
and emotions that she had put away.
She had associations with friends and
relatives” who had been victims and
was quite scared, making a direct connection to the threatened Nazis march
in Skokie. “Would people have learned
from 30 years ago?” she wanted to
know.
In other phone calls, people expressed the conflict between continuing
to watch and feeling pain vs. turning
the set off and feeling guilty for not
watching.
Some parents called to ask how to
deal with their children who had become upset while watching certain
scenes, such as the rape scene. “People needed permission to feel confused.
It’s OK that their kids don’t go to bed
like nothing happened.” Parents can’t
“make it all better in 10 minutes,”
Levine explained.
Other persons simply needed someone to talk to. One woman, who was
watching the show alone, asked if she
could come to the JCC to watch. She
arrived shortly after.
Several groups at the center
watched the program Sunday night.
One was the Teen Footlighters, a
young drama group which stayed after
their regular rehearsal to view the
show together. With the groups were
some German television people who
were here to do a documentary on the
American reaction to the program.
They had filmed a coffee house group
in the center. The Germans “visibly
seemed to be quite disturbed,” LevineLev
said. “We didn’t talk much.”
The hot line will be in operation
through Wednesday, April 19, when the
series’ last segment will be telecast.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Skokie Public Library
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Holocaust line comforts
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After the airing of NBC's "Holocaust" several viewers called the Horwich Jewish Community Center's hot line.
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4/20/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
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Skokie Life, Thursday, April 20, 1978, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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csl780420c.pdf
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eng
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Holocaust survivor hits Nazis’ Skokie plea
By Dennis D. Fisher
Sol Goldstein, a survivor of
the Jewish holocaust of World
War II, testified Friday that
Nazi uniforms call up images
of “death in the most terrible
form . . . death from torture.”
Goldstein, 63, appeared at a
hearing before U.S. District
Court Judge Barnard M. Decker on a suit by Frank Collin,
leader of the National Socialist
Party of America, challenging
three Skokie ordinances that
prevented the group from
demonstratin in the north
suburb.
0 p p o s i n g the challenge,
Goldstein said swastikas and
brown-shirt uniforms represent the ordeal of repression
and death suffered by Jews in
World War II.
The three ordinances were
adopted May 2 in an effort to
bar political demonstrations in
military-type uniforms l i k e
those of Nazi storm troopers.
At the same time, the village
laws prohibit the distribution
of materials calculated to incite hatred based on race, religion or nationality.
The ordinances also require
groups of 50 or more persons
to post a $350,000 insurance
in 1942 and traveled to this
bond to cover potential dam- country six years later.
age to public property before
Nazi leader Collin, who is
any demonstration.
part-Jewish, sniggered into his
Goldstein, worker for a den- hands several times during
tal materials manufacturing
company, told Decker that his
Lithuanian city, Kaunas, was
overrun by Nazi troops in 1941.
All of Kaunas’ 45,000 Jewish
residents were required to live
in a guarded ghet he said,
and many were executed.
Goldstein said he escaped
with his wife from the ghetto
Goldstein’s testimony.
Collin earlier told the judge
that the Skokie insurance requirement was designed to
keep him and his group “from
expressing my right to free expression.”
“I believe it was aimed exelusively at me,” he said.
Collin, under questioning by
his lawyer, David Goldberger
of the American Civil Liberties
Union, said he would lead his
group, in a demonstration in
Skokie soon, “but only under
the law. . . as soon as we are
legally able.”
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Skokie Public Library
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Holocaust survivor hits Nazis' Skokie plea
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Fisher, Dennis D.
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Sol Goldstein testifies against lifting of Skokie ordinances at United States District Court hearing.
Date
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12/3/1977
Subject
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
National Socialist Party of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Ordinances, Municipal -- Illinois -- Skokie
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Chicago Sun-Times, Saturday, December 3, 1977, Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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cst771203a.pdf
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
newspaper clippings
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Holocaust survivors ‘need to know’
My fleeting brush with fame came
recently in the form of my appearance
in the movie “Skokie.” It was a day to
which I, with hundreds of other “extras” of fellow Skokians have been
looking forward to, to seeing ourselves
on the silver screen in the home-made
movie. By home-made, I mean made in Skokie. It was fun being a part
of the team. I was in two scenes.
Friends insist I wasn’t. I hate to argue
about i t - it is their word against mine
- or vice versa, whichever!
But turning to the serious nature of
the subject, “Skokie’s” complicated
problem was compounded by the involvement of the CLU and its principal
negotiator. Himself a Jew, it was hardly proper for him to defend the Nazis
and their right to march in Skokie. To
the majority of us the premise of the
“First Amendment” was incomprehen-
sible in this case. The lengthy process
put Skokie on the world map and ended
fortunately in favor of the anti-Nazis.
The reluctance of Mrs. Feldman and
to some extent of Max Feldman to give
facts to their daughter of their concentration camp experiences, is fairly typical. She was over-protected and even
though she wanted to know, her father’s feeble “explanation” was hardly
adequate. He should have been as explicit with her, as he was vehement in
the synagogue scene with cries of
“Never again.”
Had my parents survived the Holocaust ordeal, I would have insisted to
know it all. I believe it behooves our
second generation to learn first hand
(if possible) the suffering and indignities their parents had to endure. But I
was not that fortunate. I lost my whole
family in Auschwitz, Poland.
Marta Stearns
Skokie
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
<p>For further information, you can find more resources in the library. If you have questions or comments send us an <a title="email Skokie Public Library" href="mailto:tellus@skokielibrary.info">email </a>or call us at 847-673-3733.</p>
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Skokie History
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Skokie Public Library
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Holocaust survivors 'need to know'
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Stearns, Marta
Abstract
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Letter to the editor describing the need for Holocaust survivors to tell their stories.
Date
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12/31/1981
Subject
The topic of the resource
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
Stearns, Marta
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Skokie Life, Thursday, December 31, 1981, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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isl811231a.pdf
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eng
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1980s (1980-1989)
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editorials and opinions
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JDL has day in the Skokie sun
The man in the white knit shirt stood at the
fringes of the crowd listening to the speeches.
The speakers told him how Jews should be
proud and unafraid and how they should fight
Nazis.
Every few moments, the woman at his side
would translate the words into Yiddish.
They were in Skokie, at the Jewish Community Center, where a group of about 100 Nazis
was supposed to march July 4. The Nazis had
picked Skokie as their target because it was,
in their words, “a Jew suburb.”
A few days before the Fourth, the Nazis
were advised by their lawyers in the American Civil Liberties Union to delay and wait
for the courts to make their march legal. Several hundred Jews and Jewish supporters
went out to Skokie to rally anyway.
A BUSLOAD OF YOUNG men and women
from Jewish Defense League chapters in New
York and New Jersey stood in front of the
community center. They wore khaki uniforms, dull-black motorcycle helmets, and
shiny black combat boots.
One of their leaders, wearing a dark blue
ski mask in the baking heat, practiced karate
kicks. The crowd applauded.
“We came here to break Nazi heads,” Simon Greenstein, chief of security for the New
York JDL, said, “If the Nazis had shown up,
they would have seen another-type Jew. They
would have seen a fighting Jew.”
Although both the JDL and Nazis are theatrical, neither side can be taken lightly. Some
50 nightsticks, clubs, baseball bats and lead
pipes were confiscated from the JDL when it
showed up in Skokie. Early Sunday, a Nazi
was arrested in Chicago while carrying a .357
revolver, a 7-inch dagger and a 5-inch pocket
knife.
IN A CERTAIN PERVERSE sense, both
sides need each other. The JDL needs the
Nazis to convince complacent, middle-class
Jews that they do have real enemies. The
Nazis need the Jews as an object of their
hatred and a reason for existing.
But on Monday in Skokie, it was like a
picnic where the ants refused to show up.
But that did not stop the speakers. Rabbi
Joel Lehrfield, whose congregation is in Lincolnwood, quoted the Psalms of David, where
Roger
Simon
the name of God is blessed because He
“trains my hands for war and my fingers for
battle.”
The message was not lost on the crowd.
“I am not Jewish and I am here,” said Etta
Alejandro. “I live in Chicago near Wrigley
Field, but I took an L and then a cab. I
wanted the Nazis to show up. I am a fighter,
not a lover.”
Like many in the crowd, Mrs. Alejandro
knew the arguments against being there. The
Chicago media were virtually unanimous in
editorially advising the Jews to ignore the
Nazis.
“Ignore it and it will go away,” she said
with contempt. “That is what they tell us.
But I will tell you something. That was the
exact mentality of the Germans in the 1930’s.
AND THAT WAS THE exact message of
JDL founder Meir Kahane, who addressed the
crowd on a bullhorn after being lifted off his
feet by well-wishers.
“More than 50 years ago, a comical man
with a comical mustache and 11 men began
a small and insignificant movement in a beer
hall in Munich,” he said. “From those 11
followers came thousands and from the thousands, millions, and from the millions came
the Holocaust.”
A separate coalition made up of radical
groups urged the Skokie rally to join it in a
march on Nazi headquarters in Chicago.
Kahane vetoed the idea. “Nazis you don’t
demonstrate against,” he said, “Nazis you
either do nothing with or physically break
their heads. If not worse.”
About 150 persons marched on the Nazi
headquarters on Chicago’s Southwest Side
anyway. About 15 uniformed Nazis stood outside carrying chains, tire irons and auto
jacks. The two groups shouted back and forth
for a while, and then parted. There were no
arrests there or in Skokie.
KAHANE SAID HE was pleased with his
rally. He said he had gotten his message
across. “I tell you as a rabbi,“’ Kahane said
to the crowd, “that violence is terrible but
sometimes necessary. If they use the sword,
let us use the sword.”
“The crowd was middle-class, well-to-do,‘”
Kahane said later. “That is good. We have
radicalized - in a good sense - the Jews of
Skokie. We are a catalyst, forcing the Jews
into things they never were.”
After the speeches, Kahane signed a few
autographs as the JDL signed up new members, Kahane will soon be back in Israel.
where he lives. “I have to finish my reserve
service in the Israeli army,” he said. “I am
with an antiaircraft unit.
“But if the Nazis try to come to Skokie, I
will be back.‘”
The crowd dispersed slowly, breaking up
into small groups, arguing here and there
over what was heard. Some bought buttons
from the JDL showing a boot with the Star of
David crushing a swastika.
THE MAN IN THE white knit shirt still
stood to one side and I asked him how he felt,
if his mind had been changed one way or
another, if he thought it was really necessary
to take the Nazis seriously.
The woman at his side translated into his
ear. He turned and made a fist, raising his
arm. I thought it was a sign of anger, but I
was wrong. He turned his forearm toward
me, and on it was a blue tattooed line. The
numbers given him in the Nazi death camp
were unfaded by time as his memory was
unfaded by time.
He didn’t say anything. He didn’t have to.
�CHICAGO SUN-TlMES, Tues., July 5, 1977
RALLYING in SKOKIE even though the Nazis didn’t show up, Rabbi
Meir Kahane, Jewish. Defense League leader, huddles with the Rev.
C. H. Turner, of t h e Martin Luther King Jr. Movement.
GATHERING at the Meyer Kaplan Jewish Community Center in Skokie, several groups listened to a number of speakers denounce the Nazis. Ralph Locker , JDL official, uses
a
a bullhorn to get his message across. The JDL did not join
a later march on the Nazi headquarters in Chicago. (SunTimes Photos by Larry Graff)
�
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Meir Kahane and other members of the National Jewish Defense League (JDL) gather at the Meyer Kaplan Jewish Community Center to pledge their support of a counterdemonstration to the National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) march. Includes photographs of Meir Kahane, National JDL leader, C.H. Turner, and Ralph Locker speaking to a crowd.
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7/5/1977
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
Alejandro, Etta
Greenstein, Simon
Kahane, Meir
Locker, Ralph
Turner, C.H.
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Learn lesson of 'Skokie'
The author is a Hebrew teacher for
the Niles Township High Schools and is
the coordinator of the High School of
Jewish Studies (Skokie branch).
By ITZHAK HOFFMAN
THE STRUGGLE of the Jewish community and others in Skokie against
the threat of the Nazi march in 1977
has put Skokie on the map of awareness throughout the United States. Now
it has been immortalized on film. We,
even those among us who are supposed
to be more alert than the rest, innocently thought that Jewish hatred in its
epidemic form was a phenomenon of
the past. We believed that with the Holocaust, anti-Semitism had reached its
last murderous peak and later passed
away. So terrible and gruesome was
that last atrocity, so remote from any
logic and human conception, that it
would have been difficult to believe it
had survived in the modern world.
In the 30 years that have passed
since the fires were put out in the
Auschwitz incinerators, we have raised
a whole generation to whom anti-Semitism was only a phenomenon of history. Everywhere around the world the
doors opened up for the Jews. Everywhere, anti-Jewish hostility went into
hiding.
THE WARNING signs of recent
years, anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism, increase of the KKK and Nazi activities
must force us to raise our antennas
again for fine tuning. We have to awaken our senses and interpret the symp-
toms correctly. They can no longer be
ignored.
What the Skokie situation symbolized
had been cast aside shortly after the
events themselves took place. It passed
like a bad dream which nobody wants
to recall. If the movie “Skokie” did nothing else, it at least brought into focus, throughout many communities
around the country, some serious issues that merit our further examination. The unsatisfactory or unfair
treatment of some of the major characters in the movie version notwithstanding, this picture still speaks
better than thousands of words.
JANET, THE teen-age daughter of
the fictional Feldman family in the
movie, “Skokie,” was portrayed as a
student at Niles East High School. Her
struggle to come to terms with her own
identity suffers as a result of not understanding and not knowing really
what the Holocaust was all about.
While Holocaust study exists in the
Niles Township High Schools (on a
very limited ineffectual basis), and is
offered as a course at the High School
of Jewish Studies at the Mayer Kaplan
JCC, one might have expected a concentrated effort to teach the youngsters of the community about the
Holocaust and its related issues. As
many Skokie residents have already
discovered, being from Skokie makes
one a focus of attention, curiosity and
questions around the country. (I was
asked about it in Israel!)
BETTER EDUCATION about the
Holocaust will enhance understanding
and prevent identity and community
crises which are brought about by a
lack of ability to feel and understand
the issues. That is one way of saying
“Never Again!” but there are other
ways. While Yom Hashoah (The day of
Memorial of the Holocaust), does take
place to a greater or lesser extent in
synagogues, organizations and some
churches in the community, it is more
or less a private individual effort. An
attempt last year to have a villagewide commemoration suffered from
poor attendance.
There are ways to make the statement that Skokie may want to make.
Skokie high schools should offer in
their curriculum a comprehensive
course in the study of the Holocaust.
An elective course as part of the social
studies program can be a step in the
right direction. What has been done until now is simply not enough. Many
public schools around the country have
been teaching the Holocaust; why of
all places not in Skokie?! Skokie can
organize an international conference of
the lessons of the Holocaust. It can
sponsor seminars and workshops on
the Holocaust’s history, causes, effects
and implications.
What lies beyond the movie is not docu-drama or fiction. It is a reality that
has to be faced by actions which express the values, beliefs and quality of
life in the community. Let’s hope that
another movie, “Skokie II,” will not
have to be made.
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
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Chicago Metropolitan Association
Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ
June 29, 1977
Fred G. Traut, Association Minister
Delbert J. Schrag, Assistant
Association Minister
Rabbi Neil Brief
Niles Township Jewish Con g regation
4500 Dempster
Skokie, Illinois 60076
Dear Rabbi Brief:
Th e enclosed letter and Statement have been
sent t o the one hundred and seventy congregations of the
Unite d Church of Christ in the metropolitan area.
My personal hope is that one good effect
of the Nazi Party presence in our city will be to enable
Jews a nd Ch ristians to share life to gether in ways which
will be enric h ing for all of us as well as for all the
citizens of this great metropolitan area.
Shalom!
Fred G. Traut
F GT : az
Encls.
W. Sterling Cary
Conference Minister
ROOM 1600
116 south MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60603
Walter E. Zlegenhals
Director o f Ecumenicol .Mission
TELEPHONE (312) 372-5918
�Chicago Metropolitan Association
Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ
June 2 8, 1977
TO:
The Churches of Chicago
Metropolitan Association
Dear Friends:
All of us have become aware, during recent months
and week s , of the existence of an American Nazi Party .
As
these lines are written, that Party is seeking a permit in
order to stage a demonstration in the Village of Skokie on
July 4, 1977 . Seven thousand survivors of the concentration camps and the gas chambers reside in Skokie . The
aim of the Nazi demonstrators is confrontation as well as
feeding latent anti - semitism .
The Association ' s Boar d for .Christian Witness in
Society is alarmed by the prospect of purveyors of the
Nazis view of life spreading those views in this metropolitan area or any metropolitan area .
Accordingly, the
Board is issuing the enclosed " Statement of Consc i ence
against Neo-Nazism" to all of our congregations.
Please use the statement as you see fit in alerting
y our folk to the threat to a
democratic society which
resides in Nazi understandings .
We hope that the
statement will also be of assistance in renewing the unique
bonds between Jew and Christian .
+
Fred
Traut
Fred G. Traut
Association
Minister
Sincerely ,
CurtisMinter
D. Cu r tis Minter, Chairperson
Board for Christian Witness
in Society
TM : az
Encl.
Fred G . Trout
Association Mlnister
ROOM 1600
Delbert J. Schrag
Assistant Association Minister
116 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE CHICAGO. ILLINOIS 60603
,
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LEPHONE (312) 372-5918
�TO:
The Churches of Chicago Metropolitan Association,
Illinois Conference, Tne United Church of Christ
FROM: The Board for Christian Witness in Society
June 28, 1977
A STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE AGAINST NEO-NAZISM
For us who call ourselves Christians, the cross of Jesus Christ
is the symbol of the suffering that the One whom we call Lord
It is the sign in which we find both our pride
endured for us.
Living under
our shame, our humiliation and our exaltation.
and
of the Cross, the Christian community is aware of the
the symbol
powerful emotions that a symbol can evoke.
The brown shirts and swastikas of the Nazi Party should evoke
feelings of repugnance among Christians wherever they appear, be cause they are the visible and tangible symbols of the suffering
and death of countless numbers of Jews, to whom we are bound by
As People of the Book, we declare
a common religious heritage .
that a system such as Nazism, which proclaims the inherent racial
or genetic superiority of one group of people over another, is
God called
inconsistent with the word of God in the Scriptures.
Abram out of Haran, and declared that through him all the families
By this we understand that the
of the earth should be blessed .
Fatherhood of God encompasses all people, and that we are bound
As members of one family we must stand
together as one family.
firm against any system that preaches pre-eminence of one group
over another.
Millions of our brothers and sisters lost their lives to the
We take issue with those who would seek to
tyranny of Nazism.
With Christ, who was Himself
deny the reality of the Holocaust.
a Jew, we abhor and align ourselves against the distorted politiWe stand with
cal and genealogical philosophy of the Nazi Party.
the survivors of the Holocaust, and all of the survivors of the
Nazi system, in declaring our outrage at the re-appearance of
the symbols and hatreds of the Nazi Party within our own society.
We cry out in pain that the crueltyof Nazism would again seek
to inflict pain upon the common family of humanity. And, we
pray for its eradication from our land.
�
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Letter from the Chicago Metropolitan Association Conference of the United Church of Christ
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Traut, Fred G.
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Letter from the Chicago Metropolitan Association of Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ to The Churches of Christ Metropolitan Association. The letter expresses alarm at the prospect of a National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) demonstration in Skokie on July 7, 1977 and encloses a "Statement of Conscience Against Neo-Nazism" (see second page of document). From the collection of Rabbi Neil Brief.
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6/28/1977
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Letter to Congregation from Rabbi Neil Brief, April 25, 1978
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Brief, Rabbi Neil
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Letter from Rabbi Neil Brief to the members of the Niles Township Jewish Congregation, dated April 25, 1978. The letter mentions the television mini-series, "Holocaust." There is a handwritten note from Rabbi Brief to Reverend Robert Wentworth at the bottom of the document. This digital image was scanned from a fax transmission copy. From the collection of Rabbi Neil Brief.
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4/25/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Brief, Neil (Rabbi)
Holocaust survivors
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), on television
National Socialist Party of America
Brief, Neil
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rnb_780425a.pdf
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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Re:
December 1977
V i l l a g e of Skokie v s . C o l l i n - Nazi March
All speech is not protected by the First Amendment. Libelous
defamatory utterances, obscenities and pornography in violation of community
standards and the factual equivalent of shouting "Fire!" in a crowded
theatre do not merit First Amendment protection.
During the last five decades, the growing complexities of society
have required unprecedented interpretations of the Bill of Rights to meet
unprecedented conditions. It is the genius of the American people and
of the United States Constitution that converts this instrument to a guide
for the maximum benefit of society with minirnimlimitations upon individuals,
rather than e
shackle against change. The circumstances presented in
the Nazi assault upon Skokie challenge the traditional interpretation of
the First Amendment.
The situation in the Village of Skokie is unique in the history
of the United States and indeed in the history of the world. Nowhere else
do victims of the Nazi holocaust constitute 10% of the total population
of a community.
Nowhere else would a march of Nazis in.storm trooper
uniform carrying the hated swastika constitute a deliberate provocation
and a cynical taunt. Nowhere else would this proscribed Nazi march evoke
in so many people such vivid memories of the manner in which their loved
ones met their death.
To the survivors of the holocaust, the murders of their mothers,
fathers, children, brothers and sisters are an everlasting and poignant
memory. The projected march of Nazis is a cruel assault upon these people,
deliberately designed to exacerbate their suffering and revive their memories.
It is offensive to logic, reason, justice and fundamental principles
of fair play to equate the proscribed activities of Nazis in Skokie with the
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right of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly guaranteed by the
First Amendment. Just as the Constitution does not preserve the right
I of the Nazis to physically assault the holocaust survivors in Skokie, so
should it not license them to perpetrate an infinitely more serious assault
upon their sensibilities.
The Nazi swastika and uniform is thesymbolic equivalent-of a public
call to "Kill all Jews"-. This and similar direct incitations to mass murder
are not entitled to First Amendment protection. Our democracy was*not
created to maintain the instruments of its own destruction. The proscribed
activities.constitute acts ofaggression, not a demonstration for rights or
a protest to a.denial of rights." The Nazis seek confrontation, violence
and dissemination of-their doctrine of racial and religious hatred and murder.
Their "protest march11 is directed against the right of Americans of the
Jewish Faith to live.
The cultural, ethnic and religious diversity of Skokie's population
makes it especially vulnerable to ethnic, racial and religious conflicts.
Until recent years, persons who could be characterized as "visible minorities11
were negligible in number. Today every school district within the Village
contains children who constitute a visible minority. This 'includes Chinese,
Japanese, East Indian, Pakistani an and Latino persons. These new minorities
are welcomed to the Village and are, in fact, encouraged to come here by
the Village policy of "Freedom of Opportunity to All*1. In many cases,
these new minorities share a history of discrimination which make them
particularly vulnerable to the activities of the Nazis and other racist
groups. The goal of Skokie's elected officials is to eliminate social
injustices and to expand opportunities for all of its residents, old and
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new. Our actions taken against' the Nazis and other hate groups is
intended to provide leadership for high moral and constitutional principles
and encouragement to the residents who share them. On the other hand,
our action operates as a sanction against behavior which is counter-productive
to these principles and which threatens the implementation of rights
guaranteed to all under the Constitution of the United States. All of the
Village authorities are acutely aware of their legal and moral responsibilities
in this connection.
By ordinances, examples, education, and a strong human relations
policy, the Village of Skokie has been able to maintain an atmosphere of
cooperation and friendliness between all of the diverse elements which make
up its population. Our residents know they are free to live in the Village
in the fullest sense of the term, without abuse, defamation, or other
cruelties inflicted upon them or their children by reason of their color,
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We have no illusions about the situation. We know from experience
how quickly they take hold, how widespread they become and how painful
are their results. The proposed demonstration by the Nazis made us realize
the dangers of such public demonstrations, characterized by defamations,
threats and epithets. Such conduct is morally wrong. Its harm is irrefutable.
Its victims are defenseless. Such anti-social conduct is not worthy of
First Amendment protection.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Skokie Public Library
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Mayor's Report Regarding the Village of Skokie vs. Collin - Nazi March
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Smith, Albert J., 1915-1993
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Photocopy of a three-page report from Mayor Albert J. Smith addressing the proposed march by the National Socialist (Nazi) Party
the interpretation of the First Amendment
the percentage of holocaust survivors in Skokie
the cultural diversity of Skokie
the wearing of swastikas and Nazi uniforms
and Village ordinances and policies.
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1977-12
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Freedom of speech -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
Ordinances, Municipal -- Illinois -- Skokie
Smith, Albert J., 1915-1993 -- Messages
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2004.012.077.pdf
Skokie Historical Society 2004.012.077
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eng
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Nazis stay out
By DIANE DUBEY
Staff Writer
IN MID- OCTOBER, 1977, Skokie residents learned,
that the U. S. Supreme Court would not hear
arguments aimed at preventing a Nazi demonstration
in their village.
But it didn't matter anymore.
The conflict ended months earlier, in June, when
the Nazi march that was to be simply never
materialized:
• When the tiny group of neo- Nazis from
Marquette park in Chicago decided that they didn't
really want to be in Skokie on June 25 anyway.
• When Nazi leader Frank Collin, a half- Jew, the
son of a concentration camp inmate, apparently
realized that his small group of marchers might not
fare well against the thousands of Holocaust survivors
and Jewish Defense League (JDL) members who
would be waiting for them.
• When a federal court judge provided Collin a
way to save face, overturning a Chicago park district
insurance requirement and ordering Chicago park
officials to grant permission for a July 9 Nazi march in
Marquette Park. A pleased—and no doubt
relieved—Collin told the press that all he was agitating
for was the right to recruit followers through
demonstrations on Chicago's Southwest Side.
"I have no interest in Skokie or any other hostile
area, " he said, telling reporters he would not hesitate
to threaten further marches hi Skokie if anyone
interfered with his free speech rights in Chicago.
• When the 50, 000 counterdemonstrators expected
to arrive in Skokie from across the country learned
that there would be no Nazi menace hi Skokie and
concluded that they might just as well stay home and
throw a few hot dogs on the grill.
• When the Skokie police breathed a collective
sigh of relief and disbanded preparations which were
to bring in 300 neighboring patrolmen, large numbers
of state troopers and national guardsmen, and seven
helicopters.
BY OCTOBER it was all over but the reminiscing.
The story that had put Skokie on the map was no
longer making headlines.
Harvey Schwartz, Skokie's corporation counsel,
was in the forefront of the movement to keep the Nazis
out of the village, fighting one legal battle after
another against the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU), which voluntarily undertook the
representation of the Nazis.
Looking back on the entire episode, Schwartz said,
"I think the community achieved what it wanted—the
demonstration was prevented. "
The first six months of 1978 saw Skokie
overshadowed by the threat of a Nazi demonstration.
The Nazis did not come to Skokie hi April and no
educational activities ever materialized.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Nazis stay out
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Dubey, Diane
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Review of the outcome of the proposed Nazi march and efforts to prevent it.
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2/12/1981
Subject
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America -- Press coverage
American Civil Liberties Union
Courts of last resort -- United States
Holocaust survivors
Collin, Frank
Chicago Park District (Chicago, Ill.)
Jewish Defense League
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Skokie Life, Thursday, February 12, 1981, p. 3, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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2007.010.048.pdf
Skokie Historical Society - Smith Collection - 2007.010.048
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eng
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from the Mayor Al Smith Collection
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Nazis, Skokie
in court again
DIANE DUBEY
Correspondent
A JEWISH survivor of World War II holocaust,
three Skokie officials, and Chicago Nazi leader Frank
Collin presented evidence Friday, Dec. 2 in a hearing
on Collin’s suit against the village.
The lawsuit filed in August challenges the constitutionality of three Skokie ordinances which require
groups wishing to march in the village to post a $350,
000 insurance bond, prohibit the wearing of military
style uniforms by marchers, and forbid the distribution of printed material which incites group hatred.
Testifying in the Chicago courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Decker, were Sol Goldstein,
a Skokie resident who escaped from a Lithuanian ghetto, John Matzer, village manager, Kenneth Chamberlain, chief of police, Marvin Bailey, director of housing
development, and Collin, leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) party of America. A written statement from
Skokie Mayor Albert Smith, recuperating from surgery, was also submitted.
Goldstein claimed that the sight of Nazi uniforms
and swastikas on the streets of Skokie would inflict
great emotional damage on those who survived the
World War II Nazi attrocities.
Collin, who is being represented by the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) testified that he still
wants to lead a march in Skokie to exercise his right to
free speech but indicated he would not demonstrate in
the village until legally allowed to do so.
The three ordinances challenged in the lawsuit
were approved by the Skokie village board on May 2,
only days after two Nazi marches were averted by
court injunction. All evidence relating to this case
must be submitted to Decker by Dec. 12 according to
Harvey Schwartz, Skokie corporation counsel.
The Illinois supreme court is expected to rule soon
on the Swastika ban throughout Skokie which was
upheld by a threejudge panel of the Illinois appellate
court in July.
ACLU attorneys, Aug. 9, appealed to the high
court, asking that the ban be lifted because it constitutes a violation of the Nazi’s first amendment rights.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
<p>For further information, you can find more resources in the library. If you have questions or comments send us an <a title="email Skokie Public Library" href="mailto:tellus@skokielibrary.info">email </a>or call us at 847-673-3733.</p>
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Nazis, Skokie in court again
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Dubey, Diane
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A lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of 3 Skokie ordinances which require groups wishing to march in the Village to post a $350,000 bond, prohibit the wearing of military-style uniforms by marchers, and forbid the distribution of printed material that incites group hatred.
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12/8/1977
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
Collin, Frank
Goldstein, Sol
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Skokie Life, Thursday, December 8, 1977, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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csl771208a.pdf
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eng
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
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DEAR FRIENDS
THE AMERICAN NAZI PARTY HAS
NOTIFIED THE SKOKIE AUTHORITIES
OF THEIR INTENTION TO MARCH
IN THE STREET OF THE VILLAGE IN
NAZI UNIFORMS
ON SUNDAY,
MAY 1st, 1977.
WE THE NAZI HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS FEEL THIS BRAZEN DEMONSTRATION CANNOT
TAKE PLACE
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEREFORE
WE CALL ON EVERY JEW TO COME
TO SKOKIE ON SUNDAY, MAY 1st
AND TO MARCH IN THE STREETS IN
A LAWFUL MANNER, TO PROTEST
AND TO HELP US STOP THIS NAZI
MENACE.
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, LET’S
NOT FORGET THE SIX MILLION
MARTY R’S.
WE CANNOT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
MEETING PLACE:
TEMPLE JUDEA
8610 Niles Center Rd., Skokie
TIME
SUNDAY,
10:00
MAY
A.M.
lst,
1977
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Notice of meeting at Temple Judea, May 1, 1977
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Brief, Rabbi Neil
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Notice of a meeting on the day of a proposed National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) march in Skokie on May 1, 1977 at Temple Judea. The notice itself is undated. From the collection of Rabbi Neil Brief.
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4-00-1977
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Synagogues -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
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letters
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Omaha students join
in Holocaust seminar
THIRTY STUDENTS from the Community Hebrew high school of Omaha, Neb., will participate in a
weekend study group seminar on the Holocaust, starting Friday, May 19, led by the youth group of Skokie
Valley Traditional synagog, 8825 East Prairie, Skokie.
Weekend activities relating to Holocaust studies
will include a meeting with Skokie Mayor Albert
Smith, who will discuss the events surrounding the
proposed Nazi march in Skokie, a seminar with Holocaust survivors, and an all-night memorial reading of
names of concentration camp victims.
The Omaha students also will join the Skokie Valley youths in Sabbath worship services.
Area teenagers are invited to attend the seminars.
For more information, call Rabbi Dov Rosenblum at
674-3473.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Skokie Public Library
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Omaha students join in Holocaust seminar
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Students from Nebraska will attend Holocaust seminar and discussion of proposed National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) demonstration in Skokie.
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5/21/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
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Skokie Life, Sunday, May 21, 1978, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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Plan counterdemonstration
Nazi group given permit to march
By DIANE DUBEY
Correspondent
SKOKIE- Village officials have issued a permit allowing a Nazi group to
demonstrate in front of village hall at 3
p.m. Sunday, June 25.
A second permit allowing the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
to stage a counterdemonstration at the
same time and place also will be issued, according to Mayor Albert
Smith.
The village mailed a permit to the
National Socialist (Nazi) Party of
America Friday, May 26, four days after a U.S. appeals court ruled unconstitutional three village ordinances
designed to prevent the march. The
permit, however, can still be rescinded
by judicial or legislative action.
Then, after an executive session fol-
lowing the regular village board meeting Tuesday, May 30, Smith announced
that a permit for a counterdemonstration would be issued to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
PRIOR TO THE board’s unanimous
decision to allow the counterdemonstration, Sol Goldstein, a Holocaust
survivor, told the LIFE, “I hope we get
the permit tonight--otherwise, we’ll
lose control and there will be chaos,
wildness. People will come anyway
and only an organized demonstration
will solve the problem.”
Goldstein, chairman of the federation’s public affairs committee, said he
expects about 50,000 people from across the country to participate in the
counterdemonstration. According to
Goldstein, leaders of the anti-Nazi
group will “do our utmost to control”
those who show up. “To resist Nazis
means that we must be committed
against violence also,” he said.
After more than a year of legal battles in state and federal courts, the village has nearly exhausted its legal
options. Only two possibilities for averting the June 25 march still remain.
Village attorneys plan this week to
appeal the decision of the appeals
court to the U.S. Supreme court and to
ask for a stay of the lower court decision while the case is pending.
THE MARCH could also be cancelled if the Illinois house of representatives approves two bills which were
approved by the state senate on May
10. One bill would make it illegal to defame any ethnic group, while the other
would ban demonstrations likely to result in physical violence and outlaw the
display of symbols and uniforms having historical associations with violence.
Smith refused to speculate on the likelihood of a June 25 Nazi march because he said, “I don’t want to issue a
challenge to them. I don’t want to back
them into a corner. I’d like to give
them every escape hatch.”
Smith said he still believes the village will ultimately win its case
against the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU) which is representing
the Nazis. If the case is accepted by
the Supreme court, new case law regarding the First Amendment will be
put on the books, he said. “I still don’t
believe the First Amendment is absolute,” Smith said.
large amount of publicity accompanying their efforts to enter Skokie. He
pointed to letters and petitions with
more than 1,500 signatures sent in support of the village’s stance in opposing
the march as evidence of a nationwide
backlash against the Nazis.
Reacting to a statement made last
week by Nazi leader Frank Collin who
offered to abandon plans for a Skokie
march if he were legally allowed to
march in Chicago, Smith said “I don’t
make deals with Nazis” and called Collin’s statement a “cop-out.”
According to Erna Gans, leader of a
group of Holocaust survivors, an office
has been established by her organization, the Dr. Janusz Korczak B’nai
B’rith lodge, to handle work related to
the threatened march.
ACCORDING TO Smith, the neo-Nazis actually have been hurt by the
VOLUNTEERS IN the second story
office at 4948 Dempster answer phone
calls and letters from all over the
country from people seeking information or offering support. The office is
also the central headquarters for a nationwide petition drive aimed at the
U.S. Supreme court, Congress, and the
President, asking for protection “from
neo-Nazism and from ideologies that
preach hate and promote hate symbols, so that one-half million Americans and 20 million other innocent
people of every race, creed, religion
and nationality who lost their lives during World War II should not have died
in vain.”
Gans said the petitions will be presented to all three branches of the federal government by a delegation of at
least one person from every state and
as many senators and representatives
as the group can attract.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
<p>For further information, you can find more resources in the library. If you have questions or comments send us an <a title="email Skokie Public Library" href="mailto:tellus@skokielibrary.info">email </a>or call us at 847-673-3733.</p>
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Skokie History
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Plan counterdemonstration : Nazi group given permit to march
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Dubey, Diane
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Skokie officials have issued demonstration permits to both the National Socialist Party of America (Nazis) and to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. Current status of legal battle between Skokie and the Nazis is presented.
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6/1/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
Gans, Erna
Goldstein, Sol
Smith, Albert J., 1915-1993
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Skokie Life, Thursday, June 1, 1978, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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eng
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Plan solidarity freedom march
Erna Gans, president of the Dr. Janusz
Korczak lodge of the B’nai B’rith
organization, Skokie, announced plans at a
Tuesday press conference for a “solidarity
freedom march” in Skokie this spring in
response to the planned Nazi rally this
April.
Mrs. Gans said the lodge “will answer
hate with love and march in support of
The march will be
human rights.
sponsored by the survivors ourselves,
along with a broadly-based committee of
organizers.”
The Korczak lodge is also planning to
draft a resolution “supporting the
American Constitution and expressing
sympathy for the citizens of Skokie,
particularly the death camp survivors.”
Mrs. Gans said that “millions of
signatures subscribing to the resolution”
will be sought, via members of youth
groups, civic associations, churches and
general publicity.
B o t h c o u r s e s o f action were
recommended by State Senator John
Nimro d (R-4th) according to Mrs. Gans.
Nimrod, who introduced Mrs. Gans at
the press conference, said that he “thought
it is important that the response to the
situation be not only in good taste, but also
of greatest comfort to the survivors and
approved by them.”
Mrs. Gans noted that plans for the
march were submitted to the survivors
association for approval Tuesday night.
Nimrod granted that though “numerous
actions have been taken by the Skokie
government to block the proposed march,
court suits have resulted in a twisting of
the First Amendment right to freedom of
speech permitting Nazis to march, and
wear swastika armbands in the midst of
those who survived attempted genocide by
the wearers of the swastika 35 years ago.”
He added that in his talks with persons
from the north suburban area, “I have
found an unease about the court decisions;
that perhaps the courts have undermind
the right of all of us to enjoy security in our
own homes and be free from
harrassment."
Nimrod said the ‘solidarity freedom
march’ is being planned because of a
concern “about the appropriate
channeling of emotions and tension being
generated by their seeming helplessness to
protect themselves against haters who are
favored by idealistic courts, far removed
from the situation itself.”
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
<p>For further information, you can find more resources in the library. If you have questions or comments send us an <a title="email Skokie Public Library" href="mailto:tellus@skokielibrary.info">email </a>or call us at 847-673-3733.</p>
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Skokie History
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Plan solidarity freedom march
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B'nai B'rith plans for a solidarity freedom march in response to planned National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) march in April.
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3/9/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
Gans, Erna
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Skokie Review, Thursday, March 9, 1978, Pioneer Press Newspapers, Glenview, IL
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FROM:
THE JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
One South Franklin Street - 60606 - 346-6700
Harold B. Rosen, Director of Public Relations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Zan Skolnick
EXTENSION:
Raymond Epstein, Chairman of the P u b l i c Affairs Committee (PAC)
of the Jewish United Fund today (Feb. 23) responded with disappointment to
a U.S. District Court r u l i n g that would allow a Nazi march in Skokie, a suburb
with a large population of Jews, many of them survivors of the Holocaust.
Epstein, who heads the coalition of Chicago's 3^ major Jewish groups,
said that he hoped the V i l l a g e of Skokie -- and others seeking legal remedies
to halt the proposed march by the National Socialist Party of America -- would
"pursue every legal means to block this perversion of the rights of free speech."
Skokie resident and Holocaust survivor Sol Goldstein, who has
initiated a private suit against the Nazis, affirmed Epstein's point of view,
saying:
"The Village of Skokie should do everything in its power to protect
the safety and welfare of its residents."
Epstein said: "It would be a monstrous travesty for the courts
of this land to rule that an obscene spectacle should be held under the guise
of our First Amendment freedoms, which we, of the Jewish community, hold
especially dear.
"The Jewish community of Chicago hopes that the V i l l a g e of Skokie
w i l l continue its efforts to overturn the decision of the U.S. District Court
that would enable the Nazis to deliberately provoke the citizens of Skokie
and the many others who would be grievously offended by the march.
"However, should all legal means f a i l , the Jewish community w i l l
cooperate fully with the V i l l a g e of Skokie and peoples of other faiths in
framing a non-violent response more in keeping with what our founding fathers
had in mind when they drafted the B i l l of Rights," said Epstein.
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Goldstein said he welcomed the expression of solidarity made
yesterday by Governor James R. Thompson.
"His interest and concern is one
of many important indications that this march has become an issue for all
Americans.
We shall certainly call upon the Governor's good offices in
framing our response to the march in the event of that unfortunate necessity."
Goldstein, who heads a PAC Committee on I n d i v i d u a l Liberty and
Jewish Security, had received a letter from Governor Thompson earlier In the
week, expressing the Governor's feelings that "... survivors of the Holocaust ...
and m i l l i o n s of Jews the world over ... should not be subjected to such a
disgusting display as that march."
Referring to mounting offers of support from non-Jewish groups,
Goldstein said: "There are many people in this country who remember that
in addition to the 6 m i l l i o n Jews slaughtered during the Holocaust, 5 m i l l i o n
Christian c i v i l i a n s were exterminated and 190,000 American soldiers lost
their lives fighting the Nazi war machine."
Today's U.S. District Court ruling declared "unconstitutional" three
Skokie ordinances that would (1) ban the wearing of military-style uniforms
repugnant to the residents of Skokie, (2) require parade sponsors to post a
$350,000
bond if more than 50 spectators or participants are expected, and
(3) ban dissemination of material that could incite hatred of a race or religion.
Goldstein's suit seeks a permanent injunction against the Nazi
march on the grounds that it would cause "severe emotional and physical stress"
among the estimated 7,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors l i v i n g in Skokie.
The
suit was rejected by the I l l i n o i s Supreme Court without a hearing, but a second
motion for a hearing w i l l be filed tomorrow (Feb. 24), Goldstein said.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Press Release from the Jewish United Fund, February 23, 1978
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Press release from the Jewish United Fund, dated February 23, 1978, announcing that Raymond Epstein, Chairman of the Public Affairs Committee of the Jewish United Fund "responded with disappointment to a U.S. District Court ruling that would allow a Nazi [National Socialist Party of America] march in Skokie." The press release is from Harold B. Rosen, Director of Public Relations and the Contact person listed is Zan Skolnick.
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2/23/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Epstein, Raymond
Goldstein, Sol
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eng
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Remember Holocaust
CHANTING HYMNS TO MEMORIALIZE the victims of the Holocaust in World
War II and demonstrating their solidarity against a Nazi march in Skokie, these
worshippers and more than 2,000 others packed the Niles West high school
stadium Sunday, April 16, for an interfaith service. (Photo by Lisa Ebright) See
story on page 3.
�RESIDENTS OF ALL FAITHS (above) turned out Sunday, April 16, for an
inter-denominational service at Niles West high school to memorialize victims
of the Holocaust in World War III and indirectly to dramatize their opposition to
a Nazi march in Skokie. Liturgical selections were read by clergymen of
various faiths and hymns were led by others, including Cantor Schlome Shuster
of Niles Township Jewish congregation (right). (Photos by Lisa Ebright)
Holocaust rites draw 2,000
By MARY ELLEN COHON
Correspondent
SKOKIE- In a moving statement
of unity, worshippers and clergy of all
faiths joined in a prayer service Sunday, April 16, to open Holocaust Remembrance week.
Although the proposed June 25 neoNazi march in Skokie was never mentioned during the service, there was
obvious community sympathy for the
agony of its Jewish population both for
its World War II ordeal and in face of
the threatened Nazi march this year.
DESPITE CHILLING winds, the
service drew a crowd of more than
2,000 persons who filled the west stands
of the Niles West high school athletic
field for the hour-long ceremony.
On the platform, the bright vestments of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergy had a common bond in the
black armbands bearing the yellow
Star of David also worn by many members of the audience. Prominent on the
platform and on programs distributed
In conjunction with Holocaust Week,
The LIFE has excerpted letters received from throughout the United
States concerning the planned Nazi
demonstration in Skokie. See Editor's
Mail, section 4, page 1.
to the audience was a circular motif
bearing a cross and a Star of David
with the words “Pax, Shalom, Peace.”
The service, in which the congregations and clergy of 15 religious groups
participated, began with “Praise the
Lord: to Whom our praise is due,”
“Borchu et Adonai Hamvorach,” and
ended with the benediction familiar to
all three faiths beginning “May the
Lord bless you and keep you,” “Yevore-cha-cha Ado-nai v’yishme-re-cha.”
NO FORMAL sermon was delivered, but there were readings from
Elie Wiesel's "Night" and from an interview of Dr. Matthew E.S. Spetter by
Studs Terkel, titled "Survival: Two
Men, One Child and Love." Both are
memories of the Holocaust.
The only reference to present problems came in a responsive reading,
“Litany for God’s which called upon
the God of Moses, Aaron, Miriam, and
the God of Anne Frank, Martin Luther,
Pope John and Martin Luther King to
“give us vision that we may see the
truth and dare to dream in Your
name.” It ended with “We are Your
sons and daughters, brought together
in this community of faith...we are all
Your children.”
Commenting on the service, Rabbi
Neil Brief of Niles Township Jewish
congregation, said he was thrilled with
the response, the genuine concern and
sense of commitment” shown by both
clergy and worshippers.
HE SAID HE felt the service set the
“reverential mood” needed for viewing
the television series “Holocaust” and
"prepared us emotionally and spiritually for a very deep and necessary experience."
Clergy and congregations cooperating included:
Rabbi Brief; the Rev. Harry Conner, Central United Methodist church;
the Rev. Gene Faucher, St. Martha’s
Roman Catholic church; the Rev. William Galaty, Holy Trinity Episcopal
church.
The Rev. Lee Gallman, Crawford
Ave. Baptist church; the Rev. Phyllis
Koehnline, Evanshire Presbyterian
church; the Rev. Louise Mahan, Central United Methodist church; the Rev.
Robert Mair, St. Peter’s Roman Catholic church; The Rev. Carl Miehlke, St.
Luke’s United Church of Christ.
The Rev. John Mittermaier, Trinity
Lutheran church; Rabbi Bernard
Mussman, Congregation Kol Emeth;
the Rev. Thomas O’Connor, St. Peter’s
United Church of Christ; the Rev. Conway Ramseyer, Morton Grove Community church; the Rev. Richard
Scheuf, Trinity Lutheran church; Cantor Schlome Shuster, Niles Township
Jewish congregation; the Rev. Warren
Thummel, St. Timothy's Lutheran
church; and Rabbi Karl Weiner, Temple Judea Mizpah.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Skokie Public Library
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Remember Holocaust: Holocaust rites draw 2,000
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Cohon, Mary Ellen
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An interfaith service is held in Skokie to memorialize Holocaust victims and demonstrate solidarity against a proposed National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) march on June 25, 1978.<br /><br />Includes photograph of congregation and of Cantor Schlome Schuster. Includes photograph of worshippers at an interfaith service memorializing victims of the Holocaust in World War II.
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4/20/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
World War, 1939-1945
Schuster, Schlome
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Skokie Life, Thursday, April 20, 1978, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Resolution from Skokie Village Board of Trustees, April 9, 1979
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Village of Skokie. Board of Trustees
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Resolution from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees resolving that the Village officials call upon German officials to extend the statute of limitations on war crimes in Germany during the Holocaust. The document is signed by William Siegel, Village Clerk and Albert J. Smith, Mayor of Skokie. From the collection of Rabbi Neil Brief.
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4/9/1979
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Skokie Village Board of Trustees
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
Skokie (Ill.) -- Politics and government
World War, 1939-1945
Schmidt, Helmut, 1918-2015
Siegel, William
Smith, Albert J., 1915-1993
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eng
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legislation
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Showdown in Skokie
Jews plan huge turnout
to counter Nazi march
o
By Charles Nicodemus
A massive counter demonstration is being
planned by Chicago area Jewish leaders for
the same time and place a local Nazi group
picks to parade through suburban Skokie.
“There will be a confrontation, but we intend to meet hate with love,” said Mrs. Erna
Gans, president of one of the groups of Nazi
Holocaust survivors that will help sponsor the
demonstration.
She said the planners believe the protest
will draw some 50,000 persons from all over
the country.
“This is being planned as a civil, peaceful
response” to the Nazi march, she said. But
she conceded that “no one can absolutely
guarantee that there won’t be trouble.”
Leaders of the Jewish community. under
the auspices of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, planned to announce details of the demonstration Wednesday. after
briefing representatives of nine concentration
camp survivor groups in Skokie Tuesday
night.
Mrs.Gans, who heads one of those groups
- JanuszKorczak B’nai B’rith lodge - said
her organization is also backing a proposal to
obtain 2 million signatures nationwide on a
petition aimed at stopping “provocative
marches like the Nazis are planning in our
village.”
“We’ll be petitioning the President, the
Congress. the Supreme Court and the American people to take some action, legally,” she
explained.
“They must stop such demonstrations and
let us live in peace.”
A local Nazi group,, the National Socialist
Party of America, has been trying since last
year to march through the heavily Jewish
northern suburb.
After a long legal wrangle in both state and
federal courts, on Jan. 26 U.S. District Court
Judge Bernard M. Decker held u n c o n stitutional three Skokie ordinances passed to
block the march.
While no date for the march has been set
yet. the Nazi group’s leaders have hinted
that they may choose April 20, Adolph Hitler’s birthday.
“Whatever the time and the place they
choose we’ll be there," Mrs. Gans said.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
<p>For further information, you can find more resources in the library. If you have questions or comments send us an <a title="email Skokie Public Library" href="mailto:tellus@skokielibrary.info">email </a>or call us at 847-673-3733.</p>
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Skokie History
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Showdown in Skokie : Jews plan huge turnout to counter Nazi march
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Nicodemus, Charles
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Chicago-area Jewish leaders plan a counterdemonstration to coincide with National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) march.
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3/8/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
Gans, Erna
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Chicago Sun-Times, Wednesday, March 8, 1978, Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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Smith wins praise for Nazi stance
By DIANE DUBEY
Correspondent
Skokie Mayor Albert Smith was honored Wednesday, Sept. 28, by Temple
Beth Israel "for his courageous fight
against...prejudice and the menace of
hate groups which threaten to destroy
our American way of life."
Presented by Sid Kreiman, president of the temple's brotherhood, the
brotherhood's annual merit award recognized Smith's "yeoman efforts which
have drawn the admiration and applause of freedom-loving people both
nationally and abroad."
"He has guided the community
against the insidious efforts of a NeoNazi group attempting to create physical confrontations which may have resulted in explosive and tragic
incidents," Kreiman continued.
Smith was introduced by State Sen.
Howard Carroll (D-15) who read letters
of praise for the mayor's actions from
Judge Seymour Simon and Chicago
Cong. Frank Annunzio who were unable to attend.
Currently serving his fourth term as
mayor of the largely-Jewish suburb,
Smith has staunchly defended the village against the threatened marches
and demonstrations by the National Socialist (Nazi) Party of America, a
small neo-Nazi organization based in
southwest Chicago's Marquette Park
area.
Threatened Nazi marches on both
May 1 and July 4 were pre-empted by
court action.
THE VILLAGE is currently engaged in two lawsuits filed by the
American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) on behalf of the Nazis, both
charging that the village is violating
the Nazi's first amendment rights to
free speech. An ACLU motion now before the Illinois Supreme Court seeks
to overturn an appellate court decision
banning the swastika from the streets
of Skokie. Awaiting action in Federal
District court is an ACLU lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of three
Skokie ordinances which prohibit both
marches by persons wearing militarystyle uniforms and the distribution of
materials which incite group hatred,
and requiring any group seeking a
march permit to post a $350,000 insurance bond.
Of the insurance requirement,
which the ACLU calls discriminatory,
Smith said "Insurance is obtainable
but not by a bunch of thugs and hoodlums. I'm sure it's not available to Nazis—no business is stupid enough to run
that risk and no communtiy is so stupid to want that kind of risk."
Smith called the Nazi threat "a village-wide problem" and indicated that
he looks to the courts for the answers.
"THEY (THE ACLU) sue and we
defend and so far we're staying ahead
of them...but once the thugs come to
our town, I don't know the answers" he
said.
Smith has previously acknowledged
that a Nazi march would merely invite
violence, particularly from Skokie's
7,000 residents who are survivors of
Nazi concentration camps, and he has
indicated his distress at the idea of
"seeing our police arresting our own
citizens."
Skokie's non-Jewish residents have
been supportive of the village's efforts
in fighting the Nazis—"they feel terrible that this is happening to their
neighbors and friends," Smith said.
"For every citizen who has criticized
our position, another hundred or twohundred have said, 'Hang in there, Mayor.' "
Just as Smith has gained recognition all over the United States and in
other parts of the world (he recently
received a letter from Tiperrary, Ireland telling him to "keep up the good
work"), another figure has gained
even more attention and Smith is
greatly bothered by this.
The man is Frank Collin, leader of
the small Marquette Park Nazi group,
"a punk, a lousy bigot" whose rise to
notoriety Smith calls "a defeat for
good people."
"IF THERE is something to truly
regret in this situation, it is that a man
of little talent, little background, and
no achievement has gained national
recognition, international publicity,
and a certain amount of stature,"
Smith said recently of Collin.
Smith told the 150 people assembled
at Temple Beth Israel's Skokie branch,
Howard and Crawford, that the Nazi
threat in Skokie is part of-an international movement of hatred and bigotry
against the Jews which received its
most recent boost in the form ^f Ohe
1975 United Nations resolution declaring that "Zionism is Racism."
"Hatred is the lethal weapon which
killed 12 million people in our own
time...and everywhere we see evidence
of a neo-Hitler cult," he said.
"And the U.N.—what a place to kick
off a new war against the Jews," he
exclaimed.
Smith called hatred the one weapon
which could most hurt world Jewry
and ultimately lead to the downfall of
the state of Israel. And he called Israel
"critical to the survival of the Jewish
people."
"If Israel should fall, I don't see
how the Jewish people throughout the
world would maintain their identity,"
he said.
BECAUSE OF HIS concern over
Israel's survival against threats from
Communist, Arab, and third world
countries, Smith last year accepted the
founding chairmanship of Friends For
Israel, a group organized to enlist
Christian support for the American
Zionist cause.
At the time of the U.N. resolution,
Smith said he was "shocked by the
hateful act against people who have
championed the cause of democracy
and justice."
He has since defended the village's
position regarding the Nazis before
organizations ranging from the AntiDefamation League to the American
nd from local synagogues to
tu-2 Skokie Rotary.
For his overall support of the Jewish community, Smith has received
honors and awards from the Janusc
Korczak Lodge of B'nai B'rith, the
State of Israel Bonds organization,
Hadassah, the Skokie Jewish War Veterans, and the Chicago chapter of Magen David Adorn.
CITED "FOR HIS COURAGEOUS fight against prejudice" was Skokie Mayor
Albert Smith (2d from right) who was presented the Temple Beth Israel
brotherhood's merit award Wednesday, Sept. 28. With him are (from left) State
Sen. Howard Carroll, Sid Kreiman, president of the temple brotherhood, and
Rabbi Ernst Lorge.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Smith wins praise for Nazi stance
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Dubey, Diane
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Newspaper article describes the various honors Mayor Smith had received for his efforts to prevent the National Socialist (Nazi) Party from marching in Skokie. What measures have been taken to prevent the march are discussed, as well as the ACLU's lawsuits on behalf of the party. Mayor Smith's opinions of what would happen if the march occurred, as well as of the neo-Nazi Leader, Frank Collin are presented.
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10/2/1977
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America -- Public opinion
American Civil Liberties Union
Illinois -- General Assembly
Illinois -- Politics and government
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Holocaust survivors
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Skokie Life, Thursday, October 2, 1977, p. 1, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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2004.012.094.pdf
Skokie Historical Society - Smith Collection - 2004.012.094
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eng
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from the Mayor Al Smith Collection
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
EIGHTIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
House Resolution No. 698
Offered by Representatives Greiman and Jaffe
WHEREAS, Citizens of the State of fllinois and all Americans enjoy and hold dear
their democratic rights of free speech, religion, and personal security guaranteed by our
Nation's Constitution; and
WHEREAS, Millions died defending these precious freedoms against an ideology of
racial and genocidal hatred preached and practiced by the Nazi regime; and
WHEREAS, Many millions more who were innocent civilians in every nation of
Europe, including six million Jews and five million Christians, died in a Holocaust of
obscene wanton destruction, perpetrated by the Nazis; and
WHEREAS, Only a generation after this awful event a small band of bigots announced their intention to march under the besmirched mantel of discredited Nazi
slogans through the Village of Skokie, a small community whose residents include many
Jews and survivors of the infamous Holocaust; and
WHEREAS, Religious and community leaders of all faiths and races throughout the
State of Illinois, and, indeed, throughout our Nation, unite in deploring this provacative
and heinous attempt to incite prejudice and violence against American citizens because of
their race, creed, or national origin; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTIETH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Does hereby proclaim the week
of April 16, 1978 to be HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK in the State of lllinois;
and do hereby call upon civic, religious, and educational leaders in our communities to
undertake programs commemorating the tragedies of the Holocaust in order that neither
we nor our children or our children's children shall forget or recreate this barbarous
monument to intolerance and inhumanity.
Adopted by the House of Representatives on April 5, 1978.
Speaker of the House
Clerk of the House
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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State of Illinois, Eightieth General Assembly, House of Representatives, House Resolution 698, April 5, 1978
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House Resolution No. 698 from the State of Illinois Eightieth General Assembly House of Representatives offered by Representatives Greiman and Jaffee. The Resolution proclaims the week of April 16, 1978 to be Holocaust Remembrance Week in the state of Illinois. The document is signed by William A. Redmond, Speaker of the House, and John O'Brien, Clerk of the House.
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4/5/1978
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Holocaust Remembrance Week
Resolutions, Legislative -- Illinois (State)
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
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rnb_780405c.pdf
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Redmond, William A.
O'Brien, John
Grieman, Alan J.
Jaffe, Aaron
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eng
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
EIGHTIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
House Resolution No. 920
Offered by Representative Johnson
WHEREAS, The Nazi Party is planning a march through the Village of Skokie; and
WHEREAS, The Village of Skokie is largely populated by Jewish-Americans, many
of whom survived the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust; and
WHEREAS, The sight of Nazi symbols is a painful reminder to Jews, especially
survivors of Hitler's death camps because of the many horrors suffered by them directly
or to their relatives and friends; and
WHEREAS, A march by Nazis through a largely Jewish area sets forth ideas advocating the extermination of the Jewish People; and
WHEREAS, The values held by the Nazis are incongruent with the philosophy on
which this country was founded; and
WHEREAS, The Nazis in the United States have shown themselves to be destructive,
and disrespectful of the rights of Jews and other minorities in the American society;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTIETH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, That we believe that the march
through Skokie is a harmful reminder of the pains and suffering of World War II; and, be
it further
RESOLVED, That, if the Nazis ever manage to put together a successful demonstration or march in Skokie, then we urge the Governor to proclaim that day as ''Holocaust
Day" with all flags flown at half-staff in memory of the Jews and others who died at the
hands of one of the most evil movements in the history of mankind; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this preamble and resolution be presented to
the Honorable James R. Thompson, Governor of the State of Illinois, and to the Honorable Mayor of the Village of Skokie.
Adopted by the House of Representatives on June 6, 1978.
Speaker of the House
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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State of Illinois, Eightieth General Assembly, House of Representatives, House Resolution 920, June 6, 1978
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House Resolution No. 920 from the State of Illinois Eightieth General Assembly House of Representatives offered by Representative Timothy V. Johnson resolving to "urge the Governor" to proclaim the day of a propose Nazi march in Skokie, IL as "Holocaust Day" in Illinois. The document is signed by William A. Redmond, Speaker of the House, and John O'Brien, Clerk of the House. The second page of the document, as it appears here, is the cover page with the Seal of the State of Illinois.
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6/6/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
Illinois -- General Assembly -- House
Illinois -- Law and legislation
National Socialist Party of America
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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2004.012.102.pdf
Skokie Historical Society - Smith Collection - 2004.012.102.001, .002
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O'Brien, John
Redmond, William A.
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eng
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2 p.
from the Mayor Al Smith Collection
legislation
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Suits, charges heat dispute
over Nazi plans to march
By Bob Olmstead
and Lillian Williams
American Nazi plans to march in heavily
Jewish Skokie were a-swirl with controversy
Monday as:
l The American Civil Liberties Union
charged Illinois courts are disobeying a t w o week-old Supreme Court order to act
promptly on the Nazi request for a march
permit.
l A Skokie Jew filed a class-action suit in
behalf of all Jewish survivors “of racial extermination carried on by Adolf Hitler,” asking that the Nazis be permanently banned
from marching in Skokie.
l A group of activists including “the Revolutionary Communist Party” threatened violence if necessary to block the planned Skokie
march by the Nazis on July4.
l Skokie residents reported that many received anti-Jewish hate mail Monday.
The ACLU charge was made by David
Hamlin, the executive secretary of the
group’s Illinois division.
He said the Supreme Court on June 14 ordered the Illinois Appellate Court “either to
stay the (Circuit Court) injunction pending a
hearing, or schedule a hearing virtually immediately .”
“The Illinois courts have done neither,”
Hamlin said. “The Illinois courts are not
obeying the Supreme Court order.”
The Appellate Court has asked both sides to
file on Tuesday their proposed schedules to
handle the matter. Hamlin said the ACLU
will ask the Appellate Court to lift the injunction barring a Skokie march immediately. If the Appellate Court does not, he said,
"We would immediately appeal to the state
Supreme Court. If the state Supreme Court
doesn’t stay the injunction, we'd go to the
U.S. Supreme Court.”
Hamlin added that even if the injunction
were struck down immediately, the Nazis
would still have to fight what the ACLU believes are unconstitutional Skokie ordinances
drawn up to require them to put up a $350,000
bond in order to get a permit, and which ban
paramilitary uniforms or “symbols that are
offensive to the community.”
He said he doubted that all these legal bar-
riers could be removed by July 4.
In Circuit Court, Sol Goldstein, 63, asked
the court to permanently bar the Nazis from
marching in Skokie.
He argued that any such march would
cause Skokie residents who are survivors of
the World War II holocaust “severe emotional
distress.” He submitted an affidavit by a University of Chicago psychiatrist, Dr. Lawrence
Z. Freedman, who said that such a march
would cause various emotional injuries to the
Jews, including “an urge to respond pathologically to the re-enactment experience,”
Others threatened other means to stop the
march.
Jerry Biegel, 28, a spokesman for the “Run
the Nazis Out of Town Coalition,” called a
press conference at the Dirksen Federal
Building to say he led a group that has vowed
to stop any Nazi 4th of July march "by any
means necessary.”
Biegel said he did not rule out violence as
one of those means.
Literature handed out by the group claimed
those vowing this opposition included Vietnam Veterans Against the War, the Iranian
Students Assn. and the Revolutionary Communist Party.
A spokesman at the Illinois Communist
Party headquarters, 27 E. Monroe, said it is
not connected with the Revolutionary Communist Party and opposes violence as a
means of stopping the Nazis on July 4.
Mrs. Rosalyn Davis of 9458 N. Lore1 in
Skokie, said she received hate literature Monday from the “National Socialist White
People’s Party” giving alleged racist quotes
by Abraham Lincoln and asking “How many
stores in your area are Jew owned?”
Mrs. Davis said she complained to the
Skokie Post Office, and was told the Post Office had received many similar complaints
that morning.
"You know” said Mrs. Davis, “no member
of my immediate family was in a concentration camp, and I thought I could look objectively on this. But now I’m furious.”
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie History
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Suits, charges heat dispute over Nazi plans to march
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Olmstead, Bob
Williams, Lillian
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) charges Illinois courts are disobeying state Supreme Court order to act promptly on National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) request for march permit. Sol Goldstein files a class-action suit on behalf of World War II holocaust survivors. Activists threaten counterdemonstration to Nazi march. Skokie residents receive hate mail.
Date
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6/25/1977
Subject
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
Biegel, Jerry
Davis, Rosalyn
Goldstein, Sol
Hamlin, David
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Chicago Sun-Times, Saturday, June 25, 1977, Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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©Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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cst770628a.pdf
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
newspaper clippings