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‘Giraffe society’ award
given to David Goldberger
An Illinois lawyer who defended the right
of the Nazi Party to parade in Skokie, has
received the “Quest 80” magazine
“Giraffe Society” award bestowed on
courageous individuals “who stick their
necks out" for the public good.
position, and the Nazis never held their
proposed march in Skokie after all.
Attorney David Goldberger, the legal
director of the Illinois branch of the
American Civil Liberties Union, is only
one of a score of Americans to receive the
award that confers membership in the
“Giraffe Society. ”
A profile of Goldberger’s activity is
contained in the November issue of Quest
80” a national magazine devoted to the
pursuit of excellence, now on newsstands.
Although Goldberger’s personal view of
the Nazis is that they are “perfectly
disgusting,” his dedication to the right of
free speech and assembly outweighed his
negative feelings and he agreed to
represent the Nazis against Skokie in the
spirit of the First Amendment to the
Constitution.
The Supreme Court upheld Goldberger’s
David Goldberger
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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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10/16/1980
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American Civil Liberties Union
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Goldberger, David
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Skokie Review, Thursday, October 16, 1980, Pioneer Press Newspapers, Glenview, IL
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JDL idea foolish
After reading about the violence
and bloodshed promised by the JDL in
relation to the Nazi march, I had one.
thought in mind: it is a foolish idea.
I cannot fathom what the JDL plans
to accomplish by physical confronta-
'Nazis must never come...'
tions. First of all, the Nazis will not
start the violence. They don't want to
Skokie president vows fight-in court
By Marcia Kramer
Albert J. Smith wasn’t able to fight the Nazis in World War
II so he’s waging his own battle against them now.
Smith is the village president of Skokie and in the forefront
of the village’s efforts to keep a small band of Nazis from
marching there. His battleground for the fight is in the courtroom; his weapon is the past.
“I know so many people with tattoos on their forearms who
tell me what they went through and how they still wake up
with nightmares,” he said in an interview. “We who weren’t
there just can’t understand the depth to which those people
have been scarred.
“And that is why the Nazis must never come here.”
AS A DEVOUT ROMAN CATHOLIC, Smith, 63, may seem
an unlikely person to be spearheading the heavily Jewish suburb’s campaign. He attended parochial schools in Rogers Park
and Evanston, where he grew up, and the University of Notre
Dame. He goes to mass weekly at St. Lambert Church in
Skokie.
But to Smith and others, the effort to keep the Nazis out of
Skokie transcends religious lines. He has received more than
400 letters in the last two weeks alone from around the country
and abroad, more than 90 per cent opposed to the Nazis.
“A good deal of the letters I am getting are from Christian
people who lost their father or a brother or an uncle or cousin
or a husband in World War II fighting Nazism,” he said,
motioning toward a stack of letters on his desk. “They don’t
like the idea of Nazis coming to Skokie or anywhere else.”
LIKEWISE, THE VILLAGE BOARD consists of both Jews
and Gentiles. But every vote on the Nazi question has been
unanimous: Fight them.
So far, however, the village is not faring well. A U.S. District Court judge has struck down three ordinances the village
SKOKIE VILLAGE PRESIDENT Albert J. Smith is in the forefront of the village’s efforts to keep a small band
of Nazis from marching there.
board passed to keep the Nazis out. The village is appealing.
To Smith, it’s a moral as well as a legal issue. “How do you
decide who gets the First Amendment rights” of free speech
and assembly? he asked. “I’ll tell you how. The only people
who can’t are those who can be proven to be responsible for 10
to 20 million murders.
“When you’re talking about Nazis, you’re talking about murder, genocide, hatred. . . .
SMITH TRIED TO FIGHT the Nazis when World War II
broke out but was classified 4-F because of a bone infection
that developed in his left leg when he was 6. He appealed
to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The reply came back:
Sorry, son, it would take an act of Congress, and they’re a
little busy now.
He watched, frustrated, as friends, cousins and brothers-inlaw trooped off to war, and listened, horrified, as they came
back and told what they had seen.
The years since have been good to Albert Smith. He and
his wife bought a house in Skokie and reared their family
there. He entered politics after a friend challenged him to
“put up or shut up” and is now in his fourth term as president - the longest anyone has held that office in the village
- winning by a slightly larger margin each time. His business has grown, and he is now an independent trader in
soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade.
But rumblings by the Nazi group last year that it wanted
to march through Skokie interrupted the calm and brought
back the memories of the war years.
Albert Smith still walks with the limp from his childhood
infection. But this time, he says, the government can’t keep
him from fighting Nazism. “Whatever we have to do,” he said,
“we will do. We will be ready.”
start anything, as they already know of
the negative feelings for them. So, in
all probability, the JDL will be the
ones to start violence and land them
selves in jail.
I, as a Jew, will be quite embarassed if this happens. The Jewish Defense league seems to be a group of
violence-hungry people, and that’s it.
When the JDL showed up at the JCC on
July 4, with the chains and other weap
ons, I was ashamed to be associated
with such a group.
The Nazis are a group of ignorant,
cruel human beings. Does the JDL
want to stoop as low as the Nazis with
their empty violence? Violence takes
no brains. The Nazis are out for cheap
publicity, and they have gotten more
than enough as it is. The JDL is just
adding fuel to the fire.
Most of this country and many parts
of this world know what’s happening
with the Nazi march. We don’t need
the JDL to publicize it anymore. I am
urging the people against the Nazis to
either come to the counter-rally, or if
you can't handle it, stay home. Stay
away from the Nazis and don't use
violence.
Lisa Woll
if
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>
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'Nazis must never come...' Skokie president vows to fight-in court
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Kramer, Marcia
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Albert J. Smith, mayor of Skokie, will fight an attempt by a group of neo-Nazis (National Socialist Party of America) to hold a rally in the Village.
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3/26/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
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Chicago Sun-Times, Sunday, March 26, 1978, Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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‘Skokie’
not fiction
or reality
By DIANE DUBEY
Staff Writer
IN TRYING to please all of the
people all of the time, makers of
“Skokie,” the CBS-TV docudrama
scheduled to air Tuesday, Nov. 17,
have ended up without the emotional
impact that
should be
evoked by a
retelling of a
neo-Nazi
group’s attempt to demonstrate in
Skokie a few
years ago.
Perhaps it is
the designation
“docudrama”
DUBEY
that results in
a film that looks at the Nazi issue
from all perspectives - those of the
village, the Holocaust survivors, the
American Civil Liberties Union and
even neo-Nazi leader Frank Collin.
But if the docudrama technique
mandates evenhandedness in presenting the viewpoints of all the
characters involved, then this technique also prevents the viewer from
relating deeply to any one character
and from feeling the frenzy that
gripped an entire village.
TO HIS CREDIT, it must be said
that “Skokie” producer Robert
“Buzz” Berger, while shooting the
movie, said he was uncomfortable
with the docudrama format that
forced him to have actors portray
real people in what almost becomes
a documentary. At that time, Berger
said he preferred making a film
based on “dramatic truth, not historic truth.”
Unfortunately, CBS officials had
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�IF you wan t no vio lenc e,
keep the Nazis out: That
is th e me s sa ge of Max
Feldman
(pl ay ed by
Dann y Ka ye ), a ' Sk ok ie '
character dr awn f ro m
several re al Ho lo ca u st
survivor s in th e vi lla ge.
‘Skokie’ screens out the emotion
(Continued from page 1)
the last word, and “Skokie” turned
out to be neither fish nor fowl, neither
gripping drama nor pointed documentary. What remains is a made-for-TV
chronicle, a didactic 2½-hour film that
may lose many viewers along the way,
while annoying those familiar enough
with the real thing to know where the
docudrama departs from the reality it
purports to present.
There is a certain thrill in seeing
parts of Skokie and other local sights
on film, but the authenticity of the setting supposedly sets the stage for authenticity of characterization, dialogue
and events, too. A fictionalized account
wouldn’t be faulted for departing from
the history books, but “Skokie” will.
SO, WHILE outsiders may be bored
by some of the legal technicalities conscientiously included to mark the progress of the ACLU vs. Skokie
courtroom battles, those who know
Skokie will pick up on the demeanor of actor Ed Flanders, playing
“Mayor Smith,” but coming across
without the concerned, soft-spoken
warmth of the real Al Smith. The village attorney, played by Eli Wallach,
isn’t called Harvey Schwartz, but we
all know he’s supposed to be Harvey
Schwartz. Why, then, hasn’t he incorporated the quiet, humorous manner of
the real Harvey Schwartz? And why
doesn’t the Flanders-Wallach combination try to approximate the interaction
Those who know Skokie will pick up
on the demeanor of actor Ed Flanders,
playing ‘Mayor Smith,’ but coming across without the concerned, soft-spoken
warmth of the real Al Smith.
that is integral to what Skokie buffs refer to as the “Mayor and Harvey
Show”?
Individually, the deviations from
reality are trivial; taken together, they
add up to 2½ hours of cognitive dissonance for the local resident who spent
1977-78 watching the drama unfold.
Why is Nazi Frank Collin, a small,
dark rat-faced man with a bad complexion, played by George Dzundza, a
hefty, round-faced blond who looks like
he’d be more comfortable sitting in
front of the TV with a can of beer than
driving to Skokie for an afternoon of
violence?
MOREOVER, WHY is Collin cast as
such a bland character that a viewer
can almost feel sorry for him when he
and his storm-troopers are turned back
by police enforcing a temporary injunction of the demonstration? Why is
a significant scene between Holocaust
survivor Max Feldman (played by
Danny Kaye) and his teen-age daughter based on the premise that he’d
miss an anti-Nazi rally if he had to
drive her “all the way to Lincoln-
wood”?
Some of the more believable scenes
are those involving ACLU director
David Hamlin ( James Sutorius) and
ACLU attorney David Goldberger
(John Rubenstein), accurately portraying the dilemma of those who love the
First Amendment but hate Nazis. Interesting, although perhaps overdramatized, is the reaction of Feldman’s
wife, Bertha (played by Kim Hunter),
a Holocaust survivor who takes threats
of a Nazi march in Skokie as proof that
“it can happen here.”
“I WANT TO GO,” a hysterical Bertha Feldman tells her husband. But she
has nowhere to go, and Max replies,
"We stay, let them go. This time is
different.”
Admittedly, “Skokie” has several
such touching moments, but it is an overly ambitious project, and thus suffers from lack of focus. Though
offering a star-studded cast, the film’s
lack of perspective plays these personalities off against one another, minimizing their individual effectiveness.
Comment
Both the docu-drama technique and
its resulting balanced approach left
“Skokie” with less impact than the Lou
Grant episode that was based-very
loosely-on the attempted Nazi demonstration in Skokie. If the writers director and producer of "Skokie" had
chosen to make a statement, rather
than film with reporter-like objectivity,
their docu-drama could have been a
very powerful TV movie. Certainly,
they had an obligation to be fair to all
sides, but they weren't required to
abide by the equal-time doctrine. Unfortunately, they did.
Speculation has focused on whether
the Skokie-Nazi affair ultimately will
be remembered in the real or film versions. That concern no longer is viable.
“Skokie” will provide an evening of
fun for area residents eager to nitpick,
and will offer generally accurate information to those interested in learning
the sequence of events surrounding the
march that never was.
But for all its general historic accuracy, “Skokie” is devoid of the emotional pitch that ran so high for almost
two years. Orchestrated crowd scenes
and corny shots of Jewish Defense
League members dancing the "hora"
don’t reflect the unpredictable spontaneity that prevailed throughout the
entire episode.
“Skokie” isn’t 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' not fiction or reality/'Skokie' screens out the emotion
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Dubey, Diane
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Review of made-for-television movie "Skokie" about the National Socialist Party of America's (Nazi's) attempt to demonstrate in Skokie in 1977 and 1978. Includes photograph of Danny Kaye.
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11/5/1981
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Skokie (Motion picture)
Kaye, Danny
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Skokie Life, Thursday, November 5, 1981, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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tv movie
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‘Sponsor’ the Nazis
Courts have upheld the right of the Nazis
to march in Skokie. I am appalled!
But if this march has to go on, the Jews
should make something good come of it. My
neighbor had a plan I agree with: The Jews
should sponsor the Nazi march as though it
were a walkathon and give the proceeds to
the State of Israel.
The Nazis chose Skokie for one reason, to
bring back dreaded memories of horrors in
concentration camps to many Holocaust survivors living in Skokie. Sponsoring the Nazis
to walk would be the best thing Jews and all
people can do in response.
Lori Lindenbaum, Glenview
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Attempted Nazi March in Skokie, 1977 and 1978, Digital Collection
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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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'Sponsor' the Nazis
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Lindenbaum, Lori
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Letter to the editor regarding the planned National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) march in Skokie on Jun 25, 1978.
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6/10/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
National Socialist Party of America -- Public opinion
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Chicago Sun-Times, Saturday, June 10, 1978, Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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ist780610a.pdf
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‘Skokie’ is
featured in
TV Guide
By TONY GAREL-FRANTZEN
Staff Writer
SKOKIE’S 1977-78 tussle with a group
of South Side Nazis and a look at the CBS
movie made to retell that incident could
be found at local checkout counters everywhere this week-in the current edition
of TV Guide.
TV Guide’s story, “Making ‘Skokie’:
The Passions Came Flooding Back,” took
an insider’s look at the production of the
2½-hour drama, scheduled to be telecast
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, on WBBM-
TV (Channel 2).
Readers who turn to page 32 may recognize (from left to right): Lou Roskin,
Jeff Niles (with mustache), Robin Bartlett, Helen Jacobs (holding a “Never
Again” sign), and Mitri Dozoretz (gesturing with his fist).
Those locals who got to appear on camera (and certainly in the TV Guide) have
become celebrities of a sort. Nancy Scott
of Skokie, who appeared in several shooting sequences, says she can relate to the
fame enjoyed by film stars.
"I can go anywhere in Skokie and people stop me,” Scott said.
Flipping to page 37 in TV Guide, there
is a second picture showing Danny Kaye
as a Holocaust survivor who protests the
proposed Nazi march in a synagogue
scene. Readers who have the magazine
and turn to that page can spot Larry
Briskin (with beard) on the left side behind Kaye.
Scott said there will be plenty of videotape machines rolling when the film airs
next month.
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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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"Skokie" is featured in TV Guide
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Garel-Frantzen, Anthony
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The making of the made-for-television movie "Skokie" is featured in TV Guide Magazine.
Date
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10/8/1981
Subject
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Skokie (Motion picture)
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Skokie Life, Thursday, October 8, 1981, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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csl811008a.pdf
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eng
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1980s (1980-1989)
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
newspaper clippings
skokie movie
tv movie
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‘Skokie’ lessons
One lesson of the movie “Skokie”
was that future generations must never
be allowed to forget The Holocaust.
Another lesson was verbalized by
Max Feldman who, with a display of
great emotion, expressed his exhilaration at having had the opportunity to
speak out against the American Nazi
march.
There were many in Skokie and elsewhere who advocated letting the Nazis
march while we looked the other way.
In that regard it is of interest to examine the not effect of the controversy.
Frank Collin is in prison following conviction on a charge of molesting a
young boy. His followers are rarely
heard from.
Thus, the fear that publicity would
strengthen their movement appears to
have been unfounded. On the other
hand, the world now knows that the
Jews will no longer sit quietly when
their safety and human dignity are
threatened.
Another lesson of “Skokie” is that a
strong display of deep-felt emotions
can frequently carry the day when logic fails. Thus, the outrage and anger
exhibited by a large segment of the
Jewish population brought a result that
the cold and unfeeling words of our
laws could not. The Nazis were finally
convinced of the folly of their plan.
Elliot N. Schubert
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" lessons
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Schubert, Elliot N.
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Letter to the editor describing lessons of the made-for-television movie "Skokie."
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12/6/1981
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Skokie (Motion picture)
Schubert, Elliot N.
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Skokie Life, Sunday, December 6, 1981, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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isl811206a.pdf
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eng
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1980s (1980-1989)
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
editorials and opinions
newspaper clippings
skokie movie
tv movie
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‘Skokie’ misrepresents the people it portrays
It’s an admirable undertaking by honorable people. It
struggles to tell an important story. And the starring performance by Danny Kaye is first-rate, thoroughly credible and
deeply humane.
But the program simply doesn’t work. “Skokie,” the 2½hour CBS docudrama set for 7 p.m. Tuesday over WBBMChannel 2, contains too little drama and not enough truth. The
result is an utterly unsatisfying mishmash that flagrantly
distorts large portions of what happened during 1977-78 when
a sad-sack band of neo-Nazis
threatened to march in the
heavily Jewish north suburb
of Skokie.
Even though it’s produced
by the Outstanding company
that brought us “The Missiles
of October,” “Pueblo,” “The
Deadliest Season” and the
gut-wrenching “Holocaust”
mini-series, this latest “reality-based” production paints a
portrait of the Skokie clash
that’s neither very accurate
nor terribly intriguing,
IN THE CBS version of
“Skokie,” recent history gets
bent-and
sometimes
broken-for the sake of television storytelling. In particuDANNY KAYE
lar, some very fine persons
associated with the Nazi-Skokie controversy are depicted as far-less decent human beings
than they are.
“Skokie,” of course, purports to reconstruct the legal,
political and social battles that erupted when those several
dozen Marquette Park-based Nazis declared their intention of
wearing their uniforms and displaying the swastika in a
demonstration outside the Skokie Village Hall.
The large Jewish population in Skokie, including many
Survivors of the Holocaust in Europe, pressured village
officials to block the march. Meanwhile, the American Civil
Liberties Union, although outraged by the violent and racist
credo of the Nazis, defended the group’s First Amendment
right to free speech.
You’d think that those basic ingredients-misanthropic
Nazis, angry Jews and their many sympathizers, a beleaguered Skokie Village government and a group of ACLU
officials grimly defending the Constitutional rights of such
unspeakably loathesome clients-would be melodramatic
enough for the producers of “Skokie,”
GUESS AGAIN. For some reason, the producers decided
that the Nazi-Skokie story wasn’t sufficiently scintillating on
Its own. So they concocted some events that never happened,
put words in people’s ‘mouths that never were spoken and
altered countless other facts with self-righteous impunity. It’s
a “bum’s stew” of reality and fantasy that creates a hybrid
that can only be labeled "historical fiction."
Gary
Deeb
TV / Radio critic
For instance, executive producer Herbert Brodkin, producer
Robert "Buzz" Berger and screenwriter Ernest Kinoy pepper
"Skokie" with numerous fictitious characters. Chief among
these is Max Feldman, a Holocaust survivor who helps lead
the public outcry against the planned Nazi march.
Despite Kaye’s magnificent, heartfelt portrayal of Feldman,
the ploy falls flat. Time and again during “Skokie,” we’re
force-fed scenes of Feldman’s home life that are extremely
implausible and obviously included only to add to the emotionalism of the story.
Furthermore, in order to provide extra conflict for the TV
audience, the producers of "Skokie" have slurred the reputations of many persons, including Abbot Rosen, Midwest
executive director of the Anti-Defamation League, who wlsely
had urged Skokie residents to ignore the Nazis, thus preventing the Nazis from gaining the widespread publicity they
obviously were seeking.
But in “Skokie,” Rosen (played by Carl Reiner) is depicted
as being rather insensitive to the feelings of the Holocaust
survivors. On several occasions, he’s shown advising people to
“quarantine” themselves from the Nazis-“quarantine” being
a buzzword for the supplicant reaction of many European
Jews to Nazi persecution in the 1930s and ’40s.
"Some of the language attributed to me wasn’t true,” Rosen
told this column, “The last word I'd use in front of an
audience of survivors would be ‘quarantine.’ [The movie]
doesn’t convey the tremendous anguish we felt when we
confronted the survivors”
SUN-TIMES REPORTER Robert Feder, who was a reporter
for the Skokie Life during the tumultuous 15 months, also
believes that the CBS movie plays fast and loose with its
characterizations of many of the local figures involved.
"Al Smith, the mayor of Skokie [played by Ed Flanders],
comes off in the movie as a bland, gentile politician whose
only concern is to appease his large Jewish constituency,”
Feder declared. “In truth, Smith is a decent, humane fellow
who's been extremely popular with Skokle’s Jews for many
�years. In fact, he was viewed as a real hero by the Holocaust
survivors. He went out of his way to align himself with their
cause, and he staked his reputation on keeping the Nazis out.
“As for Harvey Schwartz [the Skokie Village attorney
played by Eli Wallach], the film makes him out to be a
bumbling nebbish dominated by the mayor. But the fact is
that Schwartz is a shrewd lawyer and a political mastermind
who calls the shots behind the scenes. Schwartz was clever
enough to keep the Nazis stalled in court for months, but he
also was smart enough to know that the ACLU would win
ultimately on First Amendment grounds.”
Feder continued: “Even the movie’s depiction of Frank
Collin [the Chicago Nazi leader] is a farce. As played by
George Dzundza, he’s a chunky fellow with a cherubic face
and a kind of childlike innocence about him. The real Frank
Collin is a scrawny runt with a violent temper and a Hitlerian
demeanor ."
THE CBS MOVIE also wreaks a lot of damage on the
ACLU. David Hamlin, at that time the executive director of
the Illinois ACLU, is pictured as worrying excessively about
the financial woes that could befall the ACLU as a consequence of its defense of the Nazis. In, reality, Hamlin and his
board of directors never blinked in their First Amendment
battle, despite their knowledge that memberships and contributions would be adversely affected.
Furthermore, David Goldberger, then the Illinois ACLU'S
legal director, is portrayed as being rather cold and aloof. He
gets very gung ho and demonstrative about the legal issues
involved, but he’s never shown grieving about the sincere
emotions and heartaches. of the Jews who despise him for
helping the Nazis. In reality, Goldberger was profoundly
haunted by this dilemma-and he still is today.
The “Skokie” movie also sidesteps the media’s sometimes
inflammatory role in the controversy. As Hamlin himself
noted in his book The Nazi-Skokie Conflict, newspapers and
TV often seemed more interested in exaggerating the Nazi
“menace” than in explaining the ideological issues.
Finally, the film ignores the considerable backlash that
occurred after the Nazi threat ended. Fearful that Skokie’s
worldwide image as a heavily Jewish enclave would hurt
housing sales and commerce, village officials dreamed up a
harebrained public relations scheme to publicize the suburb’s
“ethnic diversity.”
In summary, the producers of “Skokie” have taken a crucial
subject, fashioned it into a TV movie that millions will watch,
but in the process have given the horse-laugh to the term
“docu-drama.” Rewriting recent history for expedient dramatic purposes is bad enough, but to misrepresent the beliefs and
emotions of so many people is almost criminal.
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Attempted Nazi March in Skokie, 1977 and 1978, Digital Collection
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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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"Skokie" misrepresents the people it portrays
Creator
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Deeb, Gary
Abstract
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Review of made-for-television-movie, "Skokie," a docu-drama recounting the events in 1977 and 1978 when a group of neo-Nazis attempted to hold a rally in the streets of Skokie. Television critic Gary Deeb says that the CBS movie, "contains too little drama and not enough truth."
Date
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11/17/1981
Subject
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Skokie (Motion picture)
National Socialist Party of America
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Chicago Sun-Times, Tuesday, November 17, 1981, Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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©Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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ist811117ab.pdf
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
1980s (1980-1989)
Contributor
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
editorials and opinions
newspaper clippings
skokie movie
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‘Skokie’ movie to air Oct. 13
“Skokie,” the movie that caused such
excitement while it was being filmed in
Skokie last November, will be aired
between 7 and 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 13
on CBS-TV, WBBM, Ch. 2.
The docu-drama is the story of how and
why the Nazis were eventually stopped
from marching through Skokie after a 1½year battle, which first began in 1977.
The movie focuses on a fictional family
of Holocaust survivors living in Skokie
during the 1977-78 period. Danny Kaye
stars in his first dramatic role as Max
Feldman, the Holocaust survivor; Eli
Wallach portrays Skokie Corporation
Counsel Harvey Schwartz; Ed Flanders
performs as Skokie Mayor Albert Smith;
and Charles Levin acts as a rabbi.
Other roles portrayed in the film include
David Hamlin, then executive director of
the Illinois chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union; David Goldberg, the
ACLU attorney who defended the Nazis
First Amendment right; and Frank Collin,
the neo-Nazi leader who is now in prison.
Two of the film characters who will
have pseudonyms include Schwartz, who
becomes Burt Silverman; and Goldberger,
who becomes Herb Lewison.
Shooting of the “Skokie” movie began
Nov. 14 throughout Skokie including
in synagogues and the village hall. Many
Skokie residents and nearby residents
participated in the film through roles as
“extras” in such scenes as the protest
rally outside the village hall.
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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" movie to air Oct. 13
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Made-for-television movie, "Skokie," is scheduled to broadcast on October 13, 1981.
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9/17/1981
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Skokie (Motion picture)
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Skokie Review, Thursday, September 17, 1981, Pioneer Press Newspapers, Glenview, IL
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newspaper clippings
skokie movie
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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
29.
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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<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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2d suit to block Nazis from Skokie march fails
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Weintraub, Larry
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Illinois Supreme Court orders the Cook County Circuit Court to dismiss a suit by survivors of the World War II holocaust who sought to prevent a National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) march in Skokie.
Date
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1/31/1978
Subject
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Assembly, Right of -- Illinois -- Skokie
Courts of last resort -- United States
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Freedom of speech -- Illinois -- Skokie
Holocaust survivors
National Socialist Party of America
National Socialist Party of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Goldstein, Sol
Hamlin, David
Torshen, Jerome H.
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eng
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newspaper clippings
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3 Nazis lobby
on march bills
By G.Robert Hillman
Sun-Times Bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -
Three neo-Nazis dressed in
black with red-and-white
swastika armbands lobbied
here Wednesday against legislation aimed a t preventing a
Nazi march in heavily Jewish
Skokie.
They roamed throughout
the Capitol complex, looking
for legislators and the governor to explain their opposition
to the legislation pending on
the Senate floor.
They politely sought - and
were politely refused - access to the main areas of the
House and the Senate, where
the public is not normally allowed. An aide to Gov.
Thompson told them the governor was not in.
On the Nazis’ lobbying
agenda were two measures
approved by a Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that
would give Skokie village officials several new legal
weapons in their battle to stop
a Nazi march in their suburb
tentatively scheduled for June
25.
One bill would create a new
crime of criminal group defamnation and the other
would ban parades by quasimilitary groups such as the
Nazis.
The three Nazis who lobbied here Wednesday - re-
presentatives of the National
Socialist White People’s Party
based in Cicero - said they
were in no way connected
with the National Socialist
Party of America, the South.
west Side group that has beer
trying to march in Skokie.
Nevertheless, Arthur Jones
who is associated with tht
Cicero group, argued that the
legislation is unconstitutional
and infringes upon the rights
of all Nazis.
“All of this is just one great
broadside against the First
Amendment,” he declared
“We view this legislation as
repressive. We are a legal political party, and we do not
intend to stand by and allow
any of these political prostitutes here take away any of
our civil liberties.
“They don’t talk here about
the Communist organization
that goes out into the streets
and raises hell, who goes out
and plants bombs and who
sits in and destroys public
property. They only aim it at
us because we’re standing up
for the right of white America.”
Jones said he and the two
men with him, both Cicero
truck drivers, came here to
distribute their literature and
a position paper to the senators, but found their efforts
thwarted somewhat by
crowds that gathered from
time to time in the Capitol to
stare at them.
.
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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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3 Nazis lobby on march bills
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Hillman, G. Robert
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Representatives of the National Socialist White People's Party of America lobby the Illinois General Assembly to prevent the passage of bills introduced by the Senate Judiciary Committee aimed at preventing a demonstration by the National Socialist Party of America (Nazis) in Skokie.
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5/4/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Illinois -- General Assembly -- Senate
Illinois -- Law and legislation
National Socialist Party of America
Jones, Arthur
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Chicago Sun-Times, Thursday, May 4, 1978, Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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A belated thank you
for keeping Nazis out
Dear Editor:
Before I tell you what I though of the movie “Skokie” I want to express my belated
“thank you” to all who helped keep the Nazis out of our village and parks.
I looked forward to seeing the TV movie “Skokie” to the point where I turned off my
telephone so as not to miss any of it. The Nazi swastika flag for the opening threw
goose bumps and flash backs through me. I am a Veteran of the World War II Army
Medical Corps and my patients told me stories of what they had experienced and seen
overseas. I am first generation in this beautiful country of ours, the United States of
America, and never a day goes by when I don’t thank God that my parents came her
from Warsaw, Poland My grandparents and uncle were killed by the S.S. Troppers
because they would not oblige the Nazis with food and their homes.
I guess it’s easier said than done, but I’d like to tell the “Holocaust” survivors to be
proud of your heritage and he proud to be one who survived your horrible experience.
No one and I mean no one can ever know what these poor Jews experienced. I agree
with you lOO percent on the slogan in the movie “Nver Again!“-at least not here in
America. As long as there is one left, I don’t think the Nazi group will get far. At
present, Poland is going through a survival and the determination of the good will
overcome all the bad as our Lord up above is looking out for them.
I think we have the best mayor in tbe world in Albert Smith and also our village
attorney, Harvey Schwartz. Seeing the movie gave us Skokians a chance to see who
was handling what and in what way. Getting the injunction from Judge Sullivan was
good thinking on the part of Schwartz to stop the Nazi group.
I read some critics reviews and they claim much has been overdone, etc. However,
I imagine if one-fourth of the movie told the truth it was sufficient for the people of the
U.S.A. to know what took place here in 1878. I’m glad they made the movie “Skokie.”
Now I know what took place here. I didn’t go downtown or to tbe park because I felt
they (Nazis) were not worthy of any spectators. I knew our excellent team behind our
good mayor would take care of it all. Like the man said, “Not one inch did they march
here in Skokie.” Skokie.”
Again, a belated “thank you” to all who helped keep the Nazis out of our parks and
village.
Jean Estka Berding
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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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A belated thank you for keeping Nazis out
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Berding, Jean Estka
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Skokie resident thanks those who prevented the National Socialist Party of America (Nazis) from marching and praises the movie "Skokie."
Date
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11/26/1981
Subject
The topic of the resource
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
National Socialist Party of America -- Public opinion
Skokie (Motion picture)
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Skokie Review, Thursday, November 26, 1981, Pioneer Press Newspapers, Glenview, IL
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isr811126a.pdf
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
1980s (1980-1989)
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
editorials and opinions
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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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A mimeographed notice from the "Ministers and Priests of Skokie" concerning a potential Nazi demonstration in Skokie.
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1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
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ACLU blasts new
anti-Nazi ordinances
By SCOTT A. ZAMOST
Correspondent
AN AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) official last week blasted
three anti-Nazi ordinances adopted by
the Skokie village board and predicted
they would be revised to conform with
constitutional standards.
David Hamlin, executive director of
the ACLU’s Illinois division, said a
court would probably rule that two of
the ordinances were “unconstitutionally vague,” adding they “restrain the
First Amendment rights of everybody
in the village.”
He was referring to two ordinances
adopted Monday, May 2, which prohibit demonstrations by members of political parties who wear military-style
uniforms and ban the distribution of
materials that incite group hatred. He
said a third ordinance, which requires
$300,000 liability insurance for groups
of 50 or more persons organizing a parade and public assembly, is too strict.
That law requires an applicant to
file for a parade permit at least 30
days ahead of time.
ALL THREE ordinances were unanimously passed in response to an attempted march Saturday, April 30, by
members of the American Socialist
(Nazi) Party of America. A judge
served two injunctions prohibiting the
group from demonstrating in the village last Saturday and Sunday.
The ACLU is defending the Nazis in
challenging the injunctions.
“When Skokie cools down a bit, they
will probably redraft the ordinances,”
Hamlin told The LIFE Wednesday,
May 4.
However, Corp. Counsel Harvey
Schwartz said the village had no plans
to revise the law.
“The validity of these ordinances
is not tested in the abstract,” he said.
“They are tested in the light of having
to deal with a real problem.
“This government sees military uniforms and the expression of political
causes as inconsistent with the moral
standards of the community,” he said.
That ordinance applies only to
members of political parties who wear
military-style uniforms. It defines pol-
itical party as “an organization existing primarily to influence and deal
with the structure or affairs of government politics or the state.”
“I’ve never seen anything like that
before,” Hamlin said.
THE LAW banning the distribution
of hatred-prone materials includes
wearing “clothing of symbolic significance”-a phrase Hamlin said he considers vague.
“I don’t have any idea what that
means,” he said.
Schwartz said such clothing would
include a Nazi swastika.
“We’re trying to meet a problem
and solve it in the legislative way within the exercise of police powers,” he
said.
While Hamlin said the ACLU
planned no action against the ordinances last week, he did not rule out
future court challenges.
“Before we worry about the ordinances, we want to get that Saturday
injunction lifted,” he said. “That is the
most unconstitutional, the most odious,
and the most frightening.”
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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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ACLU blasts new anti-Nazi ordinances
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Zamost, Scott A.
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An American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) official criticizes 3 ordinances, which would prevent the National Socialist Party of America (Nazis) from demonstrating in the Skokie, adopted by the Skokie Village board and predicts that they will be revised.
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5/8/1977
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Hamlin, David
Schwartz, Harvey
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Skokie Life, Sunday, May 8, 1977, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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ACLU fund situation improves
By Bob Olmstead
The American Civil Liberties Union, hard-hit by a drop
in contributions because of its
support of Nazis’ legal rights,
appears to be out of the financial woods.
The national ACLU, which
received $3.3 million in membership renewals in 1976,
dropped to $2.8 million last
year.
The national office had cut
its staff from 52 to 40 as
angry letters, mostly from
Jews, poured in canceling
memberships because the
ACLU’s Illinois Division defended the right of the Nazis
to rally in heavily Jewish Skokie.
Regional offices including
the Chicago office, also had to
cut staff as membership funds
dropped.
THE TIDE turned, ACLU
spokesmen said Wednesday,
when David Goldberger, the
Chicago-based attorney who
represented the Nazis in the
Skokie issue, sent out an
emergency fund-raising letter
early this year that began:
“I am the ACLU lawyer
who went into court last April
to defend freedom of speech
in Skokie, Ill., for a handful of
people calling themselves Nazis. The case has had an enormous impact on my life.
“It has also gravely injured
the ACLU financially.
“I would like to explain
why we took the case and
why the ACLU needs your
help now .”
“I had been with the ACLU
for 15 years, and in every one
The letter raised $50,000, of those years we had one of
more than three times the these Nazi or Ku Klux Klan
normal amount the ACLU gets cases, and we just assumed
from an emergency fund-rais- our members knew we handled such cases and that eving appeal.
erybody agreed with us.”
The reaction of the donors
The trouble was, he said,
perhaps was best summarized
by a man who sent in a check ACLU membership had grown
fat supporting relatively popuand a note saying simply:
lar civil rights issues in behalf
“Defend the bastards.”
of Vietnam War protesters,
IRONICALLY, it also was racial civil rights and in oppoGoldberger who represented sition to abuses of the Nixon
the Nazis Tuesday when U.S. administration.
District Court Judge George
N. Leighton gave the Nazis
When publicity was focused
the right to meet in Marquette on the ACLU and the Nazis,
Park. Afterward, Nazi leader ACLU membership dropped
Frank Collin said he may call from its 1974 peak of 270,000
off the Skokie march because members to 200,000, where it
gaining the right to meet in remains.
Marquette Park was his first
objective, and the Skokie
march was just a tactic toward that end.
If the Skokie march is canceled, the action could be expected to further mollify liberal Jews angered by the
ACLU’s unpopular cause.
Looking back on the ACLU
crisis, national ACLU executive director Aryeh Neier said
by telephone from New York
Wednesday, “We were astonished by the reaction against
our support of the Nazis.
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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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ACLU fund situation improves
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Olmstead, Bob
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sends out emergency fundraising letters following drop in contributions.
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6/22/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Goldberger, David
Neier, Aryeh, 1937-
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Chicago Sun-Times, Thursday, June 22, 1978, Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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ACLU granted appeal
on swastika ruling
SKOKIE-The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Tuesday, Aug. 9,
asked the Illinois Supreme Court to
stay the injunction which prohibits
their clients, The American Nazi party,
from displaying the swastika in Skokie.
Appearing before Supreme Court
Justice Daniel Ward, ACLU attorneys
argued that the injunction should be
lifted until the issue is decided this fall.
One week earlier Justice James
Dooley announced that the courts will
hear the ACLU appeal of an Illinois
Appelate court ruling which bans the
swastika from the streets of Skokie. He
asked attorneys for both the ACLU and
the village of Skokie to submit briefs
by Sept. 7.
The Appelate court decision, handed
down July 12, overturned parts of an
April 29 Circuit court injunction which
prohibited a Nazi demonstration in the
village. However, it upheld the swaztika ban as a deliberate provocation to
the people of Skokie.
At that time ACLU attorney David
Goldberger announced his intention to
appeal to the state supreme court,
charging that prohibiting the display of
the swastika constitutes a violation of
the Nazis’ 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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Skokie History
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ACLU granted appeal on swastika ruling
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asks the Illinois Supreme Court to stay the injunction that prohibits the National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) from displaying the swastika in Skokie.
Date
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8/14/1977
Subject
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
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Skokie Life, Sunday, August 14, 1977, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
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By GREG HINZ
Staff Writer
SKOKIE - The head of the Illinois
division of the American Civil Liberties
union (ACLU) has charged that two
pending state senate bills designed to
block a Nazi march in Skokie are
“unconstitutional” and based on
“bankrupt” logic.
ACLU director David Hamlin further said Thursday, May 4, that the
ACLU likely will take court action if
the bills are enacted and the village of
Skokie seeks to enforce them.
“These bills are based on the same
principle that already has been rejected by the courts,” Hamlin said. “The
courts have already spoken.
There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution which says that people are censorable on the basis of their beliefs.”
THE FIRST BILL, sponsored by
State Sen. Howard Carroll (D15th), would ban the display in public
places of slogans, uniforms, etc., that
would expose people to “contempt, der-
judiciary committee Tuesday, May 2.
“I wish the ACLU would come in
and make some suggestions on how to
improve this bill,” Nimrod said. “Why
are they criticizing it this way before
it’s even passed?”
Hamlin said his group does not expect to testify in house hearings on the
measures since some legislators intend
to argue in favor of the ACLU’s position.
CARROLL’S BILL specifically allows a court to issue an injunction
against a proposed action it believes
would violate the law. Hamlin, however, said, “I can’t imagine that we
would not bring a lawsuit” if the vil- v
"THIS WHOLE SKOKIE matter has
lage of Skokie seeks such an injunction
created high tension and anguish durin the Nazi case.
ing the last year,” Hamlin said. “Why
Both bills are expected to win apNIMROD SAID HE believes his bill prolong it? The courts have clearly
proval easily in the senate when they
is constitutional, but added that the spoken.”
come up for a vote next week. HowevHamlln said that instead of passing
courts, not the legislature, determine
er, legislators say the measures could
constitutionality.
stlll more laws, the affected parties
run into opposition in the house.
should wait for the Supreme Court rulHamlin said Carroll’s analysis of
Carroll said he will ask all three
the state’s old group libel statute is ing on the Skokie ordinances.
15th district state representatives to
Both Nimrod and Carroll noted that
“dead wrong.” Hamlin said the 1952
sponsor his bill in the house-DemoACLU representatives did not testify
court ruling on which Carroll bases his
crats Alan Greiman and William Lauron their bills when the measures were
argument “has been junked by just
unanimously approved by the senateino, ino and Republican Peter Peters.
about everyone.”
ision or obloquy” solely based on their
race, creed or religion.
Carroll said his “group libel” bill is
based on an old law upheld by the U.S.
Supreme Court in 1952. In that case,
Carroll said, the court upheld the arrest of a man for distributing “white
power” literature.
The second bill sponsored by State
Sen. John Nimrod (R-4th), would ban
demonstrations which arouse “reasonable apprehension” of “the use or
display of physical force in promoting
any political objective.” The courts
would be directed to consider the ethnic makeup of a community in determining whether a demonstration met
that definition.
The same issue was involved in Skokie ordinances that were rejected by
the courts, Hamlin continued. “It’s the
same principle.”
Hamlln argued that if Carroll’s bill
were upheld, it would be illegal to present Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” in a Skokie park, since the
character of Shylock exposes Jews to
“contempt, derision and obloquy.”
Hamlin said the definitions in Nimrod’s proposal are “vague” and that
the whole thrust of the bill runs counter to the constitution’s guarantee of
freedom of speech.
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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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ACLU may fight proposed march laws
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Hinz, Greg
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The ACLU believes that two bills pending in the Illinois senate are unconstitutional. The bills are designed to stop a planned Nazi march in Skokie.
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5/7/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
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Skokie Life, Sunday, May 7, 1978, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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On Nazi case
ACLU weathers
storm of abuse
By SCOTT A. ZAMOST
Correspondent
ABUSIVE PHONE calls, letters and resignations
from about 20 members were some of the casualties
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) suffered in
the days after the aborted Nazi demonstration in Skokie.
Now, nearly three weeks later, th eACLU says the
pressure from outraged citizens at its defense of the
Nazis has subsided and more attention is being given
to other cases. But it acknowledges that some people
will base their judgement of the group solely on this
example.
“I understand the emotions of the folks in Skokie,”
said David Hamlin, executive director of the ACLU’s
Illinois division. “I have discovered that while they
disagree with the stand we’ve taken, they understand
why we’ve done so.”
The ACLU is defending members of the National
Socialist (Nazi) Party of America in challenging an injunction issued April 30 that prohibits them from
marching in Skokie. It is also backing the Nazis in
fighting a Chicago park district ordinance that requires expensive insurance coverage for groups seeking a parade permit.
WHILE HAMLIN said several contributors notified
him that they would no longer support the ACLU, he
doubted the group would sustain significant long-term
damage.
“The pressure was on us for awhile,” Hamlin told
The LIFE. “Now we’ve come through it.”
He reiterated the ACLU’s basic position of vigorously defending First Amendment rights of all individuals and groups and said those rights were in “grave
danger” in Skokie.
Shortly before the attempted Skokie march, Ham lin said the group held a special board of directors
meeting at which about 40 members unanimously voted to continue with the Nazi defense. One member abstained, however, saying he could not approve of such
a stance. About 60 persons serve on the board.
“Internally, there has not been very much dissension,” Hamlin said. “There are a number of people
who have personal difficulties with the position we’ve
taken.”
THE ILLINOIS ACLU’s involvement with the Nazis dates back to the early 1969’s when it defended a
group picketing a Chicago movie theater. The six demonstrators were charged with disorderly conduct and
found guilty.
In 1970, Hamlin said Frank Collin,the local Nazi
leader, approached the ACLU for help in getting a permit to march in Marquette Park. The Chicago Park
District refused to issue one to him but the Seventh
Circuit Court of Appeals later ruled that such action
was an unacceptable form of prior restraint.
“Courts have consistently said you cannot have
prior restraints on people because there might be violHai
ence,” said ACLU national secretary Fran klyn man.
Last summer, police arrested Collin's group while
they marched in Marquette Park. The ACLU again defended them and the disorderly conduct charges were
overturned.
“ABOUT HALF the time the ACLU is in the news,
it’s bound to make people angry,” Haiman said from
his office at Northwestern University in Evanston
where he is a communication studies professor.
He stressed the group believes that the state has
the responsibility to prevent potential violence resulting from a demonstration.
“The theory is if you put out enough force, the
counterdemonstrations will subside,” he said.
And he added that “one has to be pretty broadminded to be a member of the ACLU.”
Said Hamlin, “We are in one sense fire fighters.
We have a tendency to drop other things and concentrate on a particular offense.”
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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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ACLU weathers storm of abuse
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Zamost, Scott A.
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) receives complaints and resignations from members opposed to their defense of the National Socialist Party of America's (Nazi's) right to march in Skokie.
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5/19/1977
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Hamlin, David
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Skokie Life, Thursday, May 19, 1977, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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ACLU
will fight
swastika
decision
By DIANE DUBEY
Correspondent
THE AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
legal Counsel for the National Socialist (Nazi) Party of
America, is preparing to fight a recent Illinois appellate court decision banning the swastika from the
streets of Skokie in the event of a Nazi march in the
village.
David Goldberger, ACLU attorney, told The LIFE
Tuesday, July 26, that he has petitioned the Illinois supreme court for leave (permission) to appeal the appellate court ruling handed down July 12. He said he
expected some response from the supreme court on
Wednesday, July 27.
In the appellate court ruling, judges Thomas
McGloon, Mayer Goldberg, and John O’Connor modified the April 29 injunction issued by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Joseph Wosik which averted Nazi
marches planned for May 1 and July 4. In modified
form, the injunction would permit the Nazis to march
in Skokie without the display of the swastika which the
judges believe would constitute a deliberate provocation of the people of Skokie.
ACCORDING TO the judges, however, the attorneys for the village of Skokie failed to prove that the
Nazi presence, uniform, or printed materials would incite violence.
At a hearing held July 8 on the injunction, Nazi
leader Frank Collin said he would not march without
displaying the swastika.
“That is my party identification, that is my symbol, and we will not be parted from it,” he said.
Goldberger said he has no idea when an appeal on
the swastika ban would be filed.
“At this point nothing is predictable. Illinois courts
have never had to contend with a case of prior restraint like this,” he said.
Another judicial decision involving the Nazis and
the ACLU came on Friday, July 22, when Judge George Leighton of U.S. District Court struck down as unconstitutional a Chicago park district requirement of
$350,000 insurance by any group wishing to hold a pub-
lic assembly in a Chicago park. Leighton ruled that the
insurance requirement violates the first amendment of
the U.S. constitution because it places an onerous burden on any group wishing to obtain a park permit.
BOTH THE village of Skokie and the Skokie park
district have enacted ordinances containing similar insurance requirements but legal representatives for
both bodies deny that the Chicago case has direct implications for Skokie.
Harvey Schwartz, Skokie corporation counsel said
Monday, July 25, that “the decision in the Chicago
park district case affects the Chicago park district.”
Roger Bjorvik, attorney for the Skokie park district,
said Monday that he will wait for the result of the appeal of the decision before he determines the case’s
applicability to Skokie.
Goldberger, however, believes the Chicago case
has a direct bearing on the Skokie ordinances which
“we always felt were unconstitutional.”
In addition to establishing the insurance requirement, the ordinances adopted May 2 by the village
trustees prohibit both demonstrations by members of
political parties who wear military-style uniforms and
the distribution of materials which incite group hatred.
ACLU representatives have, in the past, indicated
the group’s intention to challenge the Skokie ordinances, but have not yet done so.
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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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ACLU will fight swastika decision
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Dubey, Diane
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) appeals ban on swastikas.
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7/28/1977
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Goldberger, David
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ACLU, Nazis challenge
anti-march ordinances
By DIANE DUBEY
Correspondent
SKOKIE OFFICIALS hadn’t yet received formal
notice of a lawsuit filed against them by the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), legal counsel for the
American Socialist (Nazi) Party of America by Monday, August 15, said Harvey Schwartz, corporation
counsel.
Schwartz told The LIFE that he did not expect the
village to take any action on the suit this week, although an official village response to the lawsuit will
be submitted after village attorneys examine the specific challenges.
The lawsuit, filed on Friday, Aug. 12 in federal district court and assigned to Judge Bernard Decker,
charges that three Skokie ordinances regulating public
gatherings are unconstitutional.
According to David Hamlin, ACLU executive director, the ordinances “were drafted so as to abridge the
first amendment rights of the Nazi Party and others
who wish to demonstrate in the village.”
The ordinances, passed May 2 after an aborted Nazi march the previous weekend, require a $350,000 insurance bond from groups wishing to assemble in the
village and prohibit both public demonstrations by
members of poiitical parties who wear military-style
uniforms and distribution of materials which incite
group hatred.
THE THREE Skokie ordinances currently provide
the only legal barrier to a Nazi march in the village.
Previous marches planned for May 1 and July 4 were
prohibited by an injunction issued April 29 in Cook
County Circuit court, but most portions of the injunction were overturned in a decision handed down July
12 by a three-judge panel of the Illinois appellate
court. In their decision, Judges Thomas McGloon, Mayer Goldberg, and John O’Connor banned not the Nazis, but their symbol, the swastika, from the streets of
Skokie.
ACLU attorneys have appealed the anti-swastika
ruling to the Illinois supreme court which has agreed
to hear the case this fall.
Judging from previous cases involving civil rights
or first amendment matters, “the general procedure is
to move the case as quickly as possible,” said Hamlin
who expects “fairly rapid action” on the ordinance
challenge.
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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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ACLU, Nazis challenge anti-march ordinances
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Dubey, Diane
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) files suit against Skokie.
Date
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8/18/1977
Subject
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American Civil Liberties Union
Assembly, Right of -- Illinois -- Skokie
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Freedom of speech -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
National Socialist Party of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Ordinances, Municipal -- Illinois -- Skokie
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Skokie Life, Thursday, August 18, 1977, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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csl770818a.pdf
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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Acting. . . t h e thrill of it all
. . . and some of its pains
by Charlene Sabath
When I was a little girl I wanted to be in
the movies. Last week I got my chance.
I was thrilled when I got the call telling
me I was going to be an extra in the madefor-TV movie, “Skokie.” I quickly enlisted
members of my family into helping me
choose my wardrobe. The casting director
informed me that I was to dress as if it
were spring and, therefore, the ensemble
for my premier performance as an actress
included thermal underwear.Not exactly a
touch of class by Hollywood’s standards,
but when the temperature outside is 30
degrees and the casting director says to
dress warm, who am I to argue?
Other official instructions included
arriving on the set promptly at 7a.m.;
being on call all day if needed; listening to
the director’s instructions carefully; and
not asking the director or principal actors
for autographs or pictures so as not to
disrupt their concentration.
Commentary
WHEN THE DIRECTOR, Herbert Wise
(he directed The Sound of Music) walked
into the room I was impressed. His
assistant director explained that the
scenes to be shot would probably take
about four to five hours, all outdoors, and
we would be given breaks in between to
come inside and warm up. I was very
anxious to begin and to find out more about
this business of making movies.
During the morning the words film,
action and cut all took on new meaning for
me as I was part of the action for the first
time in my life. The words cold and
frostbite also took on new meaning as I
began tapping my shoes against the
pavement to get feeling back into my
frozen toes.
After about an hour’s shooting,
complaints about the cold from the other
extras began getting louder. A scene in
which we were all to yell “never again” in
anticipation of the Nazis arriving in Skokie
began to take on aspects of reality as
demonstrators began to demand a break.
After more shooting of the same scene,
several extras began to lead the crowds
toward village hall for an unofficial break
to warm up, and what had been a staged
demonstration nearly turned into a real
mob scene. Pleas from the crew for us to
come back on the set for just a couple of
minutes longer turned the crowd around,
but this time the words “never again”
were shouted in earnest. Comments such
as “There has to be an easier way to earn
$30” and “I’ll never do this again” could be
heard. One man yelled, “They’re probably
going to shoot the winter scenes in July.”
I ARRIVED PROMPTLY at 7 a . m .
(quite an accomplishment since my body
doesn’t usually function as a unit until at
least noon) and found about 200 extras
quickly filling the inside of Skokie’s
Village hall. The scene in which we would
be used was an anti-Nazi demonstration
filmed outside of village hall. All of the
extras were separated into spectators,
Holocaust survivors, members of the
Jewish Defense League and newspaper
people.
The spectators (I was one) were asked to
sit in the council chambers while awaiting
further directions. We also were given pay
vouchers to fill out with which we would
receive $30 in cash at the end of the day’s
shooting.
As I looked around the room I noticed
familiar faces, some of whom I knew when
I lived in Skokie. I wondered what
motivated all these people to get up early
in the morning and come to village hall to
be an extra in a movie. I wondered if some
of them had dreams of being actors and
actresses when they were younger and if
finally, here was a way to make those
dreams come true. Throughout the day, I
heard many reasons. A few were
professional extras who had been in
movies before; others just wanted to see
what making a movie was all about; still
others wanted to be seen on camera; and
some were out for a day of fun and a new
experience.
AFTERWARDS, I hurried into village
hall along with the other extras for hot
coffee and an extra pair of socks, which I
brought along “just in case.”
Aside from the shooting out of doors and
the cold weather, neither of which the crew
had any control over, everyone was very
polite and amiable throughout the day.
Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and rolls were
provided for all the extras and the
directors thanked everyone for following
instructions and doing a good job.
The rest of the morning went quickly
with more shots of the demonstration
scenes. One skirmish between the police
and JDL members seemed real enough as
one extra got poked in the stomach with a
club and another came flying out of a
group of bodies and landed on the
pavement in front of me.
WHEN THE TWO casting directors
announced that most of the extras would
be released after lunch, I felt disappointed.
I didn’t want to leave the land of make
believe just yet.
A box lunch was served to us at St.
Paul’s Lutheran School across the street
from village hall, and afterwards only
about 25 extras remained to do a scene on
Oakton and Lincoln. Somewhat tired and
still cold I went along just to watch and to
observe. As I stood on the corner watching
the cameraman trying to shoot what
appeared to be a difficult scene because of
all the traffic and pedestrians, I caught a
glimpse of Eli Wallach (one of my favorite
actors).
Then it was back to village hall to pick
up my belongings. I had started the day
with anticipation and now even though my
toes were still numb from the cold, I was
even more thrilled. I had been in a movie
with Danny Kaye and stood right next to
him. I watched a talented and famous
director at work and saw how cameramen
and soundmen operate their equipment.
I felt very special to be part of this day
when the film-makers turned the village
hall parking lot into a set and hundreds of
ordinary people into actors and actresses.
I look forward to seeing the movie when it
airs on CBS-TV this spring and I will watch
the anti-Nazi demonstration scenes to see
if I recognize any of the extras I worked
with. Maybe I’ll even see myself.
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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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Acting...the thrill of it all...and some of its pains
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An extra from the made-for-television movie "Skokie" recounts her experiences during its filming.
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12/4/1980
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Skokie (Motion picture)
Sabath, Charlene
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After new setback
Skokie mulling Nazi appeal
By DIANE DUBEY
SKOKIE OFFICIALS still haven’t decided whether
to appeal an Illinois supreme court ruling allowing a
group of Nazis to march in the village displaying swastikas.
In a decision Friday, Jan. 27, the state supreme
court overturned an injunction banning a proposed
Nazi march through Skokie. But Harvey Schwartz,
corporation counsel, said Skokie officials are awaiting
a federal court ruling on a related suit before appealing “one or both decisions.”
U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Decker is expected to announce soon the fate of three Skokie ordinances enacted last May to block a Nazi march. The
ordinances require a $350,000 insurance bond, and prohibit both the wearing of military-style uniforms by
members of political parties and the distribution of
material which incites group hatred,
DAVID HAMLIN, of the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU), told The LIFE on Tuesday, Jan. 3, that
he could not confirm rumors of an April 20 march in
Skokie and added that he would “be delighted if they
didn’t march.”
Speculating on the outcome of the suit against the
village ordinances, Hamlin noted that the federal court
“does not have a lot of room to maneuver” in the light
of recent state court decisions. He pointed out that a
Chicago law which required prospective demonstrators
to post a large insurance bond already has been found
unconsititutional and that the uniform ban was struck
down last July in the Illinois appellate court.
The issue regarding distrubution of materials
could be handled in one of two ways, according to
Hamlin-either it would be found unconstitutional,
based upon existing laws, or it may be ignored since
the Nazis have “never intended to distribute literature."
IN ARGUING the Nazis’ case through the state
and federal courts up to the U.S. Supreme court, the
ACLU has “not set any new precedent,” Hamlin said.
“We’re not arguing new law. . .there’s nothing unique,
unusual, different, or special about this. . .we've .we’ve
argued what the first amendment always meant, particularily regarding symbols and public demonstrations.”
However, Hamlin believes that the ACLU action
has been “worth the time money, effort and all the debate” because the courts have “ringingly affirmed
first amendment values.”
If the Nazis had not prevailed, “We would have
seen a radical departure from first amendment lawthe things Frank Collin (Nazi leader) stands for like
less freedom, totalitarian principles, and anti-democratic laws, would have been affirmed,” Hamlin said.
“What is important is that nothing happened. We have
not changed the course of American history.”
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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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After new setback: Skokie mulling Nazi appeal
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The Illinois Supreme Court overturns an injunction that banned a proposed Nazi (National Socialist Party of America) march. Skokie officials are waiting for a federal court ruling before deciding whether to appeal the decision.
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2/2/1978
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American Civil Liberties Union
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
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Sun-Times
Friday, March 10, 1978
Page 65
Editorials
An alternative to Skokie
We wish it would be otherwise, but the
Chicago area’s Jewish community apparently
is determined to counter the Nazi parade
planned for Skokie with its own demonstration at the same time and place.
The proposal was put forth by, among
others, the Public Affairs Committee of the
Jewish United Fund (34 organizations represented) and endorsed by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (20 organizations).
That’s a strong crowd to challenge, but we
still prefer Gov. Thompson’s idea, which was
to hold such a counterdemonstration somewhere else.
Even with the Jewish organizations’ promise that their demonstration will be “orderly
and peaceful,” a same-time-same-place encounter would guarantee an explosive mixture: evil, anti-Semitic, violence-courting Nazis in the same small beaker with the justifiably unforgetting, unforgiving survivors of
the holocaust created by human vermin of
another generation.
It wouldn’t take much of a spark to ignite
the mixture and give the Nazis the martyrdom - counterfeit martyrdom though it
would be - that they seek.
But the streets of Skokie are too small for
another reason:
They are too small to contain, as a spokesman for one of the Jewish organizations put
it, “the many thousands of people of all faiths
and races who have expressed their concern
and solidarity with us in putting the Nazi
obscenity in proper perspective.”
The streets of Chicago’s Loop, on the other
hand, are big enough and far more accessible
to accommodate and attract an outpouring of
decent Americans, perhaps on a scale rarely
matched in this celebration-loving city.
And a celebration it would be - a celebration of freedom over tyranny, of love over
hatred, of life over death.
Mayor Bilandic ought to issue the invitation
in that spirit.
And offer to lead the march down State
Street with Gov. Thompson.
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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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3/10/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
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Announce crowd control plans
Smith answers JDL charge
by Ellen Herdeck
His voice filled with emotion and fatigue,
Skokie’s Mayor Albert Smith answered a
charge by Jacob Berg, corporate
secretary of the Illinois Jewish Defense
League (JDL), that Skokie “gave up” the
fight against a planned demonstration
planned here Sunday by the National
Socialist (Nazi) party of America.
Speaking at Monday night’s village
board meeting, Smith said “for anyone to
walk into this room with these prople and
say we haven’t tried is unbelievable to
me.”
Smith’s comments seemed especially
pertinent in a personal way, as he had just
been released from Evanston’s St. Francis
hospital after suffering chest pains
Wednesday while at work. The mayor had
also undergone open heart surgery earlier
this year, returning to work after several
months of rest.
“If any of you have the time to come to
my office, you’ll see that I’m way behind in
my work. There are 150 pieces of
correspondence form persons standing
with us in this fight that are going
unanswered,” he said.
These people, including congregations of
Christians, are standing shoulder-toshoulder with the people of Skokie, Smith
continued. Of the 1,000 letters I have
received, less than 25 have not been
supportive,” he added.
The mayor said he was proud of the
community and his fellow elected officials,
“who have waged a tough, mean, difficult
battle.” He also acknowledged “the two
good state senators John Nimrod (R-4th)
and Howard Carroll (D-15) who introduced
a bill in Springfield to stop the
demonstration and were rebuffed.”
The measure, Senate Bill 18-11, was
passed by the Senate but tabled in the
House June 15.
Mayor Smith made the impromotu
speech after breaking up an arguement
between the village trustee Morris Topol
and Berg. Topol jumped out of his seat
while telling Berg that Skokie “had been
fighting the demonstration for 18 months,
just ask Sol Goldstein,”
“I’m as much a good Jew as you are. I
did my job,” Topol said.
Berg also accused Skokie corporation
counselor Harvey Schwartz of not
exhausting every legal channel to prevent
the planned Nazi demonstration.
“If the Chicago park district passed an
ordinance requiring a bond, why didn’t
you?”, Berg asked.
Berg did not mention that a Skokie
ordinance, invalidated this psring by the
US District Court, contained a provision
for a $350,000 bond for any group planning
to demonstrate within the village.
The decision to invalidate the Skokie
ordinance, which also prohibited persons
from wearing military style uniforms or
distributing defammatory literature, was
upheld by the Supreme Court of Illinois
and the Seventh US District Court of
Appeals.
Skokie also asked the US Supreme Court
to stay the march permit until the case
could be judged on free speech grounds,
sometime later this year. The Supreme
Court refused to stay the permit and said
they would not rearrange their agenda to
give the case an early hearing.
Schwartz asked Berg why the JDL didn’t
file a lawsuit against the Neo-Nazi group,
adding that Jewish leader Goldstein did,
on behalf of the Holocaust survivors in
Skokie.
Berg said the militant group did not have
the money. He continued to press his point,
asking the board why Schwartz did not
appoint an outside prosecutor to conduct
the legal battle.
“Did his ego get in the way?“, the JDL
spokesman asked.
In a partial answer to Berg’s remarks, a
member of Skokie’s Janusz Korshack
lodge said he “thanked the village for their
efforts. “Let’s have it and get it over with,
he said, “It is our sacred duty to be here at
the hall and face them.”
Announce crowd plan
Mayor Smith then announced plans by
state and local police to create two
perimeters within Skokie on June 25. One
would prevent any counter-demonstrators
to be on the village steps with the Nazis
the other permieter, which would extend
for several blocks in the village, would
prevent most vehicular traffic.
A spokesman later revealed that the
perimeter around the village hall would be
flexible, but the one limiting vehicular
traffic would extend from Main street
south to Howard and from Skokie
boulevard (Route 41) west to the Edens
expressway.
The barrier between the Nazis and
counter-demonstrators drew criticism
from several residents, most of who
thought they should be able to be on the
village steps with the group.
“You won’t have enough police to stop
us,” one residents said.
Smith cautioned residents that “the
whole country has us on trial”.
“If we deliberately come here to break
the law, then we should have no complaint
when somebody breaks the law against
us,” he said.
“On Monday, June 26, I want the people
in this country to say, ‘what a helluva town
Skokie is; the people there have been to
hell and come back with class,” Smith
added.
Sources revealed that police protection
Sunday will include a contingent of the
Illinois national Guard and the state
police, as well as Skokie police and officers
from thirteen surrounding communities.
At press time, all plans for Sunday were
tenative, however, because Federal
District Court Judge Leighton ruled that
the Neo-Nazis did not have to post a $60,000
insurance bond that was requested by the
Chicago park district before they would
grant a permit for a march in Marquette
Park.
Nazi leader Frank Collins had stated
Monday that if the bond requirement was
waived the group may call off the Skokie
demonstration and march later this
summer on the south side.
The only legal impediment left in the
Skokie case appeard to be a suit filed by
Lou Black, Skokie resident, who was suing
the village for granting the Nazis a permit
to march. Black’s suit alleged that since
the National Socialist Party of Illinois was
not a registered corporation in the state,
they cannot legally ‘do business’ with
another corporate entity.
Counsel Schwartz said the law that
Black was using, the Illinois Assumed
Names Act, was found in case law to apply
to commercial transactions. In two cases,
it was found that no-compliance with the
act does not prevent plaintiffs from going
to court to plead their civil rights,
Schwartz added.
In other words, it appeared that
regulatory acts do not apply to free speech
cases, he said.
Sol Goldstein then said Mayor Smith was
“a great hope to all of us who rely on you.”
He also encouraged residents to stick
together, having a “commitment to six
million Jews and to a free society where
there is no room for killing, hatred and
racism.”
Goldstein is one of the persons
organizing the counter-demonstration that
will be held at either Niles West or East
high school. Over 50,000 persons of many
faiths are expected to attend the
demonstration, where 60-100 religious
leaders will stand in vigil and recite the
Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead.
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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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Announce crowd control plans : Smith answers JDL charge
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Jacob Berg, of the Illinois Jewish Defense League (JDL), accuses President Al Smith and other Skokie village officials of "giving up" on the fight against a proposed march by the National Socialist Party of America (Nazis). Skokie's plans for Nazi demonstration and JDL's counterdemonstration are described.
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6/22/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Smith, Albert J., 1915-1993
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Tues., Aug. 16, 1977
Roger Simon
Another side of the Nazi rights issue
In the last few days, Chicago newspapers
have carried headlines about a suspected
Nazi war criminal being discovered in Miami,
a convicted Nazi war criminal escaping from
Italy in a suitcase and local Nazis planning to
march in the suburb of Skokie.
Newspapers are often attacked when they
print such stories. Newspapers are often encouraged to ignore Nazis and not give them
any publicity.
Unfortunately, the only emotion which
Nazis do not attract is indifference. Nazism
has become the symbol for ultimate evil in
the modern era. Interest in Nazis - past,
present and future - will not disappear in
our lifetime.
The level of sensitivity on the subject has
never been captured better than by what is
now happening in Chicago. Two very respectable civil rights groups are grappling with
each other and public opinion over Nazis.
They are on opposite sides of a gulf that has
every indication of widening.
The controversy has reached a level where
a scorecard is necessary:
1. The American Civil Liberties Union The ACLU is defending a group of Chicago
Nazis who want to march in Skokie. They are
suing to allow the Nazis to march in full uniform, with swastika, through the suburb.
ABBOT ROSEN
“They shout the loudest when
you’ve struck a nerve.”
2. The Anti-Defamation League - The ADL
is suing in court to keep the Nazis from
marching in Skokie, saying that Nazi speech
is not protected by free speech considerations.
3. The Nazis - The Nazis would like to see
the members of both groups end up as Post
Toasties, but will use either group for their
own ends. The Nazis are the people easiest to
recognize. They are the ones who are smiling.
In the last few days, the ACLU and the
ADL have exchanged a number of accusations and insults:
l The president of the B’nai B’rith, which
sponsors the ADL, came into town to say that
the ACLU suit “just fosters the Nazi program.” The ACLU has already lost more than
1,000 of its Illinois members and a quarter of
its budget because it is defending Nazis. The
ACLU was not warmed by the statement of
the B’nai B’rith president.
l An ACLU official characterized the ADL
stance as cowardly, saying that the ADL was
merely playing to public opinion in Skokie, a
place where 7,000 Nazi death camp survivors
live. An Monday, the ACLU apologized and
said this was not the official ACLU position.
l Part of the ADL suit refers to an ACLU
lawyer as “neo-Nazi counsel.” The ADL says
it is not calling the lawyer a neo-Nazi. The
lawyer says it is. In response the executive
director of the ADL, Abbot Rosen, said:
“They shout the loudest when you’ve struck a
nerve.”
In between the bickering-almost all of it
unnecessary-a real issue is at stake: To
what extent does the speech of Nazis fall under the protection of the First Amendment?
The ACLU position is that almost all of it
does. The ADL position is that almost none of
it does.
The ACLU position is that even though Nazi
programs, slogans and uniforms may cause
severe discomfort and anguish to the citizens
of Skokie, that is the price to pay for a free
society.
The ADL position is that the “psychic assault” on the Jews of Skokie by the Nazis is
not protected by the First Amendment.
I PRESENTED the ACLU’s position in a
column Sunday. Here is the DAL’s position as
presented by Rosen:
“Firstly, I am a member of the ACLU and I
have not resigned from the organization. Secondly, I was at one time the chief counsel of
the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department. I have come from a long background of
civil rights concerns.
“We believe we are defending the First
Amendment. We are trying to make sure the
First Amendment does not receive a bad
name among very concerned and good Americans.
“If I call you an s.o.b., that’s not free
speech. You can hit me in the jaw and be
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�ADL’s side of the Nazi furor
Continued from Page 6
absolutely free from prosecution. There is improper and illegal speech.
“The same march may be perfectly legal in
Daley Plaza, but an assault when you take it
to the Village of Skokie. Even if the Nazis are
silent, that can be an assault if they show up
in brown shirts, jack boots and swastikas.
WHAT THE NAZIS PLAN to do in Skokie is
not protected by free speech. The courts will
decide whether we are correct or incorrect in
this.
“At first, we advised the people of Skokie to
ignore the Nazis. They bitterly rejected this.
OK, they have rejected our advice. We represent the Jewish community. They are our
clients. So our next step was to adopt a tactic
to avoid a ghastly and bloody confrontation.
This we did by filing suit to block the Nazi
march.
“We are engaged in a very legitimate controversy. We are pleased with our role in it.
This matter will be settled - we hope - in
the courts and not in the streets. In this re-
gard we are in accord with the ACLU.”
People should not be upset with the disagreement between the ADL and the ACLU.
It is something that we call democracy. It has
not been around as long as dictatorship, but it
is doing the best it can.
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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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Simon, Roger
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Editorial on conflict over First Amendment rights of the National Socialist Party of America (Nazis) between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Anti Defamation League (ADL). Presents statements from ADL leader Abbot Rosen. Includes photograph of Abbot Rosen.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Anti Defamation League
Assembly, Right of -- Illinois -- Skokie
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Freedom of speech -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
National Socialist Party of America -- Public opinion -- Illinois
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Anti-defamation League responds
Await further court decisions
in Skokie Nazi march issue
by Ellen Herdeck
The village of Skokie and metropolitan
Jewish groups remain in a ‘holding
pattern’ this week as they await further
court decisions on the civil rights of the
National Socialist (Nazi) Party of
America.
Though the Illinois Supreme Court ruled
last week that the Nazis had a right to
display the swastika if they march in
Skokie, the court fights over the pending
Nazi march are far from over.
Reaction came from part of the Jewish
community in a statement issued by David
Smerling, president, and James P. Rice,
executive vice-president of the Jewish
Federation and Jewish United Fund.
The statement said “for the courts to
allow Skokie citizens, both Jews and
Christians, who have already suffered the
atrocities of Nazi Germany to submit to
further humiliation; is a sorry, almost
unthinkable turn of events.”
“While we respect the decision, we
certainly hope Skokie will appeal,” it went
on to say. “If they should not, there are,
fortunately, a number of other court cases
that must be decided before the march is a
reality.”
Another court suit, dealt a blow Monday
by the state supreme bench, was one
brought by Sol Goldstein, Skokie, versus
Frank Collins. head of Chicago’s Nazi
contingent.
Goldstein, who referred to himself in the
suit as a member of the “survivors of the
holocaust”, argued that “it would be
unrealistic for Jews to stand idly by while
the swastika was displayed,” according to
a statement issued by Maynard I.
Wishner. public affairs chairman of the
city Anti-defamation League.
Goldstein also “questioned whether the
court did not abridge the rights of
survivors by suggesting they must avoid
the offensive symbol,” the statement said.
Hal Rosen. public relations director for
the Jewish Federation, said “we presume
Goldstein will take the issue to a higher
court now that the case was thrown out in
Illinois. ”
Rosen said the Federation had
assembled a volunteer legal team to help
Goldstein defend his case, in addition to
the private counsel that he had retained.
Still at issue as well is the case brought
by the Chicago Nazis against the village of
Skokie, challenging the validity of three
local ordinances that would prevent a
march by the political group.
The first, condensed by Schwartz,
requires that any group of 50 persons or
more who plan to parade or demonstrate
in Skokie post a $350,000 bond first.
The second prohibits dissemination of
materials picturing persons as depraved,
inferior or criminal because of race,
religion or national origin.
The third ordinance in question prohibits
political parties to demonstrate in
military-style uniform or to display
military-style paraphenalia.
“A ruling should be coming down very
soon in the case.” Schwartz said. adding
that Judge Bernard Decker of Chicago’s
U.S. District Court will be handing down
the decision.
In the meantime, area media and press
have been watching the issues with great
carefulness, reporting each new detail as
it becomes available.
One of the current editorials broadcast
over WIND-Radio (560-AM) Monday, Jan.
30, made an appeal for anti-confrontation.
At the end of the piece, advice was given
to Skokie citizens that “To ignore them
(Nazis) when they march is to defeat them
utterly, completely.”
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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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Anti-Defamation League responds : Await further court decisions in Skokie Nazi march issue
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Herdeck, Ellen
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Local Jewish groups are awaiting further court decisions on the National Socialist Party of America's plans to hold a march in Skokie. The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that the Nazis do have the right to display swastikas if they do march in Skokie.
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2/2/1978
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Anti Defamation League
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
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