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Echoes of a Nightmare

Title

Echoes of a Nightmare

Creator

Holzman, Mitchell
Holtz, Abraham

Description

Cinema verité documentary chronicling the now famous incident concerning the efforts of the American Nazi Party to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois. Filmed in and around Skokie and Chicago, EOAN captures all the major participants; Skokie residents, Holocaust survivors, the ACLU, and the Nazis during the height of the controversy. July 9, 1978 rally in Marquette Park with huge counterdemonstration.

Abstract

Interviews with Holocaust survivors in Skokie, Illinois. Footage of Marquette Park area in Chicago, Illinois and interviews with Frank Collin and other neo-Nazis. Includes footage of June 24, 1978 rally in Federal Plaza in Chicago.

Date

1987

Subject

National Socialist Party of America -- Illinois -- Chicago
National Socialist Party of America -- Illinois -- Skokie
American Civil Liberties Union -- Illinois -- Chicago
Skokie, Illinois
Hate speech
Racism -- United States
Freedom of Speech -- Illinois -- Skokie
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Chicago
Holocaust survivors

Contributor

Zizzo, Christopher
McCormick, John
Brown, Betty

Rights

In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Rights Holder

© Mitchell Holzman and Abraham Holtz

Format

MP4

Temporal Coverage

1970s (1970-1979)
1980s (1980-1989)

Duration

0:26:05

Director

Holzman, Mitchell; Holtz, Abraham

Collection

Attempted Nazi March in Skokie, 1977 and 1978, Digital Collection

Tags

documentaries

Citation

Holzman, Mitchell and Holtz, Abraham, “Echoes of a Nightmare,” Skokie History Digital Collections, accessed December 3, 2023, https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/items/show/382.

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