We Are Coming: Nazis, Skokie, and the First Amendment
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This is a documentary that participated in the 2006 National History Day contest at the University of Maryland. It also won 2nd in the state of Florida. The documentary is about how a small neo-Nazi group, the National Socialist Party of America, attempted to hold a demonstration in the predominately Jewish village of Skokie, Illinois during the late 1970s. At that time, 1/6th of the village's population were Holocaust survivors and approximately 50,000 of its 70,000 residents were Jewish. This event erupted into a nationwide controversy about First Amendment rights.This is a documentary that participated in the 2006 National History Day contest at the University of Maryland. It also won 2nd in the state...all »This is a documentary that participated in the 2006 National History Day contest at the University of Maryland. It also won 2nd in the state of Florida. The documentary is about how a small neo-Nazi group, the National Socialist Party of America, attempted to hold a demonstration in the predominately Jewish village of Skokie, Illinois during the late 1970s. At that time, 1/6th of the village's population were Holocaust survivors and approximately 50,000 of its 70,000 residents were Jewish. This event erupted into a nationwide controversy about First Amendment rights.«
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