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It challenges simplified portrayals of Nazism as mere hatred by analyzing the political, economic, and social conditions that enabled its growth. The work traces Nazi organization and leadership, and links the expansion of Nazi groups in America with Nazism’s rise in Germany, emphasizing lessons to prevent recurrence.","Cleveland State University  \nEngagedScholarship@CSU  \n\n| MSL Academic Endeavors eBooks   | Books   |\n| --- | --- |\n| 4-2016  \u003Cbr>Michael Cikraji  \u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/msl_ae_ebooks  \u003Cbr> Part of the Cultural History Commons, European History Commons, andthe United States HistoryCommons  \u003Cbr>How does access to this workbenefit you? Let us know!   |  |\n\n# Recommended Citation\n\nCikraji, Michael, \"The History of the Cleveland Nazis: 1933 - 1945\" (2016) . 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Formore information, please contact library.es@csuohio.edu .  \n# The History of\n\nThe Cleveland Nazis  \n1933 — 1945  \nBy Michael Cikraji  \n## The History of the Cleveland Nazis: 1933 — 1945\n\nBy Michael Cikraji  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any meanswhatsoever, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by anyinformation storage and retrieval system, without written permission fromMichael Cikraji.  \nExpanded from a manuscript submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of ArtsDegree in History, Cleveland State University, December, 1999.Copyright © 2014, Erfindung Company, LLC, Cleveland, OhioISBN-13: 978-1500872793ISBN-10: 1500872792  \n# Table of Contents\n\nINTRODUCTION 5 — 16  \nTHE GROWTH OF NAZISM 11  \nIN GRATITUDE 15  \nCHAPTER NOTES 16  \n## CHAPTER 1: Cleveland’s Nazi Bund 17 — 84\n\nTHE SWASTIKA ASCENDS 18  \nTHE DEUTSCHE ZENTRALE 26  \nFIREBRAND RISING 31  \nA FASCIST FOUNDATION 40  \nTHE MIDWESTERN RALLY 45  \nCLEVELAND’S HITLER YOUTH 52  \nTHE LIFE OF A BUND OFFICER 59  \nA TERRIFYING VISION 64  \nTHE BUND COLLAPSES 67  \nCHAPTER NOTES 77  \n## CHAPTER 2: The Silvershirt Legion 85 — 146\n\nTHE WHITE RUSSIAN 87  \nTHE DOCTOR & THE WRITER 98  \nTHE DARK RELIGION 110  \nFLYING TOWARD FANATICISM 118  \nRALLYING OVER REVOLUTION 128  \nPEARL HARBOR 135  \nCHAPTER NOTES 140  \n## CHAPTER 3: The Propaganda Machine  147 — 199\n\nTHE REICH’S AMBASSADORS 148  \nTHE RECRUITER & THE SAINT 166  \nTHE IVORY TOWER 179  \nCHAPTER NOTES 193  \n## CHAPTER 4: The German Societies 200 — 246\n\nTHE GATHERINGS 201  \nRIDING THE FENCE 212  \nSTRUGGLING OVER NAZISM 225  \nTHE GOVERNMENT INTERVENES 233  \nCONCLUSION 240  \nCHAPTER NOTES 242  \nCONCLUSION 247 — 249  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR 249  \nCHAPTER NOTES 249  \n# Introduction\n\nThis book is intended as a warning. 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