The Anti-Nazi Parade, Boyle Heights (1938)

Photograph of an anti-Nazi demonstration on Brooklyn Avenue (now East Cesar E. Chavez Avenue) in Boyle Heights, from the Los Angeles Daily News, 1938 (UCLA Library Dept. of Special Collections)

“On the night of Tuesday, November 22nd, 1938, the Jewish public was backed by their multi-ethnic community in Boyle Heights in protesting the Nazi savagery being inflicted on the Jews of Germany and Austria in the days following the eruptions of Kristallnacht. The protest parade was backed by the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) and organized by a more diverse coalition known as the United Anti-Nazi Conference (UANC). Also supporting this event, was the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League (HANL) and the Los Angeles Jewish Community Relations Committee. (CRC).”