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  • The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin launches his Union of Social Justice at Madison Square Garden, May 22, 1935
    The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin launches his Union of Social Justice at Madison Square Garden, May 22, 1935
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    Social Justice in Detroit

    In 1935, Father Charles Coughlin and other anti-Semites and white supremacists reached a peak of popularity in America. At the same time, the Motor City’s sports teams excelled. What’s not to be proud of?

    byRobert Rockaway
  • Detail, Louise Rösler, 'Street/Strass,' 1951.
    Detail, Louise Rösler, 'Street/Strass,' 1951.
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    German Art Without Jews

    A pair of exhibits, one at Harvard Art Museums, the other at New York’s Neue Galerie, try to read the signs of a coming conflagration and its attendant guilt in works made under the rise and fall of National Socialism

    byFrances Brent
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    Fritz Kuhn’s Celebrity Apprentice

    Donald Trump is not Hitler. He’s more like the leader of the German-American Bund.

    byArnie Bernstein
  • Adolf Ziegler (1892-1959), The Four Elements: Fire (left wing), Earth and Water (center panel), Air (right wing), 1937 Oil on canvas 66 7/8 x 106 1⁄4 in. (170 x 270 cm) Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlungen, Munich
    Adolf Ziegler (1892-1959), The Four Elements: Fire (left wing), Earth and Water (center panel), Air (right wing), 1937 Oil on canvas 66 7/8 x 106 1⁄4 in. (170 x 270 cm) Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlungen, Munich
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    Does Degenerate Art Turn Us Into Nazis?

    When viewers at Neue Galerie deprecate the works National Socialists held up as emblems of perfection, whom are they hurting?

    byElizabeth Berkowitz
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