Episode 429- Hollywood vs Nazis: How The Movie Studios Took On Nazis Infiltrating Los Angeles"

About this episode

The episode discusses how Hollywood studios confronted Nazi infiltration during World War II, featuring insights from Michael Benson's book.

In this episode, I spoke with Michael Benson about his book "Hollywood vs Nazis: How The Movie Studios Took On Nazis Infiltrating Los Angeles". The true story of Hitler’s plot to turn Hollywood’s Dream Factory into a Nazi propaganda machine—and the Jewish moguls’ clandestine operation to sabotage the Reich’s insidious reach.

People in this episode

Guest: Michael Benson

Topics covered

• Hollywood history
• Nazi propaganda
• film industry
• World War II
• Jewish moguls
• Los Angeles

Keywords

• Hollywood
• Nazis
• propaganda
• Michael Benson
• film history
• World War II
• Los Angeles
• Jewish moguls

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nazi

Books & works: Hollywood vs Nazis: How The Movie Studios Took On Nazis Infiltrating Los Angeles

Places: Los Angeles, Hollywood

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