A California Suburb Reckons With Its Nazi Past — And Present-day Controversy Follows

Peter Dreier, Salon: Politics
Sat, 08/19/2017 - 4:00am

Hindenburg Park sign at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta, Los Angeles CountyIt is two days before a public hearing scheduled on April 7, 2016 regarding the sign, which was sparked controvesy after it was erected last month because the location was the site of Nazi rallies and a Nazi youth camp during the 1930s.

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