Coercive Silencing

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Title

Coercive Silencing

Subject

World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Violence; Parochial School; Lutheranism

Description

Davis says intransigent church got in touch with him, gave a "plea for mercy [and] I told them there was no help for them." They stopped German-language instruction from there.

Creator

J. C. Davis

Source

N/A

Publisher

State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa

Date

3/26/1918

Contributor

N/A

Rights

N/A

Relation

N/A

Format

Letter

Language

English

Type

TEXT

Identifier

Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05

Coverage

1918-03-26; Spirit Lake, Iowa; Dickinson County; Terril, Iowa;