• Collection: World War I
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Chairman of Buchanan Council of Defense requests copies of Babel to send to local ministers.
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Mr. Read is reaching out to Metcalf about the German being taught in schools. As there is no German being taught in Clarence school system there is at the German Lutheran church. Mr. Read wants the program shut down.
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Author writes against the use of "von" in American names and the existence of German-language newspapers.
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Article reporting on Nebraska survey of local German communities, finding much of which to be afraid therein.
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Lauer pressing. Needs rapid clarification, as "there is a critical situation in our county and state at this time," and people need to know exact meaning of Babel.

How the war was framed as one protecting humanity from Germany and the warning towards German aliens give some interesting context into how they thought about Germans.
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