Ken
O’Brien
In 1940 Charlie Chaplin released his film The Great Dictator. At the time of its
first release, the United States was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany.
Chaplin's film advanced a stirring condemnation of Adolf Hitler, Benito
Mussolini's fascism, anti-Semitism, and the Nazis.
Can you imagine if this film had been withdrawn
prior to release because Hitler objected to it?
What has happened to us?