Secret Fighters Against American Extremism: Resisting Prejudice After World War II

Historian and author Steven J. Ross argues that antisemitism and racism intensified rather than subsided after World War II, with violent attacks spreading across U.S. cities and extremist groups more than doubling between 1940 and 1946. He highlights how Arnold Forster, George Mintzer, and James Sheldon—along with many others—infiltrated and disrupted these networks at personal risk. Their hidden efforts challenge the myth of the “Good War” and expose a largely forgotten fight against rising extremism.