Defending My Enemy
| Author | Aryeh Neier |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Law Liberalism Freedom of assembly Freedom of speech |
| Publisher | E. P. Dutton |
Publication date | 1979 |
| Pages | 171 |
Defending My Enemy: American Nazis, the Skokie Case, and the Risks of Freedom is a 1979 (political theory?/ law?) book written by Jewish-American Aryeh Neier. Neier wrote the book to explain the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) defense of the National Socialist Party of America in their case against the village of Skokie, Illinois; Neier was the Executive Director of the ACLU at this time.[1][2]
Family history
Recounts his family's history in Berlin up to 1939, at which point the Neier family escape to England.
References Sir Thomas More's conversation with William Roper in A Man for All Seasons (play)
History of National Socialists in the United States post-WW2
National Socialist White People’s Party
The general ineffectiveness of Nazi movements in America to attract a wide following.
The Nazis marched in Marquette Park instead.
Former executive director of the ACLU
Nazis: Jewish people vs the Judaism
The Destruction of the European Jews
Jewish Defense League protest outside of ACLU office on Hitler's birthday, 1978
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
https://digitalcommons.law.wne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1574&context=lawreview
Background
Collin applied for demonstration permits in multiple towns around Chicago, including Skokie; Skokie was willing to allow the demonstration if a $350,000 insurance guarantee was paid. Collin notified the ACLU, which began a lawsuit in his behalf against the town, arguing the insurance requirement was a violation of his First Amendment rights.[3]
"The village attorney, Harvey Schwartz, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Cook County asking for an injunction to prevent the Nazis from parading in uniform on May 1."[4]
David Goldberger, "legal director of the Illinois ACLU and a Jew, who was already representing Collin in the challenge to the Chicago Park District’s insurance requirement."
"He consulted briefly with David Hamlin, executive director of the Illinois ACLU, and Edwin Rothschild, president of the Illinois ACLU. The three were unanimous, Rothschild taking the onus of making the decision. He directed Goldberger to take the case.""
References
- ↑ "Aryeh Neier Oral History". Columbia Center for Oral History Research. Incite at Columbia University. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
- ↑ "Aryeh Neier". American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
- ↑ Neier, Aryeh (1979). Defending My Enemy. E.P. Dutton. p. 39. Search this book on
- ↑ Neier, Aryeh (1979). Defending My Enemy. E.P. Dutton. p. 43. Search this book on
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