Crimes of the Times

L.A. Times Studios

The Shadow War Against L.A. Nazis

OCT 13, 202635 MIN

Description

From his law office in downtown Los Angeles, an attorney named Leon Lewis ran a clandestine operation to thwart Nazi and fascist plots in the 1930s and 40s to kill Jews in Southern California. His work went unseen and uncelebrated until long after his death.