Letter: Artukovic in California
During the 1950s, Jewish organizations were almost alone in monitoring the activities of Andrija Artukovic in California. This letter is an indication of the "celebrity status" that the overseer of all concentration camps in Croatia had acquired in Southern California, where he spent the next thirty years of his life.

August 22, 1958

To: Mr. Will Maslow
From: Otto Schirn

It will interest you to learn that Artukovic was the featured speaker at a public meeting in San Pedro on August 6th under the auspices of the Catholic Maritime Clubs. You will find herewith a copy of the newspaper item reporting in detail on his speech.

By way of background information, may I inform you that the president of the club, City Councilman Patrick Ahern of Long Beach, was contacted by a number of anti-Artukovic Yugoslavs before the meeting calling his attention to the bad effect the appearance of Artukovic would have in many circles. I also understand that representatives of the United States Department of Justice made unofficial and informal approaches to Ahern, but all this was to no avail...

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Best regards.

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Title: Letter: Artukovic in California
Source: Private Collection
Date: August 22, 1958	Added: November, 2002