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This article printed in the Topeka Capital details an incident involving Charles H. Johnson and Joseph Fisckale, both of whom expressed sympathies for the Germany and Austria. Turned in by their American-born wives, Johnson and Fisckale were "sent to a place of safe keeping until after the war."
Creator: Topeka Capital
Date: January 1, 1918
This article helps students understand the limits placed on the freedom of speech during World War I and it's impact on so-called disloyalists within the German American community.
KS: 11th: 1.7.: challenges German Americans faced in Kansas during World War I
Item Number: 213500
Call Number: K 341.3, Clipp., v1, p. 1-123, Sedition, espionage, etc.
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213500
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1877-1930 (Kansas_Benchmark 1) - German Americans (Indicator 7) - Discrimination
Date - 1910s - 1918
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - European Americans - Germans
People - Notable Kansans - Robertson, Fred
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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