Letter from Max M. Korshak of the Chancery Circuit Court in Chicago, Illinois, Regarding Former President Hoover’s Condemnation of Kristallnacht

MAX M. Korshak MASTER IN CHANCERY CIRCUIT COURT II SOUTH LA SALLE STREET CHICAGO TELEPHONE STATE 5330 K mmo t lakes November 14th, 1938. The Honorable Herbert Hoover, Palo Alto, California. Dear Mr. Hoover: I am sure that millions of our people must rejoice on the position that you have taken before the Federal Council of Churches. The Nazi menace is more than a threat against a par- ticular people whom it dislikes. It is, as you say, an assault on civilization itself. As a member of the persecuted race, against whom Hitler Germany is directing its most vicious attacks at the present time, I must confess to you that your speech was indeed a revelation. I know many of our people misinterpreted the picture shown in the press many months ago, showing you and Herr Hitler on one picture. Many of our people, I am sure, were under the impression, because of the publication of this photo- graph, that you were sympathetic to the Nazi cause, and were hurt, not knowing the true facts, because you have engaged your entire public life in a great service to humanity. Your latest utterance, in these days of darkness, is indeed a great ray of light to all lovers of liberty and humanity, including the people of which I am a part. I hope a kind Providence will enable you, for many years to come, to continue to be a benefactor of humanity. Sincerely yours, MMK/cm I nist m: Rorshak December 17, 1938 Mr. Max M. Korshak 11 South La Salle Street Chicago, Illinois Dear Mr. Korshak: Mr. Hoover wishes to thank you for your most kind expressions. Yours sincerely, Bernice Miller Secretary to Mr. Hoover