O. John Rogge
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Oetje John Rogge (German pronunciation: [ˈiːtʃi dʒɔn ˈɹɔɡə]) (October 12, 1903 – March 22, 1981) was an American attorney who prosecuted cases for the United States government, investigated Nazi activities in the United States, and in private practice was associated with civil rights and liberal political causes. He was the prosecutor in the Great Sedition Trial, in which the U.S. government, under the initiative of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, tried dozens of isolationists and Nazi sympathizers for sedition. Although the trial was called off after the judge died midway through the trial, with the war in Europe ending months later, Rogge was successful in discrediting Nazi sympathizing U.S. politicians who were linked with Nazi propagandist agent George Sylvester Viereck. Nearly all of those politicians lost their reelection campaigns.[2]
O. John Rogge | |
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Assistant Attorney General of the United States | |
In office 1939 – 1940 | |
Preceded by | Brien McMahon |
Succeeded by | Wendell Berge |
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Born | Oetje John Rogge[1] (1903-10-12)October 12, 1903 Cass County, Illinois |
Died | March 22, 1981(1981-03-22) (aged 77) New York City, New York |
Nationality | American |
Spouses | Nellie Alma Luther (m. 1926)Wanda Lucille Johnston
(m. 1939) |
Children | Genevieve Oetjeanne Meyer and Hermann Rogge |
Education | University of Illinois (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
Occupation | Attorney |
Known for | Civil liberties activism |
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On October 14, 1946, in a New York City speech, he said: "The removal of Hitler and Mussolini and a few of their collaborators does not mean that fascism is dead. Now the fascists can take a more subtle disguise, they can come forward and simply say 'I am anti-Communist.'"