Is that why you chose, as someone who's not from the middle of the country, from the East Coast? That's what I know about Skokie Illinois. Is that why you chose it? Yes. I mean, The Holocaust survivors who, many of whom lived in Skokie, it was really the largest population of Holocaust survivors outside of the state of Israel. Is that why in the story the Nazis chose Skokie? It is. That's why they chose Skokie. But just as a matter of history, and an interesting side note, they never did march, even though they got permission. (10:47–10:56)
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