Los Angeles: Censorship by Intimidation and Arson
In the early morning hours of 4 July 1984, arsonists burned down the offices and warehouse of the Institute For Historical Review in Torrance, California. Thousands of books were torched; manuscripts, records and documents, many of them irreplaceable, were destroyed in the flames. (see: Torrance Daily Breeze, 5 July, and L.A. Times, 6 July) The…