L. Fry

Leslie Fry (February 16, 1882 – July 15, 1970) was the pen name of Paquita Louise de Shishmareff[1][2] (born Louise A. Chandor).[a] She was an American antisemitic, pro-fascist author, who is primarily known for Waters Flowing Eastward (1931), a book which asserts that Jews were to blame for both Capitalism and Bolshevism, and that it was primarily certain Jews who started World War I. She alleged that certain Freemasons were involved as well. She postulated that the ultimate aim of these particular Jews and Freemasons was "World Domination". These conclusions were based in part on her study of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

Called "the most active fascist in southern California", Fry was also a paid Nazi agent who worked to cultivate Nazism in the United States. She attempted to unify various American fascist movements.[4]

  1. ^ "Subversive Activities in America First Committee in California" (PDF). Ajcarchives.com. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
  2. ^ "Paquita Deshishmare vital record". Ancestry. com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
  3. ^ "Deshishmaref's Obituary on GenealogyBank.com". GenealogyBank.com.
  4. ^ Rosenzweig, Laura B. (September 19, 2017). Hollywood's Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles. NYU Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-4798-5517-9.


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