[Ads-l] Antedating of "Antifa"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Antifa (OED 1946)

1945 Letter from Sir O. Sargent to Sir W. Strang 26 July (Documents on British Policy Overseas)

There should be no room for doubt as to our policy in this direction or as to our aim to encourage all genuinely anti-totalitarian movements.  Whether 'Antifa' qualifies under this heading I am of course unable to judge.

Fred Shapiro

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