Smith was an early and vocal critic of the Nazi regime in Germany . He supported the Anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 and addressed a mass-meeting at Madison Square Garden against Nazism that March . His speech was included in the 1934 anthology '' Nazism : An Assault on Civilization '' . In 1938 , Smith took to the airwaves to denounce Nazi brutality in the wake of '' Kristallnacht '' . His words were published in '' The New York Times '' article " Text of the Catholic Protest Broadcast " of November 17 , 1938
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