Editing Talcott Parsons (section)

===Anti-Nazism===
Parsons returned to Germany in the summer of 1930 and became an eyewitness to the feverish atmosphere in [[Weimar Germany]] during which the [[Nazi Party]] rose to power. Parsons received constant reports about the rise of [[Nazism]] through his friend, [[Edward Y. Hartshorne]], who was traveling there. Parsons began, in the late 1930s, to warn the American public about the Nazi threat, but he had little success, as a poll showed that 91 percent of the country opposed the [[Second World War]].<ref>''Christian Science Monitor'', May 25, 1940.</ref>
One of the first articles that Parsons wrote was "New Dark Age Seen If Nazis Should Win". He was one of the key initiators of the Harvard Defense Committee, aimed at rallying the American public against the Nazis. Parsons' voice sounded again and again over [[Boston]]'s local radio stations, and he also spoke against Nazism during a dramatic meeting at Harvard, which was disturbed by antiwar activists. Together with graduate student [[Charles O. Porter]], Parsons rallied graduate students at Harvard for the war effort. During the war, Parsons conducted a special study group at Harvard, which analyzed what its members considered the causes of Nazism, and leading experts on that topic participated.