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Swastika Nation Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund

Arnie Bernstein

In the late 1930s, the German–American Bund, led by its popinjay dictator Fritz Kuhn, was a small but powerful national movement in pre-World War II America, determined to conquer the United States government with a fascist dictatorship. They met in private social halls and beer garden backrooms, ga...

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Behind the Bastards

This book was referenced in the context of the German-American Bund rally at Madison Square Garden in 1939, which was described as the high point for the Bund's power and a showcase for their ideology.

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The unprecedented event was really intended to be the german american bund's apothesis Proof positive to america and the world as well as berlin that the american nazis were here to stay

— Episode: Part One: The Birth of American Fascism

Episode: Part One: The Birth of American Fascism

This book was referenced in the context of the German-American Bund rally at Madison Square Garden in 1939, which was described as the high point for the Bund's power and a showcase for their ideology.

"

The unprecedented event was really intended to be the german american bund's apothesis Proof positive to america and the world as well as berlin that the american nazis were here to stay

The rally was to be kuhn's shining moment an elaborate pageant and vivid showcase of all he had built in three years

kuhn's dream of a swastika nation would be on display for the whole world right in the heart of what berlin press called The scimitized metropolis of new york

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