German-American Bund Quotes
Tonight: Pro American Rally
The Nazis who numbered as many as 20,000 at the peak would hold rallies describing them as American patriotic rallies. Many people would unwittingly swell the halls. Madison Square Garden was then the largest indoor facility in New York. The press revealed the Nazi deception and uncovered many of the other Nazi activities in America, which brought Nazi attacks on the press—see {625042}.
German-American Bund, Official Nazi Organization in the United States, Posters & Sign on Madison Square Garden, February 20, 1937
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German-Americans were split before the war into pro and anti-Nazi factions.
See {588181} for more about the Rally. Kuhn followed the Nazi Party line that claimed America was controlled by Jews. At the same meeting he referred to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as “President Franklin D. Rosenfeld using a typical Jewish name. Many Nazis believed that the President was a Jew who had changed his name.
The German American Bund, or German American Federation (German: Amerikadeutscher Bund; Amerikadeutscher Volksbund, AV), was a German-American Nazi organization established in 1936 to succeed Friends of New Germany (FoNG), the new name being chosen to emphasize the group's American credentials after press criticism that the organization was unpatriotic. The Bund was to consist only of American citizens of German descent. Its main goal was to promote a favorable view of Nazi Germany.
