Nazi Town, USA
“The Untold Story of Nazi Sympathizers on American Soil”
2024•57m•8.2•Released
Documentary
In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George Washington hung next to swastikas and speakers railed against the “Jewish controlled media” and called for a return to a racially “pure” America. The keynote speaker was Fritz Kuhn, head of the German American Bund. Nazi Town, USA tells the largely unknown story of the Bund, which had scores of chapters in suburbs and big cities across the country and represented what many believe was a real threat of fascist subversion in the United States. The Bund held joint rallies with the Ku Klux Klan and ran dozens of summer camps for children centered around Nazi ideology and imagery. Its melding of patriotic values with virulent anti-Semitism raised thorny issues that we continue to wrestle with today.
Director
Peter Yost
Writer
Peter Yost
Languages
English, German
Studio
PBS
Cast
Beverly Gage
Historian (self)
William Hitchcock
Historian (self)
Sarah Churchwell
Cultural Historian (self)
Steven Ross
Historian (self)
Leah Wright Rigeur
Historian (self)
Arnie Bernstein
Writer (self)
Production
Company
PBS
Company
American Experience Films
Producer
Edna Alburquerque
Producer
Peter Yost
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