Nazi Town, USA
Nazi Town, USA

Movie·2024·0h 57m

Nazi Town, USA

The Untold Story of Nazi Sympathizers on American Soil

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Producer

Peter Yost, Edna Alburquerque

Editor

Don Kleszy

Themes

naziworld war iiantisemitismamerican experienceamerica

Production House

PBS
American Experience Films

Audience Score

82%

5 votes

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Timepass12%
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Perfection47%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Beverly Gage

Historian (self)

William Hitchcock

Historian (self)

Sarah Churchwell

Sarah Churchwell

Cultural Historian (self)

Steven Ross

Historian (self)

Leah Wright Rigeur

Historian (self)

Arnie Bernstein

Writer (self)

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Crew

Peter Yost

Director, Writer, Producer

Edna Alburquerque

Director, Producer

Don Kleszy

Editor

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