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On February 20, 1939, a Nazi rally took place at Madison Square Garden, organized by the German American Bund. More than 20,000 people attended, and Fritz Julius Kuhn was a featured speaker. The Bund billed the event, which took place two days before George Washington's Birthday , as a pro-"Americanism" rally; the stage at the event featured a ...
American newspapers rallied fear surrounding the organisation by creating no distinction between the Nazi party and the German-American Bund. In the aftermath of the 1939 rally in Madison Square Garden, The New York Times stated that the Bund was “determined to destroy our democracy and to establish in its place a fascist dictatorship”. [46]
The film uses black and white footage from the 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden from Monday, February 20, 1939. It opens outside Madison Square Garden with shots of the New York City Police Department reigning in anti-Nazi counter-protesters along with a marquee that lists a "pro-American rally" scheduled on that night, above a National Hockey League match and a college basketball game ...
Rally goers attend a meeting of the German American Bund at Madison Square Garden in New York on Feb. 20, 1939. Getty Images German-American Bund members stand with American and Nazi Germany flags ...
1939 pro-Nazi rally: The German American Bund held a rally with over 20,000 attendees. The rally was billed as a pro-"Americanism" event, but anti-Nazi protesters gathered outside MSG III.
Poster for Bund rally at Madison Square Garden (1939) The German American Bund was the most prominent and well-organized fascist organization in the United States. It was founded in 1936, following the model of Hitler 's Nazi Germany .
Left-leaning networks like MSNBC leaned into the comparison by splicing in footage from the hateful 1939 rally by the German American Bund with clips of Trump’s supporters.
The Christian Front participated in the February 20, 1939, Nazi rally held in Madison Square Garden organized by the German American Bund. According to James Wechsler, the Christian Front was the critical component in taking Coughlin's message into action. It was, he wrote, "the dynamic core of the movement.