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WW2 American Nazism

German American Federation/Bund

Quoting the US National Archives:

“The German American Bund was an unincorporated voluntary national association established on March 29, 1936, to spread the philosophy of National Socialism and to carry out Adolph Hitler’s program insofar as it affected the United States. The leadership of the Bund attempted to meld Nazi racial theories with American patriotic values. Headquartered in New York, the Bund was a nationwide organization having three departments and approximately seventy local chapters throughout the United States, as well as numerous organizations which were directly or indirectly affiliated with it.”

The FBI investigated the Bund’s relationship to the Nazi Party of Germany. The FBI records release ranges from 1939 to 1941. The FBI records, including membership lists, are freely available online.

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