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Title: A night at the Garden
Post by: besilarius on January 15, 2021, 12:04:21 PM
https://anightatthegarden.com/?

Folks are mostly unaware of nazi groups in america before WWII.
They had built up quite a following.
Title: Re: A night at the Garden
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 15, 2021, 12:25:04 PM
 :o
Title: Re: A night at the Garden
Post by: bbmike on January 15, 2021, 01:28:05 PM
Another Yikes should go out for all of the people that were apparently unaware that there were pro-nazi groups in the US before WWII.  ::)
Title: Re: A night at the Garden
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 15, 2021, 02:54:24 PM
I knew about them. I'm just surprised somebody was able to pull together such a vivid movie of it all
Title: Re: A night at the Garden
Post by: thecommandtent on January 15, 2021, 02:58:09 PM
About a half hour from me in northern NJ there is now a farmers market, park and gov buildings where there once was a  Nazi Summer camp.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nordland#:~:text=Camp%20Nordland%20was%20a%20204,Bund%20on%2018%20July%201937.


https://www.njherald.com/article/20140405/lifestyle/909019838
Title: Re: A night at the Garden
Post by: bob48 on January 15, 2021, 03:39:29 PM
And of course, the swastika symbol has been around for a very long time, and was a sign of peace until you-know-who got his hands on it.
Title: Re: A night at the Garden
Post by: bbmike on January 15, 2021, 05:08:38 PM
I knew about them. I'm just surprised somebody was able to pull together such a vivid movie of it all

Well, I didn't mean YOU. I mean, I suspect most people on these forums know a little bit about history.  8)
Title: Re: A night at the Garden
Post by: Staggerwing on January 16, 2021, 08:53:15 AM
There's a Mark Felton youtube episode on this that just came out:

Title: Re: A night at the Garden
Post by: besilarius on January 16, 2021, 10:04:05 AM
Bawb, in regards to the swastika, Al Nofi, Strategy & Tactics, put out an interesting factoid.
Apparently, Kaiser Wilhelm during his time after abdicating, wrote a book.  In it he said that the Nazis reversed the swastika and it was backwards.  This meant it was no longer a Good Luck symbol, and had become a Bad Luck talisman.
Also Wilhelm was unhappy that they didn't welcome him back to be Kaiser again.
There have been some speculation that Willie's death during the invasion of the Netherlands was just a little too convenient...
Title: Re: A night at the Garden
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 16, 2021, 03:04:33 PM
The American Bund did rallies in Madison Square Garden, I think (didn't look at the OP link but I assume that's what it was referring to), using George Washington as a symbol to get behind.

Title: Re: A night at the Garden
Post by: Staggerwing on January 16, 2021, 04:32:38 PM
The American Bund did rallies in Madison Square Garden, I think (didn't look at the OP link but I assume that's what it was referring to), using George Washington as a symbol to get behind.

Watch the Felton video.  :)