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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 ...
1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden Kuhn appearing on the street after leaving a courthouse in Webster, Massachusetts, in 1939 Kuhn speaking at a "Bund"-camp-rally Fritz Julius Kuhn (May 15, 1896 – December 14, 1951) was a German Nazi activist who served as the elected leader of the German American Bund , a German-American Nazi ...
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 ...
Donald Trump spoke at Madison Square Garden — 85 years after a pro-Nazi rally at an earlier iteration of the ... that bore some unnerving resemblances to Sunday’s MAGA rally. In 1939, some ...
With comedic timing, Trump Jr. emphasized the painstaking efforts the press makes to create parallels between his dad and the infamous Nazi dictator. Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally drew a ...
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.
The Bund did not seek to have Kuhn prosecuted, operating on the principle (Führerprinzip) that the leader had absolute power. However, New York City's district attorney prosecuted him in an attempt to cripple the Bund. On December 5, 1939, Kuhn was sentenced to two and a half to five years in prison for tax evasion and embezzlement. [33] [34]
The left-wing network weaved archival footage from the 1939 Nazi rally into the broadcast of Trump’s Sunday rally, which saw the iconic New York City venue packed to the rafters with jubilant ...