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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 organization before World War II.
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 huge portrait of George Washington with swastikas on each side. [ 1 ]
[7] [18] The Bund elected a German-born American citizen Fritz Julius Kuhn as its leader (Bundesführer). [19] Kuhn was a veteran because he served in the Bavarian infantry during World War I and he was also an Alter Kämpfer (old fighter) for the Nazi Party who was granted American citizenship in 1934. Kuhn was initially effective as a leader ...
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 ...
Kuhn is a surname of German origin. It may refer to the following: ... Fritz Kuhn (born 1955), German Green Party politician; Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896–1951), ...
Fritz Kuhn (born 29 June 1955) is a German politician who served as Mayor of Stuttgart from 2012 until 2021. He was co-chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens , the German Green party , in 2002 and its parliamentary group from 2002 to 2013.
Fritz Kuhn ousted Kappe from his position in the Bund seeing him as a dangerous rival. In 1937, Kappe returned to Germany, where he was attached to Abwehr II (the sabotage branch of German intelligence) where he obtained a Naval commission with the rank of lieutenant.
The German American Bund, led by Fritz Kuhn, was formed in 1936 and lasted until America formally entered World War II in 1941. The Bund existed with the goal of a united America under ethnic German rule and following Nazi ideology. It proclaimed communism as their main enemy and expressed anti-Semitic attitudes. [26]