14 - Nazis At Madison Square Garden

Fritz Kuhn created and led the German American Bund, using Nazi symbology and methods to form his political party in the United States. On February 20, 1939, Kuhn and 22,000 Bund members held a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden.

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“Total Espionage” by Curt Riess “The Pledge of Allegiance” an article on USHistory.org “When Nazis Filled Madison Square Garden” by Gordon F. Sander “Americans Hold a Nazi Rally in Madison Square Garden” an article on History.com “When Nazis Took Manhattan” by Sarah Kate Kramer “A Night At The Garden” Short Documentary by Marshall Curry “When the Bund Strutted in Yaphank” by Hugh O’Haire “Fritz Kuhn, Former Bund Chief, Ordered Back to Germany” an article in The Evening Indpendent “Swastika Nation” by Arnie Bernstein “The Night Thousands of Nazis Packed Madison Square Garden For A Rally – And Violence Erupted” by Diane Bernard “Recounting a day of rage, hate, violence and death” by Joe Heim