Nazi Town, USA

Synopsis

In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George Washington hung next to swastikas and speakers railed against the “Jewish controlled media” and called for a return to a racially “pure” America. The keynote speaker was Fritz Kuhn, head of the German American Bund. Nazi Town, USA tells the largely unknown story of the Bund, which had scores of chapters in suburbs and big cities across the country and represented what many believe was a real threat of fascist subversion in the United States. The Bund held joint rallies with the Ku Klux Klan and ran dozens of summer camps for children centered around Nazi ideology and imagery. Its melding of patriotic values with virulent anti-Semitism raised thorny issues that we continue to wrestle with today.

Main Cast

Beverly Gage

Historian (self)

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William Hitchcock

Historian (self)

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Sarah Churchwell

Cultural Historian (self)

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Steven Ross

Historian (self)

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Leah Wright Rigeur

Historian (self)

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Arnie Bernstein

Writer (self)

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Peter Yost Edna Alburquerque
Production	Producer	Edna Alburquerque Peter Yost
	Consulting Producer	Marshall Curry
	Researcher	Frauke Levin James Calaski Satu Haase-Webb
	Production Assistant	Joanna Stephens
Crew	Cinematography	Tom Bergmann
	Translator	Diana Trudell
Sound	Music	Peter Rundquist
	Sound Recordist	Adam Rinagl-Toy
	Recording Supervision	Patrick Donahue
	Sound Editor	Randy Matuszewski
	Musician	Erik Friedlander Peter Rundquist
Editing	Editor	Don Kleszy
	Assistant Editor	Patricia Grossman
	Online Editor	Andréa Dove
	Colorist	Mishel Hassidim
Writing	Writer	Peter Yost
Visual Effects	Animation	Stella Salumaa
Camera	Additional Camera	Graham Boonzaaier
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