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Part One: The Birth of American Fascism

Behind the Bastards

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What Happened to the Germans in World War I?

Charles Bikowski went to a Nazi summer camp as a kid and wrote extensively about the experience. Later in life, he wrote a novel where he basically fictionalized his real experiences with the movement. He explains why the movement was so compelling to him: "I had no freedom, I had nothing"

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