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Part One: The Birth of American Fascism

Behind the Bastards

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The Friends of New Germany

The Friends of Germany recruited 5,000 members between 1933 and 1935. The German government quickly folded and ordered all its citizens to leave the group. It was dissolved in 1936 and absorbed by another organization, the German American Bund. Their stated purpose was to build support for Nazi Germany in the USA.

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