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Release Date:
January 23, 2024
Original Title:
Nazi Town, USA
Alternate Titles:
Nazitown, USA
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
American Experience Films
PBS
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 57
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.
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Additional Camera:
Graham Boonzaaier
Animation:
Stella Salumaa
Assistant Editor:
Patricia Grossman
Cinematography:
Tom Bergmann
Colorist:
Mishel Hassidim
Consulting Producer:
Marshall Curry
Director:
Peter Yost
Edna Alburquerque
Editor:
Don Kleszy
Music:
Peter Rundquist
Musician:
Erik Friedlander
Peter Rundquist
Online Editor:
Andréa Dove
Producer:
Edna Alburquerque
Peter Yost
Production Assistant:
Joanna Stephens
Recording Supervision:
Patrick Donahue
Researcher:
Satu Haase-Webb
Frauke Levin
James Calaski
Sound Editor:
Randy Matuszewski
Sound Recordist:
Adam Rinagl-Toy
Translator:
Diana Trudell
Writer:
Peter Yost
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