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<div class="hnews hentry item">[[File:f97.png]] '''<span class="url entry-title">[https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/695941323/when-nazis-took-manhattan When Nazis Took Manhattan]</span>''' <span class="updated">February 20, 2019</span>, <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">Sarah Kate Kramer</span>, <span class="org organization-name">National Public Radio</span></span>
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<span class="entry-content">On the evening of Feb. 20, [[:Category:1939|1939]], the marquee of [[:Category:New York|New York]]'s Madison Square Garden was lit up with the evening's main event: a "Pro American Rally." The organizers had chosen the date in celebration of George [[:Category:Washington|Washington]]'s birthday and had procured a 30-foot-tall banner of America's first president for the stage. More than 20,000 men and women streamed inside and took their seats. The view they had was stunning: Washington was hung between American flags — and swastikas.

The rally was sponsored by the German American Bund, an organization with headquarters in [[:Category:Manhattan|Manhattan]] and thousands of members across the United States. In the [[:Category:1930|1930]]s, the Bund was one of several organizations in the United States that were openly supportive of [[:Category:Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler]] and the rise of fascism in [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]. They had parades, bookstores and summer camps for youth. Their vision for America was a cocktail of white supremacy, fascist ideology and American patriotism.

At Madison Square Garden, the rally opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag. The mood was jubilant. Attendees wore Nazi armbands, waved American flags and held aloft posters with slogans like "Stop [[:Category:Jewish|Jewish]] Domination of [[:Category:Christian|Christian]] America." There were storm troopers in the aisles, their uniforms almost identical to those of Nazi [[:Category:Germany|Germany]]. "It looked like any political rally — only with a Nazi twist," said Arnie Bernstein, author of Swastika Nation.</span>
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