German American Bund

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:organization
Nazi government agency
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1941
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1936
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1941
gptkbp:founder Fritz Julius Kuhn
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German American Bund
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:Antisemitism
Nazism
German nationalism
gptkbp:leader Fritz Julius Kuhn
gptkbp:legalStatus Disbanded by U.S. government
gptkbp:notableAction Propaganda dissemination
Youth camps
Paramilitary training
Publishing newspapers
Rallies and parades
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Camp_Siegfried
Camp Bergwald
Camp Highland
Camp Hindenburg
Camp Nordland
gptkbp:notableEvent FBI surveillance
Public condemnation by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Assets seized by U.S. government
Banned from public assembly in several states
Congressional investigation (Dies Committee)
Decline after U.S. entry into World War II
Fritz Kuhn convicted of embezzlement
Fritz Kuhn deported to Germany
Fritz Kuhn interned as enemy alien
Madison Square Garden rally (1939)
Members arrested for espionage
Members interned during World War II
Subject of anti-Nazi activism
Subject of historical research
Subject of media coverage in 1930s
Violent clashes with anti-Nazi protesters
gptkbp:notableMember Fritz Julius Kuhn
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
gptkbp:notablePublication Deutscher Weckruf und Beobachter
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:United_States_government
American Jewish organizations
Anti-Nazi groups
gptkbp:predecessor Friends of New Germany
gptkbp:purpose Promote Nazi ideology in the United States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nazi_espionage_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7