Erich Kempka: Driving Hitler and his Limousines
by Robert Klara One of the reasons why we know so much about the perilous and sinister world of Hitler’s hierarchy is because so many of its members spent time documenting it. Propaganda minister...
View ArticleWho Was Fritz Kuhn and the German American Bund?
by Bradley W. Hart On the Fourth of July, 1937, a group of Americans gathered in the town of Yaphank, Long Island, to celebrate the country’s birthday. Many of the traditional elements of Americana...
View ArticleWho Was William Dudley Pelley and the Silver Legion?
by Bradley Hart In 1933, a former Hollywood screenwriter-turned-mystic named William Dudley Pelley made a startling public announcement. During a trance four years earlier, Pelley claimed, he had...
View ArticleWho Was Father Charles Coughlin?
by Bradley W. Hart In November 1938, one of America’s most famous radio personalities took to the airwaves on a Sunday afternoon, as he had done for years. Unlike the talk shows of later years, this...
View ArticleHitler’s American Friends: Henry Ford and Nazism
by Bradley W. Hart Over the past century, Ford has become one of the most iconic American brands, from its line of pickup trucks to the Mustang. The company’s first car, the Model T, broke ground and...
View ArticleHitler’s American Friends: Charles Lindbergh and ‘America First’
by Bradley W. Hart On September 11, 1941, one of America’s most famous celebrities took to a stage before a raucous crowd in Des Moines, Iowa. This was famed aviator Charles Lindbergh—nicknamed Lucky...
View Article1933: Democracy Destroyed
by Frank McDonough In the following excerpt from The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939, Frank McDonough discusses the political environment in Germany in 1933 as Adolf Hitler sets his plans in motion to...
View ArticleA State of Turmoil
In 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI, surrounded by...
View ArticleThe Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the late 1930s when the United States saw fit to apologize to angry Nazi officials in Berlin because of the intemperate language of an...
View ArticleWhen Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
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