Friends of New Germany
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Friends of New Germany was an organization founded in 1933 in support of the Nazi party in the United States
.
In May 1933, the Nazi Deputy Führer
, Rudolf Hess
, authorized a German
citizen living in the United States
, Heinz Spanknobel
, to form a Nazi American
organization. The result was the creation of the Friends of New Germany. Assistance was given to its formation by the German consul in the City of New York. The organization, though based in New York City, had a strong presence in Chicago, Illinois.
Nazis, out of Germany, made considerable efforts to establish an American counterpart organization. Recruiting commenced as early as 1924. Yet the first significantly large organized group was this entity, Friends of New Germany, which was formed in July 1933. It came into existence after, upon orders from Berlin, the prior Nazi entities were dissolved.
The organization was eventually merged into the newly formed German American Bund.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
In May 1933, the Nazi Deputy Führer
Deputy Führer
Deputy Führer was the title for the deputy head of the Nazi Party, which was held by Rudolf Hess until his flight to the United Kingdom in 1941. After this event, Adolf Hitler abolished the office and replaced it with the office of Party Chancellery, which was given to Martin Bormann....
, Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was a prominent Nazi politician who was Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party during the 1930s and early 1940s...
, authorized a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
citizen living in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Heinz Spanknobel
Heinz Spanknobel
Heinz Spanknobel was a German immigrant to America who led the pro-Nazi Friends of New Germany.Given authority by Rudolf Hess, in May 1933, to create an American Nazi organization, Spanknobel founded the "Friends of New Germany"...
, to form a Nazi American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
organization. The result was the creation of the Friends of New Germany. Assistance was given to its formation by the German consul in the City of New York. The organization, though based in New York City, had a strong presence in Chicago, Illinois.
Nazis, out of Germany, made considerable efforts to establish an American counterpart organization. Recruiting commenced as early as 1924. Yet the first significantly large organized group was this entity, Friends of New Germany, which was formed in July 1933. It came into existence after, upon orders from Berlin, the prior Nazi entities were dissolved.
The organization was eventually merged into the newly formed German American Bund.
External links
- http://www.traces.org/americanbund.html
- The German National Revolution a pamphlet issues by FNG
- 1934 German language yearbook of the Brooklyn chapter
- Americans for Hitler