Heinz Spanknobel
Encyclopedia
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". He was deported
in October 1933 for failing to register as a foreign agent.
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...
immigrant to America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
who led the pro-Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
Friends of New Germany
Friends of New Germany
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...
.
Given authority by 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...
, in May 1933, to create an American Nazi organization, Spanknobel founded the "Friends of New Germany". He was deported
Deportation
Deportation means the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. Today it often refers to the expulsion of foreign nationals whereas the expulsion of nationals is called banishment, exile, or penal transportation...
in October 1933 for failing to register as a foreign agent.
External links
- American Bund: The Failure of American Nazism by Jim Bredemus