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The German-American Bund: Fifth Column or Deutschtum?

Although the German-American Bund received extensive press coverage during its existence and monographs of American politics in the 1930's refer to the Bund's activities, there has been no thorough examination of the charge that the Bund was a fifth column organization responsible to German authorities. This six-chapter study traces the Bund's history with an emphasis on determining the motivation of Bundists and the nature of the relationship between the Bund and the Third Reich. The conclusions are twofold. First, the Third Reich repeatedly discouraged the Bundists and attempted to dissociate itself from the Bund. Second, the Bund's commitment to Deutschtum through its endeavors to assist the German nation and the Third Reich contributed to American hatred of National Socialism.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663312
Date08 1900
CreatorsGeels, James E.
ContributorsKamman, William, Nahrgang, W. Lee
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 183 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Geels, James E., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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