When Nazis ‘Played’ in Madison Square Garden In 1939: A Dark Chapter in American History
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Six and a half months before Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland, an unsettling event took place in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on 20 February 1939. More than 20,000 attendees gathered inside the famed arena, raising Nazi salutes toward a 30-foot-tall portrait of George Washington flanked by swastikas. The rally was organised by the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group that sought to propagate anti-Semitic, fascist ideas under the guise of patriotism. The event, advertised as a “Pro Am
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Original Title: In 1939, the ‘German American Bund’ held a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, this photo is of a protestor called Isadore Greenbaum being carried off by police after being punched and kicked by the Nazis on stage.