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Hitler's American Friends
The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States
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Here's a quote from the wonderful book Hitler's American Friends that inspired part of this podcast.
What they say about it
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The best things said about it
Coughlin argued that the war was a clash of competing capitalist interests, not a fight to save Europe from the barbarism of Nazi domination.
During this entire period, Nazi propaganda continued to virtually ignore grassroots American fascism and focused instead on spreading propaganda to keep us neutral.
Throughout the spring, Lindberg spoke to standing room only venues, attacking Roosevelt and urging full American neutrality.
Bradley Hart, the author of Hitler's American Friends, separates Father Coughlin, the Silver Shirts, and the Bund into different chapters.
Bradley Hart, author of Hitler's American Friends, estimates around 7,200 per year.
This book, Hitler's American Friends, is the second book that I talked about heavily on this podcast this year.
Why people recommend it
Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W. Hart is a historical examination of the American fascist movement and domestic Nazi sympathizers leading up to World War II. Robert Evans discussed and quoted extensively from the book across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards, using it to trace the historical timeline of domestic fascism. Evans cited Hart's work while detailing figures like Father Coughlin, who framed the war as a capitalist clash rather than a crusade against Nazi barbarism, and Charles Lindbergh, who campaigned heavily for American neutrality. The host also referenced passages detailing William Dudley Pelley's mystical visions and noted Hart's estimates regarding the thousands of American children who passed through German-American Bund training camps. Furthermore, Evans used the book to explain how Nazi propaganda focused on keeping America neutral rather than spotlighting homegrown fascists, ultimately reflecting on the text as a vital historical resource for understanding the roots of mid-century authoritarian movements in the United States.
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“Quote, from Hitler's American friends. Coughlin argued that the war was a clash of competing capitalist interests, not a fight to save Europe from the barbarism of Nazi domination.”
“During this entire period, Nazi propaganda continued to virtually ignore grassroots American fascism and focused instead on spreading propaganda to keep us neutral. Here's how Hitler's American friends describes it.”
“One poll showed 26% of Americans wanted to see him given some high government office. Here's a quote from Hitler's American friends. Throughout the spring, Lindberg spoke to standing room only venues, attacking Roosevelt and urging full American neutrality.”
“Here's a quote from the wonderful book Hitler's American Friends that inspired part of this podcast. Quote, he experienced a vision of being whisked away through a bluish mist.”
“Bradley Hart, the author of Hitler's American Friends, separates Father Coughlin, the Silver Shirts, and the Bund into different chapters. I made a decision to try to do all this chronologically, because I think it's important to really get a sense for the pace at which fascism bubbled up in American politics.”
“I'm going to read a quote from Hitler's American Friends and y'all are going to like this part. I want you all to think there was a Proud Boy recently who was exposed as one of the violent people, I think, in the Portland rallies.”
“Bradley Hart, author of Hitler's American Friends, estimates around 7,200 per year. So, that would have been 20 to 30,000 probably.”
“We will save the explicitly political stuff in the end of part two, but this book, Hitler's American Friends, is the second book that I talked about heavily on this podcast this year, the first being The Death of Democracy, both of which are written by scholars and historians who focus on the history of the Third Reich and the”
