1930s AMERICAN NAZI / FASCIST BUND CAMP HOME MOVIE BERGWALD NEW JERSEY 90110

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website In early 1941 the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided a camp run by the American Bund at Bergwald, New Jersey. This camp was operated by the German American League, a group of American fascists and based around the idea of the so-called “Nazi Youth“ camps in Germany. Among the items confiscated by the FBI to be used as evidence against camp founders was this reel of silent 16mm movies which reveal activities in the camp circa 1937-38, complete with title cards in German. At 3:00 a title card reads “Departure of the young people of New York“. Another at 11:40 states “Washing and tent order.“ At 22:24 the American and German flags are shown flying at the camp. At 22:46 a title card declares “Even in winter it goes on“ and a separate card says “Leadership training 1937-38“. At 26:26 a card proudly declares “Our Work“. At 36:48 “Our Girls“ shows the fe