1930s AMERICAN FASCIST BUND CAMP HOME MOVIE BERGWALD NEW JERSEY 90120

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 home movies which reveal activities in the camp. As you can see in the footage, children at the camp were taught Nazi ideology and went through many of the same routines as their German counterparts, including marching, bonfire events, and even Seig Heil’ing and singing of patriotic German songs. The majority of the campers were children or grandchildren of German immigrants and naturalized American citizens who were part of the Bund. This camp and others like it closed afte