Above is a presentation by two-time Academy Award nominee Marshall Curry. a night in the gardenA movie that reconsiders One night in February 1939 “20,000 Americans gathered at New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism, an event largely forgotten in American history.” As we explained in 2017, the film The following scene is recorded.
What you are looking at is the 1939 “Pro-American Rally” (also known as the Pro-Nazi Rally). german american band At Madison Square Garden on the 207th anniversary of George Washington’s birth. Banners with slogans such as “Stop Jewish domination of Christian Americans” and “Wake up America.” Crush Jewish Communism” and “One Million Band Members by 1940” graced the hall.
mayor of new york fiorello laguardiaAn Episcopalian whose mother was Jewish, he considered canceling the event, but ultimately he, along with the American Jewish Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union, decided that the Bund would support free speech and freedom of assembly. decided to exercise its rights.
The famous sports venue in midtown Manhattan was filled to capacity with 20,000 spectators. 1,500 police officers were involved to make the gardens “an impregnable fortress for anti-Nazis.” An estimated 100,000 counter-demonstrators had gathered outside.
The short film’s most disturbing moment occurs at the 3:50 mark, when another security force, the Bund, appears. Ordnungsdienst Or the words “order service” heaped on Isidore Greenbaum, a 26-year-old Jewish worker who rushed to the podium. Commander-in-Chief of the Federation fritz julius kuhn He fanned the flames of hatred. Valentine’s men eventually separated them and narrowly saved the “anti-Nazis” from a severe beating.
A made entirely from archive footage shot that night. Night at the Garden”It transports audiences to this horrifying rally and shines a light on the power of sedition and anti-Semitism in the United States. You can find out more about More information about the film and the 1939 rally can be found on the Marshall Curry website.
Similarity to a real person, living or dead, etc. xenophobia It is, of course, pure coincidence that the rally is being held at Madison Square Garden this weekend.
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