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In the mid-1930s an organization called the German-American Bund established fifteen summer camps throughout the USA, including one in Yaphank in Suffolk County, on Long Island.
The German American Bund, that was previously known as “Friends of New Germany†was devoted to promoting a favorable view of Nazi Germany.
The summer camp taught Nazi ideology but claimed to show its loyalty to America by displaying the flag of the United States at the camp entrance alongside a Nazi swastika.
Camp Siegfried, as well as all the other Bund facilities and gatherings, provided an opportunity for Nazi sympathizers to “meet people who think as you do.†The camp’s leadership “also established a youth group that recreated the Hitler Youth program for its young participants complete with uniforms, banners and songs.
Camp Wille und Macht—Will and Might—came first, in 1934, and was joined in New Jersey by Camp Nordland in Andover and Camp Bergwald in Bloomingdale. In Wisconsin, Camp Hindenberg claimed ground along the banks of the Milwaukee River, the Deutschhorst Country Club in Pennsylvania and Sutter Camp in Los Angeles, California, but and children left their homes for Camp Siegfried in Long Island. So really these were Nazi camps in USA.
Campers were dressed in uniforms featuring the Hitler Youth’s lightning bolt insignia, adorned with swastika pins and given knives inscribed with the phrase “Blut und Ehre,†or “blood and honor.†Daily activities also took on militaristic tones, including target practice and the Sieg Heil salute.
From the German Gardens street plan in Yaphank. Hitler St? Goebbels St? Its crazy but really!
This, the Camp Siegfried, was forcibly shut down by the US government when Germany declared war on the Usa. It had been protected by the 1st Amendment until that time, when it became illegal for US citizens to swear allegiance to Germany.
The German American Bund, that was previously known as “Friends of New Germany†was devoted to promoting a favorable view of Nazi Germany.
The summer camp taught Nazi ideology but claimed to show its loyalty to America by displaying the flag of the United States at the camp entrance alongside a Nazi swastika.
Camp Siegfried, as well as all the other Bund facilities and gatherings, provided an opportunity for Nazi sympathizers to “meet people who think as you do.†The camp’s leadership “also established a youth group that recreated the Hitler Youth program for its young participants complete with uniforms, banners and songs.
Camp Wille und Macht—Will and Might—came first, in 1934, and was joined in New Jersey by Camp Nordland in Andover and Camp Bergwald in Bloomingdale. In Wisconsin, Camp Hindenberg claimed ground along the banks of the Milwaukee River, the Deutschhorst Country Club in Pennsylvania and Sutter Camp in Los Angeles, California, but and children left their homes for Camp Siegfried in Long Island. So really these were Nazi camps in USA.
Campers were dressed in uniforms featuring the Hitler Youth’s lightning bolt insignia, adorned with swastika pins and given knives inscribed with the phrase “Blut und Ehre,†or “blood and honor.†Daily activities also took on militaristic tones, including target practice and the Sieg Heil salute.
From the German Gardens street plan in Yaphank. Hitler St? Goebbels St? Its crazy but really!
This, the Camp Siegfried, was forcibly shut down by the US government when Germany declared war on the Usa. It had been protected by the 1st Amendment until that time, when it became illegal for US citizens to swear allegiance to Germany.
