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Camp Siegfried hosted a \u2018Nazi Camp Fete\u2019 for 40,000 attendees on 15th August, 1938. The Summer resort, on Yaphank, Long Island, was the epicentre of the German-American Bund: an organisation devoted to establishing a Nazi stronghold across the United States.\xa0\nAlongside campfire building and swimming lessons, young attendees were taught to emulate the Hitler Youth and host mini Nuremberg-style rallies.\xa0\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how delegates were trained to anticipate a Nazi coup of the USA; consider why all the key players in the movement escaped serious criminal prosecution, even after the Second World War; and why events such as these were so casually reported, even in the New York Times\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018New York's 1930s Nazi Summer Camp\u2019 (Ripley\u2019s, 2016): https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/nazi-summer-camp/\n\u2022 \u2018A New York Town in the 1930s Embraced Hitler and Nazi Germany\u2019 (History Collection, 2017): https://historycollection.com/welcome-hitler-street-usa-pending/\n\u2022 \u2018Nazis on Long Island: The Story of Camp Siegfried\u2019 (Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGJW1VQo1Ts\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices