Jim Marrs - The Rise of the Fourth Reich

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THE RISE OF THE FOURTH REICH

Inc. . . . The CIA has created a special scholarship program, for graduate students able and willing to obtain security clearances. According to the London Guardian, ‘the primary purpose of the program is to promote disciplines that would be of use to intelligence agencies.’ And throughout the country, academics in several disciplines are undertaking research (often secret) for the CIA.”

A M ER ICA N YOU T H W ER E educated in the principles of National Socialism before World War II. In 1935, Ernst Mueller, head of the German-American Settlement League, acquired lakeside property in Yaphank, Long Island, and invited Americans of German descent to visit and relax. He also formed a group called the German-American Youth. The youth in Yaphank constructed tents on platforms, called Camp Siegfried. Gustave Neuss, the grandson of German immigrants, whose father served as a judge in Yaphank, recalled: “Some of the parents complained about the harsh conditions and at least one removed her daughter from the camp because of this. The regimen included education in pro-Nazi doctrine to ensure a new generation having the pure Aryan philosophy.” Neuss’s father initially was friendly with the German organization but soon turned against them because of their anti-Semitism and un-American speeches.

The youth organization was part of the German-American Bund, an anti-Semitic fraternal group formed in the 1930s by a merger of the National Socialist German Workers Party and the Free Society of Teutonia.

German-American Bund activity was not limited to Yaphank and the New York City area. Neuss wrote: “Groups of the pro-Nazis were located throughout the United States. Hitler’s claim was that after he had conquered Europe he would then take over the USA. The Bund and other pro-German groups located throughout the country provided a cadre of subversives to assist in such a takeover.”

Although many German-American organizations existed in the prewar United States, the Bund was among the only ones to express support for Nazi ideals. In February 1939, Bund leader Fritz Kuhn addressed a crowd of about twenty thousand in Madison Square Garden and railed