Author’s Corner: Swastika Nation
April 12, 2026 • Sunday, 2:00 pm - Sunday, 4:00 pm
Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and
The Rise and Fall of The German-American Bund
Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund chronicles a pro-Nazi movement that swept the United States in the 1930s. However, their dream of America under a swastika flag and ruled by their leader Bundesführer Fritz Kuhn, attracted powerful foes.
Through the independent work of many larger than life figures–including the duo of New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and prosecutor Thomas Dewey, the newly-formed Congressional House Committee on Un-American Activities, the bulldog reporting of newspaper columnist Walter Winchell, and the distinctive methods employed by Jewish mobsters Meyer Lansky, Longy Zwillman, Bugsy Siegel, and Mickey Cohen–Kuhn and the German-American Bund came to an inglorious end.
All this, plus a supporting cast that includes Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Jack Ruby, Edward G. Robinson, and many others. It’s a book that’s jam packed with incredible tales, a wild slice of American history you won’t be able to put down.