Above, two-time Academy Award nominee Marshall Curry presents A Night at The Garden, a film that revisits a night in February 1939 when “20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism — an event largely forgotten from U.S. history.” As we described it back in 2017, the film documents the following scene:
What you’re looking at is the 1939 “Pro-American Rally” (aka Pro-Nazi Rally) sponsored by the German American Bund at Madison Square Garden on George Washington’s 207th Birthday. Banners emblazoned with such slogans as “Stop Jewish Domination of Christian Americans,” “Wake Up America. Smash Jewish Communism,” and “1,000,000 Bund Members by 1940” decorated the great hall.
New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia—an Episcopalian with a Jewish mother—considered canceling the event, but ultimately he, along with the American Jewish Committee and the American Civil Liberties Committee decreed that the Bund was exercising its right to free speech and free assembly.
A crowd of 20,000 filled the famous sports venue in mid-town Manhattan to capacity. 1,500 police officers were present to render the Garden “a fortress impregnable to anti-Nazis.” An estimated 100,000 counter-demonstrators were gathering outside.…
The most disturbing moment in the short film comes at the 3:50 mark, when another security force—the Bund’s Ordnungsdienst or “Order Service” pile on Isidore Greenbaum, a 26-year-old Jewish worker who rushed the podium where bundesführer Fritz Julius Kuhn was fanning the flames of hatred. Valentine’s men eventually pulled them off, just barely managing to save the “anti-Nazi” from the vicious beating he was undergoing.
Made entirely from archival footage filmed that night, A Night at The Garden “transports audiences to this chilling gathering and shines a light on the power of demagoguery and anti-Semitism in the United States.” You can learn more about the film and the 1939 rally at Marshall Curry’s web site.
Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or other xenophobic rallies being held this weekend in Madison Square Garden is purely coincidental, of course.
Trump rally speaker: “And these Latinos, they love making babies too. Just know that. They do. They do. There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside. Just like they did to our country.” pic.twitter.com/ZV0Q3VtUJ8
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 27, 2024
not america first.
americans only.the opposite of everything i believe. but we’ll see what americans want. pic.twitter.com/kdvaky1ypq
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 28, 2024
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— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) October 27, 2024
To ALL Puerto Ricans, this is what this guy just said at Donald Trump’s fascist gathering in Madison Square Garden. And don’t forget that Trump forced Puerto Rico to wait TWO YEARS for full hurricane relief. Your vote counts. Make it for #HarrisWalz. pic.twitter.com/hNh3Ae06Iz
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Ironic statement considering the left wing’s continual labeling of the most pro-Israel Pro-Jewish president as the second coming of Hitler while its own radicals call for the death of Israel and eradication of the Jewish people! Imbecilic, and completely ignorant of the facts. It’s a pitiful shame that there are still people so weak minded that they can’t see through the propaganda that is being foisted upon them. The cognitive dissonance is astounding!!
You’ll recall that Trump had Nick Fuentes and Kanye West over for dinner at Mar A‑Lago. Think I’ll take the presidential candidate who doesn’t gladly dine with anti-semites.
Is that the litmus test for whether a candidate is acceptable or not lol? You guys are nuts! I’ll take the candidate that isn’t supported by wackos who celebrate baby murder, child genital mutilation, and the genocide of a whole group of people. You can have the cackling queen of the damned.
It would be great loss for everyone if a site dedicated “open culture” website should fall back into shrill, narrow, and ideological party politics. Would it not be more interesting and thoughtful to bring our thinking to a deeper level beyond the propaganda and manipulation practiced by the Nazi party, the Republican party, and just as much or more by the Democratic party (who indeed controls most of the news and suppresses thoughtful and reasonable critique)? Wouldn’t it be worthwhile to use this small corner of the web to promote a culture of reflection and deeper thinking instead of getting sucked into the panic-traps they set to control us?
If the Madison Square Gardens was built in 1964 and was the site of a small rail station prior to it’s construction how could there have been 20,000 people there for a pro American rally at that site?
1874 — The original Madison Square Garden was built in a converted railroad station at Madison Square. It opened on May 31, 1879 and closed in 1890.
1891 — A sports arena was built on the site of the original Madison Square Garden, designed by Stanford White. It was mainly used for boxing.
1925 — A new Madison Square Garden was built at Eighth Avenue and 50th Street. It was used for basketball, hockey, and other sports, and was the site of the 1924 Democratic National Convention.
1968 — The current Madison Square Garden opened on February 11, 1968. It’s a large complex that includes a 20,000-seat arena, a bowling center, a sports hall of fame, and more.
I’m not american. But, while Trump is racist, Biden-Haris have been backing genocide and illegal occupation with their false red lines. They have blood on their hands, as would Trump too. Blood of children, doctors, journalists, and humanitarian staff. American politics is not worthy of admiration.