The Plot Against America

by

Philip Roth

German American Bund Term Analysis

The German American Bund was a German American pro-Nazi organization established in 1936 in order to promote a favorable view of Nazi Germany in the U.S. Bund rallies and parades took place across the United States throughout the 1930s, but the organization went into decline in the 1940s.

German American Bund Quotes in The Plot Against America

The The Plot Against America quotes below are all either spoken by German American Bund or refer to German American Bund. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5 Quotes

Gone were the wall banners proclaiming “Wake up America—Smash Jewish Communists!” […] and the big white buttons with the black lettering that had been distributed to Bund members to stick into their lapels, the buttons that read:

KEEP AMERICA
OUT OF
THE JEWISH WAR

Related Characters: Philip Roth (speaker)
Page Number: 176-177
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German American Bund Term Timeline in The Plot Against America

The timeline below shows where the term German American Bund appears in The Plot Against America. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1: Vote for Lindbergh or Vote for War
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...of people dressed in lederhosen—Herman declared the party a “fascist” meeting of the German American Bund. The next day, Herman declined the promotion. (full context)
Chapter 5: Never Before
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The weekend after the White House’s announcement, the German American Bund holds a rally at Madison Square Garden—over 25,000 people turn out in support of Lindbergh.... (full context)
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Soon after the Bund rally, the Democrats hold a Madison Square Garden rally of their own. FDR himself speaks... (full context)
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...nine, loves these outings to the theater—even now, as an adult, the broadcasts of the Bund rally, FDR’s own Madison Square Garden rally, and Lindbergh’s plane tour stand out in his... (full context)