Camp Siegfried

40°50′42″N 72°56′29″W / 40.84500°N 72.94139°W / 40.84500; -72.94139

Blackshirts marching at Camp Siegfried, with an American flag banner and a Nazi swastika banner in the background
German American Settlement League community pre-lawsuit, 2007

Camp Siegfried, a summer camp which taught Nazi ideology, was located in Yaphank, New York, on Long Island.[1][2][3] It was owned by the German American Bund, an American Nazi organization devoted to promoting a favorable view of Nazi Germany, and was operated by the German American Settlement League (GASL). Camp Siegfried was one of many such camps in the US in the 1930s, including Camp Hindenberg in Grafton, Wisconsin,[4] Camp Nordland in Andover, New Jersey,[5][6] Deutschhorst Country Club in Sellersville, Pennsylvania,[7] and a camp in Windham, New York.[8]

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