There are over 300 PBS Member Stations across the country, with many telling incredible stories in their own backyard.
Nazi Town, USA tells the story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group which in the 1930s had scores of chapters across the country, representing what many believe was a real threat of fascist subversion in the United States. They held joint rallies with the KKK and ran summer camps for children centered around Nazi ideology and imagery, melding patriotic values with virulent anti-Semitism.
Check out the trailer for Nazi Town, USA and stories from communities across the country that highlight the history and lasting impact of Nazism in the United States.
OETA - Oklahoma
In 1942, the British asked America to hold 250,000 German soldiers they had captured in North Africa. 22,000 of them ended up in the Sooner State. What was life like behind the barbed wire in places like Alva, El Reno, Tonkawa, and Stringtown? And what drove these German prisoners to murder one of their own? Find out on this episode of Back in Time.
WQED - Pittsburgh
This short documentary tells the dramatic story of a family’s efforts to flee Nazi occupied Austria with the help of Pittsburgh residents. From the Rauh Jewish Archives at Pittsburgh’s Heinz History Center, a dozen letters document correspondence between Gertrude Deutsch Perles in Vienna and Abraham (Abe) Sanford Levy in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood.
KRWG - New Mexico
She witnessed acts against the Jews in Augsburg, her story taking her from WWII to her life later as an American citizen in El Paso, TX as an American War Bride. Her love for her adopted country is embedded in every word in her self-published book series, Auf Wiedersehen and her final book is in the works. For Wally, being an American means everything to her.
WQPT- Iowa
The story of how two young sisters, Juanita and Betty Wagner of Danville, Iowa became pen pals with Anne Frank and her sister Margo, just as Amsterdam was occupied by Nazi Germany on May 10, 1940.
WNET - New York
Radioactive is a podcast that tells the story of a crafty bigot who used a new mass medium to spread hate and get much too close to political power. This eight-part podcast, hosted by Detroit journalist Andrew Lapin, weaves together archival materials and present-day interviews to tell the story of Father Charles Coughlin’s dangerous rise and dramatic fall.
