The American Führer

The American Führer

44 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | June 13, 2022

The story of the fascist conman Fritz Julius Kuhn is as unknown as it is terrifying: Kuhn is a German immigrant who pretends to be Hitler’s deputy in the USA during the 1930s. He is at the top of the German-American Bund, a fascist organization of Americans of German origin. The followers of this association march in goose-step with swastika flags and in Nazi-uniforms thru New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles. They gather in thousands in stadiums and sing the Horst-Wessel-song.

The American Führer

44 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | June 13, 2022

The American Führer
The story of the fascist conman Fritz Julius Kuhn is as unknown as it is terrifying: Kuhn is a German immigrant who pretends to be Hitler’s deputy in the USA during the 1930s. He is at the top of the German-American Bund, a fascist organization of Americans of German origin. The followers of this association march in goose-step with swastika flags and in Nazi-uniforms thru New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles. They gather in thousands in stadiums and sing the Horst-Wessel-song.
Producers Bayerischer Rundfunk, NDR, TANGRAM
Original title The American Führer
Directors Annette Baumeister
Writers Annette Baumeister, Eric Friedler

Cast

Angelika Bender

as Narrator (voice)