and if you had become the leader of this country, would you have put into effect hitler s policies so far as they are referable to the anti-jewish policy? i probably would, sir. i probably would. that s congressional testimony from february 1940. the witness, the guy testifying is this guy, who is a little crazy looking, right? it is a small blessing in these matters to have the person that is this crazy and dangerous actually look this crazy and dangerous. his name is william dudley pelley. he was an american and he said publically that the day hitler was appointed chancellor in germany, he, william pelley, had a vision, a revelation, that if hitler could do it there, he could do it here. the day hitler became chancellor in germany, he wanted to do here what hitler was doing in his country. most especially when it came to the treatment of jewish people. and they were called the silver shirts. hitler had his brown shirt, street fighting fascist thugs. dudley was like, o
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you don t look quite kooky enough. this guy was george deatherage. a conference was convened in 1938 in germany called the world conference of anti-semimites. and this american guy was invited to germany to come speak at that conference. he came home from that conference in 1938 and by 1939 he and his colleagues planned a nationwide group of armed cells meeting, training amassing guns and ammunition with a plan that they would all act simultaneously, right after the 1940 election to kill american jews and to take over the u.s. government by force and install a hitler style government in the united states. if you want to learn more about any of this stuff, i highly commend to you a couple of really good, fairly recent books