The local Nazi stormtroopers will find themselves a nice, quite camp in New Jersey, where during the summer they may “harden themselves for further struggles.”
This announcement appears in the current issue of the Deutsche Zeitung, organ of the Nazis, with an appeal for funds and furnishings with which to provide the stormtroopers a summer home. It is signed by Stormtrooper Gau Fuehrer (which in the original Nazi organization means “Divisional Commander) Joseph Schuster of Brooklyn.
The stormtroopers in this country call themselves O. D. or Ordnung Dienst, which they interpret to mean “ushers.” They are dressed in uniforms almost identical with those of the stormtroopers of Germany. Their drills are precisely the same. It is understood that they are led for the most part by non-Americans. Schuster is not a citizen of this country.
The appeal is translated as follow:
“Notice!
“We have long sought an opportunity to provide for our storm trooper comrades a summer place. It so happens that in New Jersey is a finely situated place for rent, in which the men of the stormtroops may rest and harden themselves for further struggles or fights).
“We have sent a request today to all members of the Friends of New Germany and their friends to help us make this Stormtrooper home as comfortable as possible. We will be thankful for mess kits, dishes, chairs, tables, beds, bed covers, tent covers, in fact, everything which can be applied to the home. We ask every one who can help in any way to report at the Divisional offices at 533 Knickerbockers avenue, Brooklyn.
“We all know that a worthwhile instrument to our movement are the stromtroopers, who help where help can be given not only with money and time but also by placing at the disposal of their people even their lives. Show the stormtroopers that the friends of the movement are convinced that the stormtrooper comrades require the peace and the strength building facilities of the summer months so that during the coming Winter they may take active part in affairs and march against the enemies of Germany.
“Storm hail! and Victory!”
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS
From whence the stromtroopers come is a secret that the Nazis will not disclose. The living in Yorkville say that they can be found at almost any hour of the day loitering n the cafes and amusement resorts of the section.
Who maintains the stormtroopers during the winter months when they are not “resting’ in summer camp is another affair that is deemed to concern Nazis exclusively. Some sources of information insinuate that the Friends of New Germany, employing the stormtroopers as bouncers at so much per bounce, constitute their principal source of income. It is known that the numerous “Spendes,” which have become quite as common in Yorkville as in Berlin go towards the upkeep of the stormtroopers here as in Germany. Spenders re collected by little girls in Hitlerjugend uniform and the purpose of the campaign is set forth as “our fighting fund.”
In the New York area there are approximately 1,500 stormtroopers. They preserve order at meetings of the friends of New Germany, take tickets and march in goosestep.
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