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Justice Department Establishes Klan Collaboration with Nazi Bund; Plans Prosecution

October 2, 1946
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Evidence proving that the Ku Klux Klan and the German-American Bund collaborated between 1937 and 1941 “to promote racial and religious dissension” was reported today by the Justice Department.

An official who had studied the evidence announced that it established definitely the links between the Klan and the Bund. He revealed that the Justice Department is planning to institute swift prosecution of the Klan, should it be found that federal laws have been violated.

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