Fritz Julius Kuhn
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Kuhn in 1938
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Fritz Julius Kuhn May 15, 1896 Munich, Germany |
| Died | December 14, 1951 (aged 55) Munich, Germany |
| Known for | German American Bund |
| Spouse(s) | Elsa |
| Children | Walter, Waltraut |
| Parent(s) | Georg Kuhn Julia Justyna Beuth |
Fritz Julius Kuhn (May 15, 1896 – December 14, 1951) was the leader of the German American Bund, prior to World War II. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1934, but his citizenship was cancelled in 1943 and he was deported in 1945. He was an American supporter of the German Nazi government led by Adolf Hitler that ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.
Kuhn was born in Munich, Germany on May 15, 1896, the son of Georg Kuhn and Julia Justyna Beuth. During World War I, Kuhn earned an Iron Cross as a German infantry lieutenant. After the war, he graduated from the Technical University of Munich with a master's degree in chemical engineering. In the 1920s, Kuhn moved to Mexico. In 1928, he moved to the United States and, in 1934, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
After a Congressional committee headed by Samuel Dickstein concluded that the Friends of New Germany organization supported a branch of German dictator Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party in the United States, the Friends disbanded. However, in March 1936, the German American Bund was established in Buffalo, New York as a follow-up organization for the Friends. The Bund elected the German-born American citizen Kuhn as its leader (Bundesführer). Kuhn was initially effective as a leader and was able to unite the organization and expand its membership but came to be seen simply as an incompetent swindler and liar.
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