Free Society of Teutonia
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The Free Society of Teutonia was a German American organisation that was associated with a strong support for Nazism.
The FST was formed in 1924 by four German immigrants, including Nazi Party members Fritz and Peter Gissibl [1], based in Detroit. Initially functioning as a club, the FST soon raised a group of militants based on the SA and, with membership increasing, became leading critics of Jews, communism and the Treaty of Versailles. [2]
The group gained a strong, if fairly small following, and spawned the Friends of the Hitler Movement, a group for those without German connections who nonetheless sympathised with the Nazis. [3] After working closely with the Friends of New Germany the Free Society was ultimately absorbed into the German American Bund in 1936.
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