@article{951, keywords = {Germans, Ethnic groups, German language, Youth, World War II, Newspapers, Ethnic identity, Associations and clubs, Deutscher Bund Canada, Deutsche Zeitung, National socialism}, author = {Jonathan Wagner}, title = {The Deutscher Bund Canada 1934-39}, abstract = {A history of the pro-Nazi German-Canadian organization, founded by five men associated with Waterloo: Ernst Kopf, Otto Geisler, Georg Messer, Paul Lechscheidt and Karl Gerhard. Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo were the most active Ontario centres, but the real strength of the Bund was in Western Canada. The Kitchener-Waterloo group challenged the leadership of Gerhard, who was forced to resign in 1935. The society's failure is attributed to the strength of the German-Canadians' ties to Canada.}, year = {1977}, journal = {Canadian Historical Review}, volume = {58}, number = {Journal Article}, pages = {176-200, }, language = {English}, }