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Emily Hall Tremaine - crazy Nazi / anti-Nazi media coverage (1940)
"He's a Nazi, no SHE IS!" Before WWII, the legendary post-WWII art collector was the original It Girl. Look at how it all went crazy when she tried to divorce her dodgy year-long second husband. The timing two months before the 1940 presidential election prompting discussion is indeed interesting.

> At artdesigncafe
> At Connecticut Centinal
> More at Centinal
> At US Nazi History News
> Audio at YouTube
* Famous sites include the Hotel del Coronado (San Diego area), Emily's villa (Montecito) & Spreckels Mansion (San Francisco)

Philip Johnson: "Sex and Nazis can do quite well"
Primary sources, a media compilation, and a lot of questions still about the disgraced architect, curator, and Nazi agent. Among substantial gaps of time unaccounted for, Johnson claimed to be in hospital for weeks with gonorrhea, during his High Nazi period, which could be true, or creatively gross smoke and mirrors.

> Media compilation at ADC
> At the Connecticut Centinal (parts 2-4)
> More at Centinal
> FBI file (Johnson)
> Audio on YouTube
> See "Cleveland - Detroit - Chicago Nazi madness" below
> See "NaziMoMA" below

US elites behaving badly: The shocking tour of a British royal / Hitler ally across America in Spring 1940
Why did hundreds of American socialites across the US attend events in honor of this man? Did Philip Johnson? Any Rockefellers? Wallis Simpson's pal (and early biographer) hosted him in Cleveland. Who went to these dodgy, flash events and who didn't?

> At Armed Forces Press
> At artdesigncafe (w/ seized / declassified intell)
> At the Connecticut Centinal (parts 1-2)
> Secret deposition (Tremaine)
> Declassified German intelligence (SoCal)
> Emily focus: Audio at YouTube
> Shocking 2-min video intro about the Duke - YouTube
* Includes events at Waldorf-Astoria (NY), Drake Hotel (Chicago), Beverly Hills Hotel; visits to Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., even Mount Vernon (see below) and more




The curious, unearthed "NaziMoMA" strand (1932-45)
In addition to Philip Johnson, it's fascinating that the Modern Architecture history world failed to tell us, or pick up on, that a later-convicted N a z i war criminal was a patron of the landmark 1932 architecture show.
And that's for starters.


> At ADC / The Centinal

Madison, CT neighbors versus Tremaine Foundation zoning battle continues in Meriden, CT; Considered a top international architectural world controversy in 2024
DELAYED in the CT Superior Court, will the biggest arts scandal of the 21st century in CT be decided by Spring 2026, or not? Starring ex-N a z i Philip Johnson; the fabulous c. 1940 anti-N a z i whistleblower / Modern art collector Emily Hall Tremaine (1908-87); and today's finest in CT.

> At Connecticut Centinal
> More at Centinal
> Multiple Madison PZC meetings - archive.org (scroll down)
> Filings at CT Superior Court
> At Architect's Newspaper
> At Architect's Newspaper (top 2024)

SHOCKING: Even Mt Vernon Staff Unfamiliar With Genocidal Nazi Duke's History & Tour Of America In Spring 1940; He's Listed As A "Famous" Visitor On Their Website!
What was AND is UP at Mount Vernon? Oh look, more is soon on the way... can't we leave George Washington out of this?

> At Armed Forces Press
> See "US elites behaving badly: The shocking tour of a British royal / Hitler ally across America in Spring 1940" above




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LISTEN - Emily Hall Tremaine, CT Art Lady & Santa Barbara Museum Of Art Opening, 1941; A "Nazi, Nazi, Who Was The Nazi" Love Story
How far would you go for your true love?

> At the Connecticut Centinal
> R. Preece's letter to Madison PZC
> Audio on YouTube

A Call To Declassify The Nazi-era Naval Intelligence For The San Francisco District (1933-42)
No more govt-protected, elite California family secrets. WHO has kept the files classified, and WHY? Starring former German N a z i consuls to SF, their opportunistic American allies in business, high society and culture, supportive elements in the working class, their German and American victims— and Emily Hall Tremaine.

> At Armed Forces Press
> At Connecticut Centinal
> At US Nazi History News
> At artdesigncafe

Nazis in New Orleans, Texas and Mexico
Listen to Bradley Hart's important and well-placed talk. Yes, it's time to closely look at Nazi German consuls across the US, their activity, and their supportive American friends.

> At Armed Forces Press




Charles Bedaux file

Cleveland - Detroit - Chicago Nazi madness
Charles Bedaux, Homer Johnson, Philip Johnson, Aileen Winslow, Burton Tremaine and others: what were they up to in 1930s Cleveland? Nazi, Nazi, who was pro-Nazi?

> At the Connecticut Centinal (parts 2-4)
> At the Connecticut Centinal (Bedaux)
> At Armed Forces Press
> At artdesigncafe (Tremaine)
> Audio on YouTube (Johnson)
> Nazi duke tour - CLE - DET - CHI
> FBI file (Johnson)

Leni Riefenstahl’s shocking tour of America (1938-39)
Was Leni’s two-month trip to the U. S. the worst press junket of the 20th century? She arrived in New York just days before Kristallnacht, and then told afterwards by a German consul to go home. But no, she went on, and on, from New York all the way to California for weeks, with many journalists watching her every move. With stacks of very negative publicity, she eventually went back to New York and then Germany.

> At artdesigncafe
> Meeting Emily focus: At the Centinal
> Emily focus: US Nazi History News
> Secret deposition (Tremaine)
> Emily focus: Audio on YouTube

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Nazis in California: Emily Hall Tremaine fights back (1933-45)
Before WWII, was the legendary art collector pro-Nazi, a US patriot-spy, or both? At this juncture, prior to completing intelligence dives in US, UK and Germany, ADC thinks that Emily was an informal US spy, and possibly an unlikely American hero. The key to the mystery is the legendary Ellis M. Zacharias at US Naval Intell. Deep dive on him and you'll understand why.

> At artdesigncafe
> At Connecticut Centinal
> More at Centinal
> Audio at YouTube
> Secret deposition (Tremaine)
> R. Preece's letter to Madison PZC
> Zacharias in "Hitler in LA"
> Zacharias in "Beverly Hills Spy"
> "Secret Missions" by Zacharias







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