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country's taraest Onsp'uppe (Iocalpoup) with 170 members. Not as 1.arJe. but still
very active, were the Toronto and Kite:bener-Watetloo centres. None. however. were
as active as those in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Less than 5 per cent of Bund
members were also members of the N.S.D.A.P.• a number reduced throu.&h German
directives that members of the N.S.D.A.P. must be German citizens and that they
were forbiddeft from activity in Volbdeut:sc:be orpnizations like the Bund.
[nterestinlly, two Bwxl Ortsgruppen in Vm:::ollYer 'II'ere liquidated and transformed
into D.A.F. locals as most 0( their members 'W'erC German citizens. im:1udina
employees of the Get'nwI Su:amship tiDes. 1bere were two main types of Bund
activities: meetings and activities limited 10 Bww1 members. and events open to the
general public. Both types of activities had a purpose. the ftnt to keep BuDd
members devoted. the second to brina Nazi propaaanda to the German-Canadian
community.
Tbe 8uDd was dominalec1 by two maiD fi&u;tts: Kart Gcrbatd of Moncreal and.
Bembard &oct of WlMipq:. Gerhard was a key 8wld fi&ure from 1934 10 1936,
while Bou's imponanc:e iDcreaed from 1936 10 1939. Gerbard was one of the rM:
men involved iD the crearion of die 8und and sublequendy became its leader. After
two !rips to GcnDaDy, Gerhard aIIo became IeIder of the fJedalina N.S.D.A.P. This
dual role forced Gerhard into conflictinl roles and he cDded up resilnina from the
Bund in October 1935. Seeina himself as the National Fuhret. Gerhard ran inw
problems with Monaea.I Consul Ludwia KempfI'. Gerbud faced rebellion from Bund.
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