Long before World War II ended in Europe, Nazi ideology had already found supporters in St. Louis — a hidden chapter of local history now explored in “Nazis Next Door St. Louis,” a new exhibition at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum.
There were rallies. Propaganda. Youth indoctrination efforts. Public organizing. Downtown protests. Local residents arguing over whether Nazism represented a dangerous movement or simply another political viewpoint protected by free speech.
And in some of the most unsettling images preserved from the era, Nazis marched openly in St. Louis streets and parks…