An old building at 822 Garrison in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The original paint was done sometime before
An old building at 822 Garrison in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The original paint was done sometime before the 1920s, yet residents still feared that this was a Nazi recruitment center during World War II - despite seeing the building and paint for decades before. It shows you how powerful fear can be.During the 1920s and 1930s, the building was occupied by a Jewish-owned business owned by the Pollock family. The swastikas were patched over during WWII with veneer and revealed many decades later - some time in the 1980s. The owner of the building is using it as a reminder of the swastika’s history and trying to educate the locals. Bottom photo from here. -- source link
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