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TIL of the Samoan branch of the Nazi Party. Support for the Nazi Party was strongest among mixed-race settlers of German descent in the territory. The branch was criticized by the German consul to New Zealand, Walter Hellenthal, over its poor organisation and the racial make-up of its members

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