80 years ago on February 20th 1939, 20,000 people attended what was for all intents and

purposes a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden.

In 2017, I did a story that took place on that night, and I am re-releasing it here both

to mark that anniversary and to let it play out again at a time when anti-Semitic and

white supremacist violence and speech are on the rise.

I'm also re-releasing it because I think that what often happens with memory of palace

episodes is some of you will listen to it and then want to go and learn more and who

can blame you.

And so today, we are going to do that.

It's the first time I've done this and I'm excited about it.

Immediately following this episode, the year Hank Greenberg hit 58 home runs, I'm going

to play a new story about that rally produced by my dear friends at Radio Diaries, little

one to punch as it were.

You can subscribe to their podcast, you can find out even more about the rally and the

events of 80 years ago, and you can listen to literally two decades worth of some of the

greatest audio stories ever produced at RadioDiaries.org.

This is the memory palace.

I'm Nate Dimao.

The year Hank Greenberg hit 58 home runs to lead the major leagues, he batted 315, scored

143 runs, drove in 147, and had an OPS of 1.122 if that means anything to you.

If it doesn't, just know that it's very, very good.

He meant something close to everything to Jewish Americans, like Joe Demaggio with Italian

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