59 Years ago....

In May of 1950, something happened in Mosinee, Wisconsin, a small town of about 8,000people. Joseph Kornfeder, a former Communist leader, came into the town. He agreed with the town leaders to have a mock-Communist takover. And he was to be the leader for the day.
They "murdered" the mayor, and herded all known Civic and Church leaders into the town jail. They they herded many of the buisnessmen and workers into a "concentration camp".
Kornfeder then made the theaters in the town play Russian-translated Propoganda. Then all of the town members not in the "camp" were made to watch a "Red Parade". The point of all this was to show the evils of Communism. Here are some of the pictures taken:



Bottom right — The city’s civic and religious leaders were herded behind fences and guarded by “communist” soldiers.

Bottom left — The theater was taken over by the “communists” as they played propaganda on the big screen.

Top left — A picture of Joseph Kornfeder, the former communist leader who "took-over" Mosinee for a day.


Top (Left to Right) —Mosinee Mayor, Kronenwetter is being taken from his home by “communist soldiers,” the soldiers interrogate the city’s chief of police and towns-people watched as a “Red Parade” marches by.

Bottom — Many of the town’s businessmen and citizens were herded off to a “concentration camp.”