On this day, March 5, in 1937

The American Government issued an apology to Nazi Germany for a derogatory statement that Mayor LaGuardia made about Adolph Hitler. Earlier that year, in a speech, the New York Mayor referred to Hitler as a "brown-shirted fanatic". LaGuardia openly showed his objection to Germany's presence at the upcoming New York World's Fair. He encouraged the creation of a special pavilion for Germany, called "a chamber of horrors." Mayor LaGuardia is one of the most outspoken politicians that the US has seen, and he was a very early critic of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Regime.