It's the Norweigian Minnesotan settlers against the new German immigrants. The 1920's = a lot of anti-German sentiments, and even those with German heiritage deny it a bit.
"No, no, no. I'm an American. My mother's mother was German, my mother's father was Irish, my father has Ojibwa blood. But I, I'm an American"
It was interesting to see prejudice played out between white europeans. It seems so silly now. Hopefully future generations the prejudice think the same of the prejudices we see now...
