Bohemian Grove

Bohemian Grove is an approximately 11 square kilometers of land in 20601 Bohemian Ave, in the area around Monte Rio, California. Since 1899 congregate here exclusively male members of the "Bohemian Club" who are recruited mainly from the U.S. elite in politics, business, art and media to a 14-day retreat with events of all kinds, the exclusivity of the club by the waiting time after application for membership significantly, which should be 15 to 20 years, as a rule, whereby urgent applications with only three years of waiting, in exceptional cases are possible. In any case, at least two active members ( cooptation ) to recommend candidates for inclusion. An admission fee of $ 25,000 and more years of payments are due at success. Guests are also allowed to visit, with a rigorous " people - screening " of participation precedes.

It took Ernest O. Lawrence and out of various high-ranking military officers, the president of Harvard and representatives of Standard Oil and General Electric to it in part. Among the regular visitors of the Bohemian Grove event, which begins in mid- July and three weekends included, heard or include Helmut Schmidt, Henry Kissinger, Alan Greenspan, Richard Nixon, George Bush Sr., George Bush Jr. and Arnold Schwarzenegger.