American Nazi Party

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The American Nazi Party is a group which formed on March 8, 1959 by George Lincoln Rockwell with the intent of reviving Nazism in the United States. The organization was headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and maintained a bookstore and visitor's center at 2507 North Franklin Road (now a coffeehouse). The organization was based largely upon the ideals and policies of Adolf Hitler's NSDAP in Germany during the Third Reich. In 1967 Rockwell was assassinated by a disgruntled party member. The group was renamed the National Socialist White People's Party (NSWPP) a few months before Rockwell's assassination. Matt Koehl became Rockwell's successor.^[1][2] The party published racist cartoon books portraying white men fighting and defending white school children allegedly oppressed by African-Americans (who were caricatured as being ignorant and violent). These cartoon books were distributed to high school students in school parking lots. In 1970, NSWPP member Frank Collin, broke away from the group and founded the National Socialist Party of America which became famous due to its attempt to march through Skokie, Illinois; a community with a large Jewish population that includes numerous survivors of the Holocaust. This event is referred to in the film The Blues Brothers. Collin's goal was to lead demonstrations in Chicago's Marquette Park area, and he targeted Skokie in an attempt to get access to Marquette Park without posting a large insurance bond. Collin was eventually convicted and sent to prison in 1979 on charges of child molestation.^[3]

Other similar groups

The American Nazi Party mantle has been taken up by a few small, often one-man, organizations, such James Burford's in Chicago and John Bishop's in Iowa.^[4] A new group claiming the name American Nazi Party has been launched, and according to its website, "The American Nazi Party is a Political-Educational Association, dedicated to the 14 Words". The organization also states that it is "committed to bringing American National Socialism, first created and embodied by our late Commander George Lincoln Rockwell, out of the past Phase One activities which at the time served their purpose well, and into the 21st century." The National Socialist Movement uses the closely related name: America's Nazi Party.

See also

• Neo-Nazism
• Neo-Nazi groups of the United States
• German-American Bund
• Neo-völkisch movements

External links

• Official website of the revived ANP
• Official website of the National Socialist Movement (This group is different from the revived ANP, but sometimes does co-use the same or similar name)