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George Lincoln Rockwell
1967Aug, 25

George Lincoln Rockwell

George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
George Lincoln Rockwell (March 9, 1918 – August 25, 1967) was an American Neo-Nazi politician. Formerly a member of the United States Navy achieving the rank of Commander, he was discharged from the military in 1959 because of his political views. He then founded the American Nazi Party.

Rockwell denied the Holocaust and believed that Martin Luther King Jr. was a tool for Jewish Communists wanting to rule the white community. He blamed the civil rights movement on the Jews. He regarded Adolf Hitler as the "White savior of the twentieth century". He viewed black people as a primitive, lethargic race who desired only simple pleasures and a life of irresponsibility and supported the resettlement of all African Americans in a new African state to be funded by the U.S. government. As a supporter of racial segregation, he agreed with and quoted many leaders of the Black nationalism movement such as Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X. In later years, Rockwell became increasingly aligned with other Neo-Nazi groups, leading the World Union of National Socialists.

On August 25, 1967, Rockwell was shot and killed in Arlington by John Patler, a party member expelled by Rockwell for alleged "Bolshevik leanings".

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