George Lincoln Rockwell (March 9, 1918 - August 25, 1967) was the founder and Commander of the American Nazi Party and perhaps the most prominent American neo-Nazi leader.

Biography

Early life

Born in Bloomington, Illinois of English-Scottish father (George Lovejoy Rockwell ) and a German-French descended mother (Claire Schade Rockwell ). Rockwell grew up with divorced parents, both of whom were famous vaudeville comedians and actors, where he learned his skills for speaking to and working with crowds. He studied at Hebron Academy in Lewison, Maine . After quiting Brown University following his sophomore year, he joined the U.S. Navy where he served throughout the Second World War.

Politics

Rockwell heard radio broadcasts by Joseph McCarthy and supported Douglas MacArthur's nomination for Republican candidate for President of the United States. He attended a Gerald L.K. Smith rally and read Common Sense newspaper becoming introduced to the Jewish Question . He read Mein Kampf and was instantly converted to National Socialist belief. In 1952 he was posted to the US Naval Air Base in Keflavik , Iceland, where he met and married his second wife (Thora Hallgrimson ), and honeymooned in Berchtesgaden. On March 8, 1959, he founded the American Nazi Party, under whose banner he ran for governor of Virginia in 1965.

Assassination

After giving many speeches that led to riots, Rockwell was gunned down in his car in Arlington, Virginia by John Patler , a disgruntled ex-party member whom he accused of trying to insert Marxist propaganda into the newsletter of the party, The Stormtrooper . His body was denied burial at Culpepper National Cemetery , his remains were cremated at Arlington.

Today

Many of Rockwell's writings are available through the Internet today.

Portrayals

Rockwell was portrayed by Marlon Brando in the miniseries .

Works

• In Hoc Signo Vinces , a political manifesto (World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists , 1960)
• How to get out or stay out of the insane asylum , recounts his experience of being sentenced to thirty days oberservation [1] (American Nazi Party, 1960)
• This Time The World , his autobiography (written 1960; White Power Publications , 1979; Liberty Bell Publications , 2004, ISBN 1593640145).
• White Power (written 1967; John McLaughlin, 1996, ISBN 0965649288)

References

• Hate : George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party by William H. Schmaltz (Brasseys, Inc. , 2001, ISBN 1574882627).
• American Fuehrer : George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party by Frederick James Simonelli (University of Illinois Press, 1999, ISBN 0252022858).
• Siege : The Collected Writings of James Mason by James Mason (Appendix III contains Mason's "George Lincoln Rockwell: A Sketch of His Life and Career"; introduced by Ryan Schuster , Black Sun Publications , ISBN 0972440801)

External links

• "Who was George Lincoln Rockwell?" by A.V. Schaerffenberg at the American Nazi Party website.
• "Lincoln Rockwell: A National Socialist Life" by Dr. William Pierce
• "Why Kennedy Was Killed" by Robert Burns aka James Mason
• Transcript of interview with Rockwell in Playboy Magazine conducted by Alex Haley, introduced thusly.
• "George Lincoln Rockwell and the Church of Racism" Myles B. Kantor interview with Frederick J. Simonelli (Jan. 24, 2003)
• This Time The World, by Lincoln Rockwell.
• Excerpts from This Time The World, including photos.
• White Power, Rockwell's final book where he explained what he was about.
• American Fuehrer: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party review by Katharine Whittemore at salon.com.
• "Nazi's In America", a commentary and review of Hate by Myrna Estep , ph.D.
• "Capitalist Conflicts and the Nation of Islam" from the Progressive Labor Party recounts Rockwell's involvement.
• A telegram to Rockwell from Malcolm X, 1965
• "When Hate Came to Town: New Orleans' Jews and George Lincoln Rockwell" by Lawrence N. Powell in American Jewish History (85.4, 1997, pp. 393-419)
• "Blast from the Past: George Lincoln Rockwell" by David Maurer in Daily Progress , August 24, 2003)