American Nazi Party
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Scope and Content
A collection of pamphlets, brochures, flyers, magazines, newspapers, and printed ephemera discussing various right-wing political topics, including anti-communist activities, the American Nazi Party and white supremacy, anti-semitism, racism, conservative economic policies, and religion. Also includes a few left wing publications.
Dates
- Creation: 1917 - 1983
Creator
- From the Collection: American Nazi Party (Organization)
- From the Collection: American Security Council (Organization)
- From the Collection: American Volunteer Groups (Harbor City, Calif.) (Organization)
- From the Collection: America's Future (Organization) (Organization)
- From the Collection: American Economic Foundation (Organization)
- From the Collection: Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (Organization)
- From the Collection: California Free Enterprise Association (Organization)
- From the Collection: Christian Crusade (Organization)
- From the Collection: Christian Nationalist Crusade (Organization)
- From the Collection: Cinema Educational Guild (Organization)
- From the Collection: Citizens' Councils of America (Organization)
- From the Collection: Edmondson, Robert Edward (Person)
- From the Collection: Fox, Charles (Person)
- From the Collection: Koch, Edward A. (Person)
- From the Collection: Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) (Organization)
- From the Collection: Minutemen (Organization) (Organization)
- From the Collection: National Socialist White People's Party (Organization)
- From the Collection: Rockwell, George Lincoln (Person)
- From the Collection: Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Organization)
- From the Collection: Smoot, Dan (Person)
- From the Collection: Sons of Liberty (Hollywood, Calif.) (Organization)
- From the Collection: United Community Churches of America (Organization)
- From the Collection: U.S.ENGLISH (Organization) (Organization)
- From the Collection: White Aryan Resistance (Organization)
- From the Collection: Women of the Ku Klux Klan (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Historical note
The American Nazi Party (ANP) was an American political party founded by George Lincoln Rockwell and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Rockwell initially called it the World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists (WUFENS), but later renamed it the American Nazi Party in 1960 in order to attract more media attention. The party was based largely upon the ideals and policies of Adolf Hitler's National Socialist German Worker's Party in Germany during the Third Reich, but it also expressed allegiance to the Constitutional principles of the American Founding Fathers. It also espoused Holocaust denial. Rockwell began to experience some financial success with paid speaking engagements at universities where he was invited to express his controversial views as exercises in free speech. He subsequently recast the group as a legitimate political party by toning down the verbal and written attacks against non-whites, replacing the party rallying cry of "Sieg Heil!" with "White Power!", limiting public display of the swastika, and entering candidates in local elections. On January 1, 1967 Rockwell renamed the ANP to the National Socialist White People's Party (NSWPP), a move that alienated some hard-line members. Before he could fully implement party reforms, Rockwell was assassinated on August 25, 1967 by a disgruntled follower. [Adapted from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Nazi_Party]
Extent
From the Collection: 20.52 Linear Feet (20 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu