AKA George Lincoln Rockwell

Born: 9-Mar-1918
Birthplace: Bloomington, IL
Died: 25-Aug-1967
Location of death: Arlington, VA
Cause of death: Assassination [1]
Remains: Cremated

Gender: Male
Religion: Agnostic [2]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founded American Nazi Party

Military service: US Navy (WWII 1940-1945, Korean War)

Mistakenly believed Pablo Picasso to be Jewish. Visited Ezra Pound during the psychiatric hospital years. Picketed the White House with a placard reading "SAVE IKE FROM THE KIKES!" protesting Dwight D. Eisenhower's deployment of troops to the Middle East. Invented the phrase "White Power" in 1966 during a debate with Black Panther Stokely Carmichael. Heralded Elijah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam as the "Black people's Hitler."

[2] "I am an agnostic, which means that to all proposals and explanations of the mysteries of life and eternity, I say, 'I do not know and I don't believe you or any other human does either.'"

Father: George Lovejoy Rockwell (Vaudeville comedian, estranged)
Mother: Claire Schade Rockwell (Vaudeville comedienne)
Brother: (estranged)
Sister: (estranged)
Wife: Judy Aultman (m. 24-Apr-1943, div. 1953, two children)
Wife: Thora Halgrimmson (m. 3-Oct-1953, ex-, four children, daughter of Bishop of Iceland)
Son: Ricky
Daughter: Jeannie (b. 28-Oct)

    High School: Atlantic City High School, Atlantic City, NJ (dropped out)
    High School: Central High School, Providence, RI
    High School: Hebron Academy, Hebron, ME
    University: Brown University, Providence, RI (1938, dropped out)
    University: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (1945, dropped out)

    American Nazi Party Founder
    White Supremacists
    National Review
    Psychiatric Observation
    Disorderly Conduct Washington, DC (3-Jul-1960)
    Criminal Mischief New Orleans (23-May-1961), overturned
    Deported from England (Aug-1962)
    Failure to Pay Child Support
    Shot 25-Aug-1967 (Arlington, VA)
    Assisted by the ACLU New York City (1960)
    French Ancestry
    English Ancestry
    Scottish Ancestry
    German Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Smoking

Is the subject of books:
American Fuehrer: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party, 1999, BY: Frederick J. Simonelli
Hate: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party, 1999, BY: William H. Schmaltz

Author of books:
In Hoc Signo Vinces (1960, pamphlet)
How to get out or stay out of the insane asylum (1960, pamphlet)
This Time The World (1961, autobiography)
White Power (1967)

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