(part 1) Discussion of Rockwell's murder trial |
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Karl R. Allen (b. 1931), native of Tallahassee, Florida had been appointed new Deputy Commander of the American Nazi Party shortly after Rockwell returned from Britain in September 1962. However, Allen soon rejected Rockwell's preference for Hitler. He seceded and founded his American White Party later in April 1964, about three years before Rockwell's assassination.
Object Description
| Event | Interview. Speaking about the murder of George Lincoln Rockwell |
| Speaker | Allen, Karl R., b. 1931 |
| Affiliation | American Nazi Party |
| Date of event | 1969-04-26 |
| File number | ve108co |
| Collection | Voices of Extremism: Conflicting Ideologies in United States Politics in the Decades Following WWII |
| Image permission | Courtesy of College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University |
| Copyright | Copyright 2013, Illinois State University. All rights reserved. |
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| Event | (part 1) Discussion of Rockwell's murder trial |
| Background | Karl R. Allen, a former deputy commander of the American Nazi Party (ANP), is interviewed about the murder of George Lincoln Rockwell in 1967. Allen maintains that the convicted murderer, John Patler, is innocent. In the course of the discussion Allen reveals interesting details about the ANP headquarters and its infighting, introduces other possible murder suspects and/or groups, the succession of ANP leadership and his own White Party of America. |
| Speaker | Allen, Karl R., b. 1931 |
| Affiliation | American Nazi Party |
| Biography | Karl R. Allen (b. 1931), native of Tallahassee, Florida had been appointed new Deputy Commander of the American Nazi Party shortly after Rockwell returned from Britain in September 1962. However, Allen soon rejected Rockwell's preference for Hitler. He seceded and founded his American White Party later in April 1964, about three years before Rockwell's assassination. |
| Location of event | Alexandria (Va.) |
| Country | United States |
| Interviewer | Hall, Gordon D. |
| Date of event | 1969-04-26 |
| Transcript | https://library.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/assets/digital-collections/voices-of-extremism/ve108a.pdf |
| Run time | 0:18:53 |
| Subject |
American Nazi Party Conservatism--United States Fascism--United States National Socialism--United States |
| Subject [name] |
Patler, John Rockwell, George Lincoln, 1918-1967 |
| Media type | MPEG Audio Layer 3 (MP3) |
| Original physical format | Reel-to-Reel Tapes |
| File number | ve108a |
| Repository | Illinois State University, Milner Library |
| Collection | Voices of Extremism: Conflicting Ideologies in United States Politics in the Decades Following WWII |
| Image permission | Courtesy of College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University |
| Copyright | Copyright 2013, Illinois State University. All rights reserved. |
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