28-year-old Richard Holzer will be spending the next two decades of his life in prison after he pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up a Colorado synagogue, the Department of Justice announced on Saturday. “Holzer pleaded guilty to intentionally attempting to obstruct persons in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs, through force…
As photos and videos of the insurrection at the Capitol trickled out of Washington, D.C., a pattern emerged — well-known antisemites and their symbols were at the uprising or cheering it on from afar. That guy’s hoodie says “Camp Auschwitz.” https://t.co/I2hwHZ1MsD — Matt Ford (@fordm) January 6, 2021 Here’s a guide to some of the…
Read this article in Yiddish. In the last months, neo-Nazis have become more brazen, demonstrating openly in public, particularly at anti-coronavirus rallies – or Anti-Corona-Demos, as we call them in German. The rallies aren’t just anti-lockdown, they tackle everything which has to do with the virus, including denying that it exists. Most of these demonstrations…
A member of the Neo-Nazi group known as Atomwaffen who conspired with other white supremacists to threaten Jewish journalists was sentenced to 16 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to interference with federally-protected activities because of religion, mailing threatening communications and cyberstalking. In January, Johnny Roman Garza, a resident…
The self-proclaimed leader of the white supremacist group “The Base,” was arrested in Michigan last week and charged with multiple felonies according to a statement from Michigan’s attorney general, Dana Nessel. The Base is an online Neo-Nazi group with members around the country. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center it is made up of…
A group of neo-Nazis and domestic terrorists called The Base whose members vandalized a Wisconsin synagogue in 2019 are recruiting on social media platforms, on messaging apps and even in video games, according to new podcast episodes out Thursday from the Southern Poverty Law Center. “It’s all done quite openly,” said the co-host of the…
The trial of a young man accused of vandalizing a synagogue has revealed the thought process behind a neo-Nazi group’s decision last fall to accelerate its activities. Yousef Omar Barasneh, 22, a member of the group known as the Base, pleaded guilty last month to spray-painting anti-Semitic messages and swastikas on the walls of the…
Morris Gulett, leader of a Louisiana chapter of the neo-Nazi group the Aryan Nations, has donated at least $2,000 to Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign — and the campaign has not returned any of the money. Gulett made 29 separate donations from 2017 through May 2020, according to recent election filings reviewed by Popular Information. He…
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