The Stormtrooper, September-October 1964

Patler, John (editor)

Edité par American Nazi Party, Arlington, 1964

A propos de cet article

An issue of the American Nazi Party's crass, irregularly published magazine that began in February 1962 and ceased in 1968, soon after George Lincoln Rockwell's assassination by The Stormtrooper's long-time editor, John Patler (b. Patsalos). The magazine superseded the organization's short-lived National Socialist Bulletin and was published alongside the more "refined" Rockwell Report as the two official publications. As Rockwell biographer William Schmaltz notes, "The Stormtrooper was purposely designed to be brutal and shocking, in order to force attention to it. [Rockwell] needed to instill in the 'public mind' the image of his all-out hostility toward Jews and blacks, regardless of the cost in terms of pseudo-intellectual support" (p. 180, Hate: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party). Content for this issue includes an offensive centerfold poster depicting a "special [barber] kit" for cutting black hair, Rockwell's editorial, "From the Desk of the Commander," an interview with stormtrooper Donald Baker, an article on black crime, Nazi Hatelets, the Party's Combat Reports, an international Nazi section, reader letters, a profile of long-time Party member Alan Welch, etc. This issue was edited by John Patler who was the magazine's longest-serving editor and it was his inability to publish more than two issues a year that was cited as one of the reasons for his ouster from the Party in 1967 (which in turn led to Rockwell's assassination by Patler in August of that year). A portrait of Rockwell graced the cover of the Autumn 1967 issue and only one further issue was published in 1968 before the Party turned its attention to its tabloid newspaper, White Power. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (8 ¼" x 5 ¼") printed in color, 36 pp., heavily illustrated. Staples rusty, else a fine copy.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Stormtrooper, September-October 1964
• Éditeur: American Nazi Party, Arlington
• Date de parution: 1964
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • National Socialism
  • Racism & Racialism
  • Anti-Semitism