World Union of National Socialists

The World Union of National Socialists was an organisation founded in 1962 as an umbrella group for neo-Nazi organisations across the globe.

History

The movement came about when the leader of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell, visited England and met with National Socialist Movement chief Colin Jordan and the two agreed to work towards developing an international link-up between movements. This resulted in the 1962 Cotswold Declaration which was signed by neo-Nazis from the United States, Britain, France, West Germany, Austria and Belgium. More member nations would join later throughout the decade including Argentina, Australia, Chile, Ireland, South Africa, Japan and others.

Following Rockwell's assassination in 1967, control of the WUNS passed to Matt Koehl, who attempted to extend the influence of the group by appointing Danish neo-Nazi Povl Riis-Knudsen as general secretary. However a split began to develop over the insistence of Koehl that Nazism should also serve as a religion, and eventually he broke away from the WUNS to lead his own version of Nazi mysticism.The split fundamentally weakened the WUNS and its influence declined strongly, despite attempts by Jordan to reinvigorate it.

One of the founding members was Savitri Devi. [cite book
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References

External links

* [http://www.nationalsocialist.net/ World Union of National Socialists official site]