World Union of National Socialists
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| Abbreviation | WUNS |
| Founders | George Lincoln Rockwell |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Ideology | Neo-Nazism |
| Political position | Far-right |
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The World Union of National Socialists (WUNS), originally the World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists (WUFENS) is an organization founded in 1959 as an umbrella group for neo-Nazi organizations across the globe.
History
[edit]In early 1959, the leader of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell, founded the World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists (WUFENS), which was eventually shortened to World Union of National Socialists (WUNS), making contact with leaders of national socialist movements in other countries, including Colin Jordan.[1]
The movement came about when 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, the United Kingdom, France (Savitri Devi),[2] West Germany (Bruno Ludtke).[3]
Associated groups
[edit]Given the leadership of Rockwell and Koehl, the American Nazi Party and its successor the National Socialist White People's Party were the main constituent groups of the WUNS.
- In Canada, the group was represented by the Canadian Nazi Party, whose leader William John Beattie was chief of the WUNS in the country.[4]
- It was also active in South America through the Partido Nacionalsocialista Obrero Chileno, a group set up in Chile by Franz Pfeiffer.[5]
- WUNS was represented in Denmark by the National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark, a rump group of the old pre-war movement affiliated under Sven Salicath, a close follower of Rockwell.[6]
- The Nordic Reich Party of Sweden maintained independence but co-operated closely with WUNS.[6]
- The National Democratic Party (Finland) was accepted as member in 1981.[7]
- Bernhard Haarde formed a WUNS group in Iceland, claiming around 300 supporters.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Simonelli 1999, p. 81.
- ^ Goodrick-Clarke 2002, p. 88.
- ^ Kaplan 2000, pp. 94–95.
- ^ Kaplan 2000, pp. 355–356.
- ^ Kaplan 2000, p. 354.
- ^ a b c Kaplan 2000, p. 356.
- ^ Karcher, Nicola; Markus, Lundström (2022). Nordic Fascism Fragments Of An Entangled History. Routledge. P. 177. ISBN 978-1-032-04030-1
Works cited
[edit]- Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2002). Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-3124-6.
- Kaplan, Jeffrey, ed. (2000). Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press. ISBN 978-0-7425-0340-3.
- Simonelli, Frederick J. (1999). American Fuehrer: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-02285-2.
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