H. Keith Thompson
Harold Keith Thompson (born September 17, 1922 in Orange , New Jersey , † March 3, 2002 ) was a New York City American right-wing extremist and author with international contacts.
Life
Thompson was born in Orange, New Jersey, in 1922. He began studying maritime law at Yale University . As a member of the German American Bund and the America First Committee , he and his friend George Sylvester Viereck spoke out against America's entry into the war during World War II . On July 27, 1941, the National Socialist leadership appointed him special representative of the foreign department of the security service with the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer .
After the war, Thompson returned to Yale and completed his studies, whereupon he took part in an expedition to the Antarctic led by Richard Evelyn Byrd from 1946-1947 as part of Operation Highjump . During this time he made friends with Otto Skorzeny and together with him founded the organization ODESSA .
In the 1950s, Thompson contacted Otto Ernst Remer and in 1951 was registered with the Justice Ministry as a member of the Socialist Reich Party until this party was banned in 1952. At the same time he had contacts with the neo-fascist National Renaissance Party founded in 1949 . Together with Francis Parker Yockey he led a campaign in favor of Remer, who was indicted in the 1952 Remer trial . Thompson kept in touch with Yockey until his death in 1960. In an article from 1954 entitled I am an American Fascist in the magazine Exposé , Thompson expressed his "deep admiration" for the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler and condemned the Nuremberg trials against the "leaders and heroes" of National Socialism as " cunning and abhorrent “( vicious and vilely dishonorable ). During a visit to Cairo , he tried to establish connections with the Nasser regime, and also cultivated relationships with Mohammed Amin al-Husseini and the Islam convertor Johann von Leers . In the United States, the wealthy entrepreneur excelled as a supporter of the Republicans and financed the careers of Jesse Helms , Oliver North and Pat Buchanan , for example .
In his later years, Thompson largely withdrew from the public eye, apart from commenting on the Oklahoma City bombing . After initially welcoming the attack, he changed his position and condemned it as an attempt by the government to destroy the image of the right-wing extremist.
Thompson wrote a series of pamphlets for the International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics (IAAEE), which also advocated racial segregation . In the literary field, he also worked as an editor for Fulgencio Batista , Charles II of Romania and Hans-Ulrich Rudel , among others . For the Journal of Historical Review of the Institute for Historical Review , the publications on Holocaust denial published, Thompson has some article about Karl Doenitz written, which he called "the last president of the united Germany".
In addition to his political and literary work, Thompson was active in public relations. He died in 2002.
literature
- Martin A. Lee: The Beast Reawakens . London, Warner Books, 1998.
Web links
- Kerry R. Bolton: Obituary (English)
- Keith Stimely: Interview with H. Keith Thompson on Francis Parker Yockey, March 13, 1986
- FBI records of H. Keith Thompson, available on the Internet Archive under the Freedom of Information Act :
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thompson, H. Keith |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thompson, Harold Keith (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American right-wing extremist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 2002 |