Eye On Hate

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Martyrs, Heroes & Prisoners of War
(A Startling Look At Those Who Are Considered "Heroes" For the Cause)

Whenever the term "P.O.W." is used most of us think of those courageous men who served our country during wartime and spent time being held and often brutalized by the enemy. Those were the true Prisoners of War. Today the term is used much more loosely by the not so noble white supremacists to martyrize those who have been incarcerated for various crimes that are either believed to have been committed for the cause or against those who are perceived as the enemy of the cause. These crimes include armed robbery and murder.

The most notable of the POW's is one David Lane. He is the author of the infamous "Fourteen Words," "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." and is lauded and cannonized by supremacists from every group. In 1983, David Lane met Robert Matthews, a National Alliance recruiter, at an Aryan Nations event. Matthews, young and disgruntled over the lack of direct action being taken in the movement, hoped to spark a racial revolution that would result in a white homeland. He intended to do this through guerrilla warfare. At a meeting in September of 1983, Matthews and Lane along with eight others started what, in essence, was a terrorist group. He called it "Bruder Schweigen" (the Silent Brotherhood), which came to be known nationally as "The Order." As the group grew, the militancy and violence being waged was right up Lane's alley. At one point, The Order declared war on the United States. Of course, no one recognized that there was a war...no one that is, but the members of The Order.

While bank robberies, counterfeiting, and armored car heists were the mode of fund raising for The Order, the thought of the ensuing racial war was always on their minds. Visions of a white homeland in the Pacific Northwest and hatred of all non-whites were the fuel that kept them going. One particular person nettled Lane and others more than anyone ~ Alan Berg. Berg was a Jewish talk show host out of Denver, Colorado. He was caustic and relentless in his quest to expose and belittle white supremacists. He dubbed Lane as "sick and pathetic." And Lane hated Berg. On June 18, 1984, Alan Berg met "The Order" - up close and real personal. Berg was gunned down in the driveway of his home by David Lane and Bruce Pierce. Later it was revealed that "The Turner Diaries" had served as a blueprint and manifesto for The Order and that members had generated a "Hate List." The list consisted of those believed to be threatening the existence of the white race. On that list, the name of Alan Berg appeared along with David Rockerfeller, Henry Kissinger and Fred Silverman.

David Lane was arrested along with the other members of The Order. Robert Matthews met his demise in a shoot-out with FBI agents. David Lane was sentenced to 190 years in prison for his part in the Berg murder as well as all of the other criminal activities. In Lane's first trial he addressed the Court in a 15 minute harangue stating in part: “I do not recognize a government whose single aim is to exterminate my race…. I have given all that I have and all that I am to awake the people from their sleep of death.”

Throughout cyberspace, racists and sumpremacists applaud and revere David Lane. From inside the walls of the Federal Prison in Florence, Colorado, Lane still extends his icy fingers of hate. His writings are read and quoted with great avarice and appreciation by those who hold him in great esteem. He is seen as a fallen warrior whose crimes were committed while in battle - the greatest battle of modern history, according to many. That Lane has been able to write and publish his hatred and his "teachings" while incarcerated seems to be counter-productive to the premise of "removing the criminal element from society." If anything, his contribution to the white supremacist movement has been enhanced by his restraint. That this irony has not been lost on Lane is evidenced in his following statement: “And of course, death or imprisonment is the best way for a revolutionary to gain credibility. In a strange way I must thank the tyrants, liars and devils incarnate who put me here.” Citizens Against Hate must question the wisdom of our prison system for allowing not just the martyrization of murderers, but the proliferation of their messages of hate.
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF "BRUDER SCHWEIGEN"