1984 ⟶ Murder of Alan Berg by The Order
On the evening of 18 June 1984, Alan Berg was fatally shot i...
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🔫 Joseph Paul Franklin's Synagogue Shooting in St. Louis
In suburban St. Louis, Missouri, Joseph Paul Franklin hid in the bushes near a Shaare Zedek Synagogue (University City, Missouri) and fired on a group attending services. In this incident, Franklin killed forty-two-year-old Gerald Gordon and wounded Steven Goldman and William Ash.⟶
Joseph Paul FranklinNeo-NazismWhite SupremacySynagogue Shooting1970sHate CrimeViolence
United States🎤 Murder of Alan Berg by The Order
On the evening of 18 June 1984, Alan Berg was fatally shot in the driveway of his Denver home by members of the white nationalist group The Order. His provocative talk show sought to flush out "the anti-Semitism latent in the area's conservative population". He succeeded in provoking members of The Order to engage him in conversations on this talk show and his "often-abrasive on-air persona" ignited the anger of The Order. Subsequently, members of The Order involved in the killing were identified as being part of a group planning to kill prominent Jews. Ultimately, two members of The Order, David Lane and Bruce Pierce, were convicted for their involvement in the case, though neither of Homicide.⟶
White SupremacyAntisemitic ViolenceNeo-NazismThe OrderHate CrimeAlan BergExtremism1980s
United States💣 1985 Copenhagen Bombings
TerrorismAntisemitic ViolenceCopenhagen1980sBombingJewish CommunityPolitical Violence
Denmark🔪 The Goldmark Murders
On 24 December 1985, David Lewis Rice, a follower of the right-wing extremist group the Duck Club, gained entry to the Seattle home of Civil litigation attorney Charles Goldmark using a toy gun and pretending to be a deliveryman. He tied the family up, Chloroformed them into unconsciousness, beat them with a steam iron, and stabbed them. Rice mistakenly believed the family to be Jewish and Communist. In 1998, he pleaded guilty to the crimes in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. The Goldmark Murders remain one of the most notorious antisemitic hate crimes as well as politically motivated killings in recent memory in the United States, even though the victims were not actually Jewish and Communist as the killer mistakenly believed.⟶
Hate CrimeAntisemitic ViolencePolitical ViolenceWhite SupremacyThe Goldmark MurdersDavid Lewis Rice1980sExtremismWashington State
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