Bruno Luedko, 39, who styled himself as the “new Fuehrer” and distributed in this country anti-Semitic materials published by the American Nazi Party, was found guilty this weekend of “endangering state security.” He was sentenced to eight months in prison, but the court suspended the sentence after he had promised to cease his efforts to form a “fourth Reich.”
Luedko had identified himself as a former member of the Hitler Youth. He admitted he was a disciple of both George Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party, and Colin Jordan, leader of the British Nazi movement, as well as of the World Union of Nazis. He told the court he had a mission “to restore Nazism as a purified religion.” Among materials found in his possession, were Rockwell publications bearing the swastika and the skull and crossbones, emblem of the Hitlerian SS Corps.
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