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The Order, also known as the Brüder Schweigen or Silent Brotherhood, was a neo-Nazi organization active in the United States between 1983 and 1984. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ...

The Order described themselves as a "white nationalist revolutionary group"'. The group was partly modeled on, and was named after, a fictional group in the novel The Turner Diaries, which was written by William Luther Pierce under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald. The Order's goals included the establishment of a homeland where Jews and those of non-white ancestry would be barred. They often refer to the United States federal government as ZOG, an acronym for Zionist Occupied Government. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Revolutionary, when used as a noun, is a person who either advocates or actively engages in some kind of revolution. ... The Turner Diaries is a 1978 novel by Dr. William Luther Pierce (under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald), the late leader of the National Alliance, a white separatist organization. ... Dr. William Luther Pierce III[1] (September 11, 1933 – July 23, 2002) was the founder of the white separatist National Alliance organization, and a principal ideologue of the white nationalist movement. ... Whites redirects here. ... This article describes the government of the United States. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ... Zionist Occupied (Occupational) Government, or ZOG, is a term used to refer to the belief that the United States government is controlled by Zionists where the word Zionists is sometimes used as a euphemism for Jews. ...

History

The Order was founded by Robert Jay Mathews in late September, 1983 at Mathews' farm near Metaline Falls, Washington. A fundamental goal of The Order was revolution against the Government of the United States, which was seen by the Order and other neo-Nazis as being controlled by a cabal of prominent Jews. Black and white photograph of Robert Mathews Robert Jay Mathews (January 16, 1953 – December 8, 1984) was the leader of an American neo-Nazi organization called The Order. ... Metaline Falls is a town located in Pend Oreille County, Washington. ... Official language(s) English Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... ...

In order to fund these goals, the Mathews-led Order committed a series of violent crimes. Their first criminal effort was unspectacular: the robbery of a sex shop, which netted them less than $400. Afterwards, the Order were much more effective, committing several lucrative bank robberies, as well as bombing theaters and synagogues. The Order ran a large counterfeiting operation, and executed a series of armored car robberies, including one in Ukiah, California that netted $3.8 million. A violent crime or crime of violence is a crime in which the offender uses or threatens violent force upon the victim. ... Front window of a Tokyo sex shop advertising adult toys A sex shop is a shop that sells products such as sex toys, pornography, erotic lingerie, erotic books, and safer sex products such as condoms and dental dams. ... Burglars Tools Found in the Bank, printed in 1875 in the Canadian Illustrated News Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. ... The Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb produced in the United States. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... A synagogue (from Ancient Greek: , transliterated synagogÄ“, assembly; Hebrew: beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: , shul; Ladino: , esnoga) is a Jewish place of religious worship. ... A counterfeit is an imitation that is made with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins. ... Polish armored car Ursus which saw combat during the Polish-German War of 1939. ... Ukiah is the county seat of Mendocino County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

After being arrested on counterfeiting charges, one member of the Order informed FBI agents of the group's membership roll and its methods. Based on this information, authorities were able to track down Mathews in December, 1984. He was living in a cabin on Whidbey Island and he refused to surrender to the FBI. During a shootout, the cabin became engulfed in flames and Mathews perished. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. ... Whidbey Island Cultus Bay Low Tide Whidbey Island (historical spelling Whidby) is one of nine islands in Island County, Washington. ...

Mathews is held in high esteem within the white nationalist subculture. One website declares that "Robert Matthews died a hero and a martyr to our Race. God rest his soul."[1] A band named "Dresden" wrote a song called To Robert Mathews in Valhalla in 1995.[2]. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Ultimately, ten members of The Order were tried and convicted under Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) statutes. In a separate trial, three other members of The Order were tried and convicted of violating the civil rights of Alan Berg, a liberal, Jewish radio talk show host in Denver, Colorado who was assassinated on the evening of June 18, 1984 in front of his home as he was exiting his car. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (commonly referred to as RICO) is a United States federal law which provides for extended penalties for criminal acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. ... For other people of the same name, see A. Berg. ... American liberalism—that is, liberalism in the United States of America—is a broad political and philosophical mindset, favoring individual liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty, whether they come from established religion, from government regulation, from the existing class structure, or from multi-national corporations. ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... Nickname: Location of Denver in Colorado Location of Colorado in the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Founded [1] November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861 Government  - Type Strong Mayor/Weak Council  - Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area [1]  - City & County  154. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ...

To date, no one has been charged in the actual shooting death of Berg. However, David Lane, the getaway driver for Berg's assailants, served what amounted to a life sentence with no chance of parole -- 190 consecutive years on the charges of racketeering, conspiracy, and violating Berg's civil rights -- and died in prison. Lane was regarded by many white supremacists as a hero and a political prisoner; his Fourteen Words: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children", have become a prominent motto of many white racialists and white racialist organizations. Berg's murder and the subsequent trial form the basis of Steven Dietz's 1988 play God's Country, and also loosely inspired Eric Bogosian's play Talk Radio (later adapted into a film by Oliver Stone). A fictional version of the Order story was also the subject of the movie Brotherhood of Murder. David Lane David Eden Lane (November 2 1938 — May 28, 2007) was an American white supremacist leader and author, who died while serving a 190-year prison sentence in the Federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. ... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ... In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between natural persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... A political prisoner is someone held in prison or otherwise detained, perhaps under house arrest, because their ideas or image are deemed by a government to either challenge or threaten the authority of the state. ... Fourteen Words is used to describe two different political slogans. ... Steven Dietz is an American playwright whose work is largely performed outside of New York City (e. ... Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian (born on April 24, 1953) is an American actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist. ... Talk Radio is a 1988 film, starring Eric Bogosian as a controversial shock jock It is directed by Oliver Stone, and is based on the real life murder of radio host Alan Berg by Neo-Nazis[1], and the book about those events, Talked to Death: The Life and Murder... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ...

In another trial, fourteen men were charged with sedition. Thirteen of them were acquitted, and the judge dismissed the charges against the fourteenth for lack of evidence. In all, over seventy-five men and women were tried and convicted of various charges connected to The Order. Sedition is a term of law to refer to covert conduct such as speech and organization that is deemed by the legal authority as tending toward insurrection against the established order. ...

The Order's size and influence seems to have diminished in recent years. Their goals, described in detail in the book, The Turner Diaries, have not come to fruition. However, the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995 is similar to the fictitious bombing of a federal building in Washington, D.C. described in the book. The "Free the Order" website describes a number of people as political prisoners. [3] The Turner Diaries is a 1978 novel by Dr. William Luther Pierce (under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald), the late leader of the National Alliance, a white separatist organization. ... The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist attack on April 19, 1995 aimed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, a U.S. government office complex in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack... A political prisoner is someone held in prison or otherwise detained, perhaps under house arrest, because their ideas or image are deemed by a government to either challenge or threaten the authority of the state. ...

Oath and motto

Like many neo-Nazi groups, the Order had a system of oaths and mottos which were reminiscent of fraternal organizations. The first members of the group were recruited from the Aryan Nations and the National Alliance organizations. An oath (from Old Saxon eoth) is either a promise or a statement of fact calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually a god, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. ... A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... A fraternal organization, sometimes also known as a fraternity, is an organization that represents the relationship between its members as akin to brotherhood. ... Aryan Nations (AN) is an international anti-Semitic white supremacist, Neo-Nazi organization. ... This article refers to the United States-based organization. ...

The nine founding members of the group swore an oath that began:

"I, as a free Aryan man, hereby swear an unrelenting oath upon the green graves of our sires, upon the children in the wombs of our wives, upon the throne of God almighty, sacred is His name, to join together in holy union with those brothers in this circle and to declare forthright that from this moment on I have no fear of death, no fear of foe; that I have a sacred duty to do whatever is necessary to deliver our people from the Jew and bring total victory to the Aryan race..." Aryan (/eərjən/ or /ɑːrjən/, Sanskrit: ) is a Sanskrit and Avestan word meaning noble/spiritual one. ...

A motto on the Order's crest reads "Brüder schweigen", which means "Brothers remain silent" in German. It is sometimes erroneously translated as "Silent Brotherhood."

References

• Kevin Flynn, and Gary Gerhardt, The Silent Brotherhood ISBN 0-451-16786-4.

External links

• Free the Order
• 'Heroes' of The Order
• Paranoia as Patriotism