Daniel Burros | |
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| Born | March 5, 1937 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 31, 1965 (aged 28) Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide by gunshot |
| Known for | Being a Jewish member of the American Nazi Party and the Ku Klux Klan |
Daniel Burros (March 5, 1937 – October 31, 1965) was a Jewish American who joined the American Nazi Party (ANP) and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). While initially an ANP member, Burros became a Kleagle for the KKK's United Klans of America (UKA) in the aftermath of a falling-out between him and ANP founder George L. Rockwell. The UKA was the most violent white supremacist group within the KKK at the time.[1]
On October 31, 1965, Burros' Jewish heritage was exposed to the public by American journalist John McCandlish Phillips, Jr., who published an article about Burros in The New York Times. Some hours after the article was published, Burros committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest and then in the head. He was reportedly listening to music composed by German composer Richard Wagner prior to his death.[2]
He was highly influenced by American far-right theorist Francis Parker Yockey, who advocated the establishment of a pan-European empire.[3]
- ^ Ted Robert Gurr. Violence in America: The History of Crime. Sage, 2004. pages 142–143
- ^ The Believer DVD, "An Interview with Director Henry Bean", 2001
- ^ Coogan, Kevin (1999). Dreamer of the day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International. Brooklyn, New York: Autonomedia. pp. 585–586. ISBN 1-57027-039-2.