David Lane (white nationalist)

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David Eden Lane

Born November 2, 1938
Woden, Iowa, USA
Died May 28, 2007 (aged 68)
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Cause of death Epilepsy complications
Other names Wodensson
Occupation Former Real estate broker
Known for white nationalism
Religious beliefs Wotanism
Spouse Katja Lane
Website
www.davidlane1488.org

David Eden Lane (November 2, 1938 – May 28, 2007) was an American white nationalist leader, author and convict. A founding member of The Order, he died during an epileptic seizure while serving a 190-year prison sentence in the Federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.[1]

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[edit] Early life

Lane was born in Woden, Iowa to an itinerant farmworker. He had one brother and two sisters. His father was an abusive alcoholic who abandoned them in 1942. After his brother was caught rummaging in a neighbor's trash for food the next year, he and his siblings were placed in an orphanage. Lane was soon adopted by a traveling Lutheran minister, a "doctrinaire, fundamentalist [...] from the old school". Bored with endless hours of church services, Lane rejected Christianity. [2]

Living in several places throughout his childhood, Lane's family settled in Aurora, Colorado where he attended Hinkley High School.[3] Originally aspiring to become a golf professional,[4] Lane worked as real estate broker until his license was revoked because, "I wouldn't sell homes to coloreds in white neighborhoods."[5]

Lane was a member of the John Birch Society before joining the Ku Klux Klan, becoming the organizer of the Denver unit of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in 1979. In late 1981, Lane became Colorado State Organizer of Aryan Nations. [6]

Lane met Robert Jay Mathews in July 1983 at the Aryan Nations world congress. [7] On 22 September 1983, Lane was among the nine founding members to be sworn into die Bruder Schweigen, commonly known as The Order, a group which dedicated itself to delivering "our people from the Jew and bring total victory to the Aryan race."[8] The Order was accused of stealing over $4.1 million in armored car hijackings, killing two people, detonating bombs, counterfeiting money, organizing militaristic training camps and carrying out numerous other crimes with the ultimate goal of over-throwing the United States government.[9]

Lane coined the 14 words, which is a popular slogan: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White children." He also authored the 88 Precepts, a collection of statements on Natural Law, which combine in White nationalist shorthand to "14-88" or "14/88" [10]

[edit] Convictions and incarceration

Lane was serving a 190-year consecutive life sentence for racketeering (20 years), conspiracy (20 years) and violation of the civil rights of radio talk show host Alan Berg on June 18, 1984 (150 years).[11] Berg was shot and killed in the driveway of his Denver home by three members of The Order.[12] Lane was captured on the evening of March 30-31, 1985 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[13]

Lane was also among 14 men prosecuted for sedition in Fort Smith, Arkansas, but was acquitted. Lane was considered extremely dangerous by the American justice system and was incarcerated at various times after his conviction in the United States Penitentiary, Marion, the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado and the Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute.

While incarcerated, Lane remained influential to the White nationalist movement. He had written books about gematria and Conspiracies and had contributed articles to White nationalist periodicals and websites. With his wife and Ron McVan, he ran a publishing company called 14 Word Press in Idaho to disseminate his writings.

His voice was featured in Nazi Pop Twins, a documentary aired on 19th July 2007, on Channel 4, UK.[14] In it he was shown speaking by phone with Prussian Blue and termed them fantasy sweethearts.[15]

Lane's earliest possible release date from prison would have been on March 29, 2035 (at age 96), but he died on May 28, 2007 in the Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute due to an epileptic seizure.[16] On June 30th, White nationalists held memorial demonstrations for Lane in cities across the United States and England, Germany, Russia and Ukraine.[17] [18] [19] w/k

[edit] Beliefs

[edit] Racial views

Lane believed that the survival of white people was endangered. He also believed that Christianity is problematic to white people because it is a product of Jews. He preferred a nature-based European Paganism as the original religion of whites. Similarly, he believed that completely white nations are necessary to eliminate miscegenation which he believed is a threat. He considered white people who supported what he viewed as the Zionist conspiracy to be "race traitors".[20]

[edit] Wotanism

Lane was a major proponent of Wotanism, inspired by an 1936 essay by Jung titled "Wotan". Lane had expressed derision for the Odinist religion whose adherents rejected what they perceived as his attempt to appropriate their religion for political and racist ends. Lane explained his motivations:

“ So, I first chose the name Wotanism over Odinism. First because W.O.T.A.N. makes a perfect acronym for the Will Of The Aryan Nation. Secondly because he was called Wotan on the European continent and only called Odin in Scandinavia. Therefore Wotan appeals to the genetic memory of more of our ancestors. And finally because a split had to be made with the game players, deceivers and universalists who had usurped the name Odin."[21] ”

Lane contributed a one-page introduction to a book by Ron McVan called Creed of Iron: Wotansvolk Wisdom which the Odinic Rite claims was heavily plagiarized from The Book of Blotar.[citation needed]

Wotansvolk and 14 Word Press are currently defunct organizations, no longer having mailing addresses or websites. The Temple of Wotan still exists, but the organization was no longer run by Lane or his associates and has distanced itself from racist and neo-nazi ideologies.[22] Based on letters written from prison to his supporters, Lane appeared to remain committed to spreading his message through Wotanism, and it is unclear what his final relationship was with The Temple of Wotan.

In 2004, Lane authored a short story entitled KD Rebel, set in the near future,It tells the story of a Wotanist colony who have established tenuous control over portions of Western Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming,which they call Kinsland. The story mostly focuses on the Kinslanders practice of kidapping of miscegenating or "wayward" young girls and women from urban areas, in order to indoctronate them into Wotanism and so the Kinslanders can practice polygamy and have large numbers of children. Lane strongly advocated polygamy as part of Wotanism.[23]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Getaway driver in radio talk show host murder dies in prison", 9news, May 29, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-17. 
  2. ^ Deceived, Damned & Defiant, pp. 7-12 (online here and here). Also recounted in Goodrick-Clarke, p. 270
  3. ^ Flynn & Gerhardt, p. 259
  4. ^ Flynn & Gerhardt, p. 259
  5. ^ Schwartz, p. 64
  6. ^ Schwartz, p. 64
  7. ^ Goodrick-Clarke, p. 270
  8. ^ Gardell, p. 193
  9. ^ "Jury Told of Plan to Kill Radio Host", New York Times, November 8, 1987. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. 
  10. ^ 88 is also shorthand for the Nazi greeting, "Heil Hitler." "H" being the eighth letter of the alphabet, and eight two times signifing "HH". http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/numbers_88.asp
  11. ^ "5 Neo-Nazis Get Stiff Sentences For Crime Spree", New York Times, February 7, 1986. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. 
  12. ^ "Witness in Racist Trial Identifies Gunman in Slaying of Radio Host", New York Times, September 21, 1985. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. 
  13. ^ "Another Suspect Held In Radio Host's Death", New York Times, April 1, 1985. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. 
  14. ^ "Nazi Pop Twins", Channel 4, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-17. 
  15. ^ "The Gaede Bunch: ‘A is for Aryan’", Hatewatch, August 8, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-17. 
  16. ^ "White supremacist, talk show host killer dies in prison", Rocky Mountain News, May 29, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-17. 
  17. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jSZE9CIK9A David Lane Memorial USA
  18. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_-gDaPuJ4I&feature=related David Lane Memorial Day in Kyiv, Ukraine
  19. ^ "Terrorist, '14 Words' Author, Dies in Prison", Southern Poverty Law Center. 
  20. ^ Lane, David. Countdown to 1995. "The White Race Must be Saved." 1993.
  21. ^ Wotanism (Odinism) by Lane
  22. ^ Archive of templeofwotan.net/living.html
  23. ^ On Polygamy

[edit] Further reading

Partial bibliography

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Interview

  • (2006) Blood & Honour Interviews David Lane - ([1])

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