| Matt Koehl | |
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| 2nd Commander of the American Nazi Party | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office August 25, 1967 |
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| Preceded by | George Lincoln Rockwell |
| 2nd & 4th Leader of the World Union of National Socialists | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office April 9, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Colin Jordan |
| In office August 25, 1967 – 1968 |
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| Preceded by | George Lincoln Rockwell |
| Succeeded by | Colin Jordan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Matthias Koehl Jr. January 22, 1935 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Political party | National Renaissance Party United White Party National States' Rights Party American Nazi Party (Current) |
| Residence | Wisconsin |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| Occupation | United States Marine, activist, politician |
| Religion | Esoteric Hitlerism |
| Website | Website |
Matt Koehl (full name Matthias Koehl Jr.) (born January 22, 1935) is the leader of a self-defined religious organization called the New Order. As deputy commander[1], in August 1967 Koehl succeeded the assassinated George Lincoln Rockwell as 'Commander' of the National Socialist White People's Party (which had been known until December 1966 as the American Nazi Party[2]). Koehl renamed the organization "New Order" in 1983. He is currently also the leader of the World Union of National Socialists despite the fact that in the past his advocacy of Hitlerism as a religious movement alienated some members.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin of Hungarian immigrants of German descent, he studied journalism at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee[3] and served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He joined James Madole's National Renaissance Party, the United White Party, and the National States' Rights Party before the American Nazi Party in 1960.
Like Miguel Serrano, he was heavily influenced by the writings of Savitri Devi and is an advocate of esoteric Hitlerism, believing Hitler to have been a god-like being sent to rescue humanity - specifically the European peoples - from extinction. He was a very close friend of Florentine Rost van Tonningen.
Although maintaining a low public profile, Koehl granted an interview to mainstream writer William H. Schmaltz in Arlington, Virginia in April 1996 during preparation of that author's biography of George Lincoln Rockwell.
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