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From ADL's Terrorism Update Team
A long-time neo-Nazi and white supremacist is the lone suspect in a shooting rampage at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
On June 10, 2009, James Wenneker Von Brunn, 88, entered the museum armed with a rifle. A quick-witted security guard spotted the weapon and a deadly gunfight ensued.
The guards were successful in protecting the museum and its visitors from harm. Tragically, however, the 39-year-old security guard who first took action later died from the gunshot wound he sustained during the incident.
Von Brunn has a lengthy history of hate and anti-Semitism. For years he focused his anger and hatred on two main subjects: the Federal Reserve, which he believed was controlled by Jewish bankers, and the Holocaust, which, like many Holocaust deniers, he contended never occurred.
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The United States has seen a "significant and troubling" resurgence of racist skinhead activity, with a rise in the number of organized racist skinhead groups as well as a rise in the number of unaffiliated racist skinheads. In a new report, ADL warns that racist skinhead activity in the U.S. is rising, with active groups or individuals identifying themselves as racist skinheads in nearly all states in the country.
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