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John Patler
John Christ Patsalos (born January 6, 1938), formerly known as John Patler, is an American former neo-Nazi and cartoonist who was convicted of the August 25, 1967, assassination of American Nazi Party (ANP) leader George Lincoln Rockwell. He was formerly close to Rockwell and worked on producing the ANP's propaganda, particularly cartoons, in their publications.
Born in New York City in 1938, Patsalos had a violent childhood, with his father killing his mother when he was five years old. He was convicted of several crimes in his youth and treated for mental health issues. He expressed antisemitic attitudes by his late teens, and joined the neo-Nazi group the American Nazi Party in 1960. He was an artist and graphic designer for the ANP's periodicals. Patler briefly left the ANP in 1961 and formed a similarly named splinter group, the American National Party, with his close friend Dan Burros, as well as a neo-Nazi magazine, Kill! He and Burros had a falling out a year later and in 1962 Patler returned to the ANP.
Patler's ethnic Greek heritage caused some strife within the party and contributed to a minor schism between those neo-Nazis who advocated a more expansive idea of "master race", and the "Hitler purists" who viewed this as heretical. Patler idolized Rockwell but also blamed him for the problems in Patler's life caused by his adherence to neo-Nazism. Rockwell eventually kicked him out of the party for his instability, and causing division in March 1967. Patler murdered Rockwell in August of that year, and received a sentence of 20 years in prison for first degree murder. He was paroled in 1975, though returned to prison after violating his parole. He later left the neo-Nazi movement.
John Christ Patsalos was born in New York City on January 6, 1938. His father, Christ Patsalos, was a Greek immigrant, while his mother Athena Patsalos (née Mavroglan) was ethnically Greek but born in New York. The elder Patsalos was in his forties, while Mavroglan was newly 20 when they married. Patsalos's younger brother, George, was born in 1939. His childhood was violent and his father was regularly antisemitic. When Patsalos was five, in 1943, his father shot and killed his mother at their home, believing she was flirting with other men. His father was convicted of manslaughter. His children were put in their maternal grandmother's custody. His father was released on parole after less than 10 years. Shortly after, Patsalos's grandmother died, after which Christ Patsalos reclaimed custody of his children. Patsalos had grown to despise his father, and after moving in with him turned to a series of petty crimes and acts of destruction.
After Patsalos was convicted for car theft, he was put on probation; after violating it he was remanded by the juvenile court to the Morrisania Hospital Mental Hygiene Clinic due to a failure to socially adjust and for being a "chronic truant". When he was evaluated his caseworker noted his antisemitism and "tense and sullen" mood. He was diagnosed as paranoid, and at the age of 18 in 1956 a psychiatrist noted down in his file that he was a "potential murderer". Patsalos received court-mandated outpatient treatment and was observed. By the next year the same psychiatrist confirmed the diagnosis of paranoia, delusions and observation of violent tendencies and said his state had actually deteriorated; he was noted as a poor candidate for outpatient psychotherapy and was recommended for inpatient care at the Bellevue state mental hospital; however the same psychiatrist contrarily said he was seeing a psychiatrist and was improving. The next year he stopped showing up to his appointments, and as the hospital lacked the resources to enforce it, his case was closed.
By 1956, he often expressed antisemitic attitudes, believing that the United States was controlled by Jews and expressing that Adolf Hitler had been right in his genocide of them. One psychiatrist quoted him as having said: "I go to Church every Sunday morning and fight the Jews." He joined DeWest Hooker's neo-Nazi National Youth League. Patsalos later said Hooker was his idol; to him, he was a father figure, and he adopted many of his antisemitic beliefs. Through Hooker, he met in 1958 George Lincoln Rockwell, with whom he became friends. His NYL membership resulted in several instances of criminal action.
As part of the NYL he was arrested for criminal libel, and when he faced possibly being tried as an adult and having his probation revoked, he was given the alternative option of joining the U.S. Marine Corps in 1958. While undergoing basic training at Camp Lejeune, his father died. He was briefly associated with the neo-Nazi National Renaissance Party.
While stationed in Quantico, Virginia in 1960, Patsalos rekindled his friendship with Rockwell, and joined his American Nazi Party. Close to the party's headquarters in Arlington, he regularly attended the ANP's rallies. He changed his surname to Patler the same year to make it sound more Anglo-Saxon, or more like Hitler. Rockwell liked Patler's artistic abilities as a cartoonist and graphic designer, which he thought were useful; he was also flattered by Patler's extreme loyalty to him. In summer of that year Patler was honorably discharged from the marines due to his association with the group. He married Erika von Gundlach, a German-American woman, and had two sons with her. He named one of their sons after Nazi martyr Horst Wessel.
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John Patler
John Christ Patsalos (born January 6, 1938), formerly known as John Patler, is an American former neo-Nazi and cartoonist who was convicted of the August 25, 1967, assassination of American Nazi Party (ANP) leader George Lincoln Rockwell. He was formerly close to Rockwell and worked on producing the ANP's propaganda, particularly cartoons, in their publications.
Born in New York City in 1938, Patsalos had a violent childhood, with his father killing his mother when he was five years old. He was convicted of several crimes in his youth and treated for mental health issues. He expressed antisemitic attitudes by his late teens, and joined the neo-Nazi group the American Nazi Party in 1960. He was an artist and graphic designer for the ANP's periodicals. Patler briefly left the ANP in 1961 and formed a similarly named splinter group, the American National Party, with his close friend Dan Burros, as well as a neo-Nazi magazine, Kill! He and Burros had a falling out a year later and in 1962 Patler returned to the ANP.
Patler's ethnic Greek heritage caused some strife within the party and contributed to a minor schism between those neo-Nazis who advocated a more expansive idea of "master race", and the "Hitler purists" who viewed this as heretical. Patler idolized Rockwell but also blamed him for the problems in Patler's life caused by his adherence to neo-Nazism. Rockwell eventually kicked him out of the party for his instability, and causing division in March 1967. Patler murdered Rockwell in August of that year, and received a sentence of 20 years in prison for first degree murder. He was paroled in 1975, though returned to prison after violating his parole. He later left the neo-Nazi movement.
John Christ Patsalos was born in New York City on January 6, 1938. His father, Christ Patsalos, was a Greek immigrant, while his mother Athena Patsalos (née Mavroglan) was ethnically Greek but born in New York. The elder Patsalos was in his forties, while Mavroglan was newly 20 when they married. Patsalos's younger brother, George, was born in 1939. His childhood was violent and his father was regularly antisemitic. When Patsalos was five, in 1943, his father shot and killed his mother at their home, believing she was flirting with other men. His father was convicted of manslaughter. His children were put in their maternal grandmother's custody. His father was released on parole after less than 10 years. Shortly after, Patsalos's grandmother died, after which Christ Patsalos reclaimed custody of his children. Patsalos had grown to despise his father, and after moving in with him turned to a series of petty crimes and acts of destruction.
After Patsalos was convicted for car theft, he was put on probation; after violating it he was remanded by the juvenile court to the Morrisania Hospital Mental Hygiene Clinic due to a failure to socially adjust and for being a "chronic truant". When he was evaluated his caseworker noted his antisemitism and "tense and sullen" mood. He was diagnosed as paranoid, and at the age of 18 in 1956 a psychiatrist noted down in his file that he was a "potential murderer". Patsalos received court-mandated outpatient treatment and was observed. By the next year the same psychiatrist confirmed the diagnosis of paranoia, delusions and observation of violent tendencies and said his state had actually deteriorated; he was noted as a poor candidate for outpatient psychotherapy and was recommended for inpatient care at the Bellevue state mental hospital; however the same psychiatrist contrarily said he was seeing a psychiatrist and was improving. The next year he stopped showing up to his appointments, and as the hospital lacked the resources to enforce it, his case was closed.
By 1956, he often expressed antisemitic attitudes, believing that the United States was controlled by Jews and expressing that Adolf Hitler had been right in his genocide of them. One psychiatrist quoted him as having said: "I go to Church every Sunday morning and fight the Jews." He joined DeWest Hooker's neo-Nazi National Youth League. Patsalos later said Hooker was his idol; to him, he was a father figure, and he adopted many of his antisemitic beliefs. Through Hooker, he met in 1958 George Lincoln Rockwell, with whom he became friends. His NYL membership resulted in several instances of criminal action.
As part of the NYL he was arrested for criminal libel, and when he faced possibly being tried as an adult and having his probation revoked, he was given the alternative option of joining the U.S. Marine Corps in 1958. While undergoing basic training at Camp Lejeune, his father died. He was briefly associated with the neo-Nazi National Renaissance Party.
While stationed in Quantico, Virginia in 1960, Patsalos rekindled his friendship with Rockwell, and joined his American Nazi Party. Close to the party's headquarters in Arlington, he regularly attended the ANP's rallies. He changed his surname to Patler the same year to make it sound more Anglo-Saxon, or more like Hitler. Rockwell liked Patler's artistic abilities as a cartoonist and graphic designer, which he thought were useful; he was also flattered by Patler's extreme loyalty to him. In summer of that year Patler was honorably discharged from the marines due to his association with the group. He married Erika von Gundlach, a German-American woman, and had two sons with her. He named one of their sons after Nazi martyr Horst Wessel.
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