National Socialist League (United States)

National Socialist League
LeaderRussell Veh
Founded1974 (1974)
Dissolved1984 (1984)
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California
NewspaperNS Mobilizer
IdeologyNeo-Nazism
White supremacism
Homonationalism
Political positionFar-right

The National Socialist League (NSL) was a neo-Nazi organization of gay men in the United States that existed from 1974 until 1984. It was originally founded by Jim Cherry, but was quickly taken over by Russell Veh, a neo-Nazi and transplant to Los Angeles, California, from Ohio.[1] Veh financed the party using the profits from his printing business. He also financed the league with a film distribution unit that specialized in Nazi propaganda films, including Triumph of the Will. The National Socialist League had chapters in various parts of California, and implied in their mass mailing on July 4, 1978, that they had established an offshoot organization in Manhattan.[2][1][3]

  1. ^ a b ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, National Socialist League Collection, Folder 6
  2. ^ Kaplan, Jeffrey (2000). Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook of the Radical Right. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-7425-0340-3.
  3. ^ Morgan, Kyle (2013). "Finding Aid to the National Socialist League Collection". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

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