Robert Jay Mathews

Robert Jay Mathews
Born(1953-01-16)January 16, 1953
DiedDecember 8, 1984(1984-12-08) (aged 31)
Cause of deathSmoke inhalation and fire
Organization(s)Sons of Liberty
The Order
SpouseDebbie McGarity (m. 1976)
Children2 (1 adopted)

Robert Jay Mathews (January 16, 1953 – December 8, 1984) was an American neo-Nazi activist and the leader of The Order, an American white supremacist militant group.[1][2] He was burned alive during a shootout with approximately 75 federal law enforcement agents who surrounded his house on Whidbey Island, near Freeland, Washington.[3]

Mathews was characterized in the 1999 television film Brotherhood of Murder.[4]

  1. ^ Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2003). Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity. NYU Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-8147-3155-0. Retrieved February 4, 2016. The C18 hit lists, bomb-making instructions and escalating racial violence indicate the influence of American Nazi ideology and methods. In The Order, the magazine named after the U.S. terrorist group, editor John Cato paid fulsome tribute to its martyred leader, Robert Jay Mathews. It quoted Mathews's "declaration of war" against a "Jewish controlled mongrelized society, which is depriving White Aryans of their existence and homeland."
  2. ^ Lee, Martin (2000). The Beast Reawakens: Fascism's Resurgence from Hitler's Spymasters to Today's Neo-Nazi Groups and Right-Wing Extremists. Taylor & Francis. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-135-28131-1. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. ^ Mark Deming (2007). "Brotherhood of Murder (1999)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 4, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2009.

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