Frank Collin

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Frank Collin
Collins giving a press conference in 1978
1st President of the National Socialist Party of America
In office
1970–1977
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHarold Covington
Personal details
Born (1944-11-03) November 3, 1944 (age 79)
Chicago, Illinois
Political partyNational Socialist Party of America (1970–1977)
Other political
affiliations		American Nazi (c. 1960s)
ProfessionPolitical activist, New Age author
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Francis Joseph Collin (born November 3, 1944) is an American former political activist and Midwest coordinator with the

child molestation, he lost his position in the party.[4][5]

After being released early on parole from prison, Collin created a new career as a writer, publishing numerous books under the pen name Frank Joseph. He wrote

pseudoarchaeological idea that Old World peoples had migrated to North America in ancient times and created its complex societies of indigenous peoples
. This thesis is rejected by mainstream scholars.

Early life, family and education

Collin was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where he attended local schools. His father, Max Frank Collin, was born Max Simon Cohn in Munich, Germany, on August 23, 1913,[6] the son of Jewish parents who were murdered in The Holocaust, and was a survivor of Dachau concentration camp.[7] Frank's mother, Virginia Gertrude née Hardyman, was born in Chicago on August 18, 1920, and was Catholic.[8]

Adult life and career

As a young man, Collin in the 1960s joined

assassinated on August 25, 1967. The falling out stemmed in part from published accounts by Max Collin, Frank's father, who said that he was a Jewish Holocaust survivor and had changed his name from Cohen (or Cohn) to Collin.[10][11] Frank Collin denied having Jewish roots and maintained that his father was not telling the truth.[11]

In 1970, Collin formed another organization, the National Socialist Party of America (NSPA), later known as the American Nazi Party. It attracted other disaffected members of the NSWPP,[4] as well as Michael Allen, Gary Lauck and Harold Covington.[4] Covington helped buy a building for the group which they called Rockwell Hall,[4] where Collin and some other members lived in a barracks in upper floor.[11] Collin ran for alderman of Chicago in 1975 and pulled 16% of the vote.[4]

The NSPA began holding anti-black demonstrations in Chicago's

ACLU and they filed a suit.[13] While the case was proceeding without public notice, Collin attempted to contact other cities about holding demonstrations.[13] Skokie, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, responded with a notice that the group would need to post a bond, similar to the recently enacted ordinance in Chicago.[13] Collin's plan for his neo-Nazi group to march in uniforms through Skokie, which was heavily Jewish with numerous residents who were Holocaust survivors, generated public outrage and the media attention which Collin sought.[4][12]

Also in 1977, Koehl's NSWPP began a campaign in their paper White Power about Collin's father being Jewish,[4] including publications of what they stated were Max Simon Cohn's naturalization records.[4] Collin and the NSPA leadership continued to deny the claim and said the images were fakes.[4]

Child molestation conviction

During this time, according to

child molestation[14][16] and sentenced to seven years in prison at the Pontiac Correctional Center in 1979. He served three years.[14]

Author

Upon his release from prison, Collin "reinvented himself under the pseudonym of Frank Joseph, a

pagan worshiper."[16] His time in the Pontiac Correctional Facility in Illinois had coincided with the period when Russell E. Burrows worked there as a prison guard.[17] He subsequently wrote many books and articles in support of Burrows Cave, an alleged cache of ancient treasure in an unrevealed location, supposedly discovered by Russell Burrows in southern Illinois."[18] In 1987, he had his first New Age book published, The Destruction of Atlantis: Compelling Evidence of the Sudden Fall of the Legendary Civilization
.

He wrote articles for Fate magazine, and he was also the editor of The Ancient American magazine.[19] The Ancient American focuses on what it says is evidence of ancient, pre-Columbian transoceanic contact between the Old World and North America, with the implication that all complex aspects of North America's indigenous cultures must have originated on other continents. The magazine's claims are similar to discredited nineteenth century theories, and as a result, they are considered dubious or exploitative by scholars.[20]

Books (as Frank Joseph)

  • The Destruction of Atlantis: Compelling Evidence of the Sudden Fall of the Legendary Civilization (Atlantis Research Publishers, 1987)
    OCLC 17424780

In popular culture

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0820309354
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  2. ^ Grossman, Ron (10 March 2017). "'Swastika war': When the neo-Nazis fought in court to march in Skokie". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. ISBN 9780762307562
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  4. ^
    ISBN 9780742503403
    . Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  5. ISBN 978-1578593682
    . In 1979 Collin's ambition to lead a new Nazi America was thwarted when he was arrested, convicted, and sent to prison on child molestation charges.
  6. ^ Grossman, Ron (March 10, 2017). "Flashback: 'Swastika war': When the neo-Nazis fought in court to march in Skokie". Chicago Tribune.
  7. ISBN 9780810124455
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  8. ISBN 9780226662756
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  9. ISBN 9780203012581
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  10. New Media Investment Group. United Press International
    . Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  11. ^ a b c "Nazi denies Jewish blood, but dad claims otherwise". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon: Western Communications. United Press International. April 24, 1970.
  12. ^
    ISBN 978-1604538595
    . Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  13. ^
    ISBN 9780803297517
    . Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  14. ^
    ISBN 9780815603962
    . Retrieved January 21, 2014. Covington, his rival for NSPA "power", made the fortuitous discovery (while rifling through Collin's desk) that the half-Jewish fuehrer also had a weakness for pedophilia and did not hesitate to photograph his dalliances with a number of young boys. As a result, Collin was sent to prison.
  15. JSTOR 1191205
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  16. ^
    ISBN 9781250006714
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  17. S2CID 162312493
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  18. ISBN 9781591438519
    . Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  19. ISBN 978-1-58765-453-4
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  20. ISBN 978-0-299-16874-2
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  21. ISBN 978-0-7385-8443-0
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  22. ^ "The Politics of "The Blues Brothers"". WMAQ-TV. Chicago, IL. February 14, 2013.
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