Heathen Front

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Flag of the All-Germanic Heathen Front with Algiz rune

The Allgermanische Heidnische Front (AHF) was an international

murder of fellow musician Euronymous
.

Formation and Vikernes association

Norsk Hedensk Front (Norwegian Heathen Front) was founded in 1993.

national socialism, anti-Semitism, eugenics and racist paganism."[4] The Encyclopedia of White Power (2000) said that Vikernes was the "self-proclaimed leader" of the Norwegian Heathen Front[5] and the historian Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke mentioned that Vikernes underlined "his role as chieftain of his Norwegian Heathen Front" with the writing of Vargsmål, "formulat[ing] his heathen ideology using material from Norse mythology combined with occult National Socialism".[6] As of 1999, Heathen Front's website was selling Vargsmål.[7]

The Heathen Front denied that Vikernes was in charge. According to the 2003 book Lords of Chaos, Vikernes' direct involvement with the group is difficult to ascertain, and speculated that the denial may have been to protect him, as Norwegian prisoners were prohibited from leading political groups. In addition, the organization's listed address was the same PO box Vikernes used in prison, which the authors state would have made it "very hard for him [Vikernes] to do an effective job" at leading the organization, as all letters would have been screened by the prison personnel.[8] In a 2009 interview with Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, Vikernes stated: "I have never formed or been a member of such organisations".[9]

International spread

Flag of the Russian Heathen Front with Algiz rune

The Norwegian Heathen Front soon became the Allgermanische Heidnische Front (AHF), a network of organizations in different countries.

Woden's Folk.[13]

Ideology

The organization described its specific ideas as "Odalism", derived from the

esoterically transmitted via ancestry.[14]

The Heathen Front espoused

Svensk Hednisk Front (Swedish Heathen Front – SHF) as "an emerging Nazi organization" with an ideology blending "Odinism, anti-Christianity and antisemitism."[18]

Closure

The organisation with time became a forum for neo-Nazis and heathen nationalists. In 2005 the Allgermanische Heidnische Front was closed down. Its members spread to other organisations.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gardell 2003, p. 307.
  2. ISBN 0-8147-3155-4
    .
  3. ^ Moynihan & Søderlind 1998, p. 159
  4. ^ a b Gardell 2003, p. 307, quote: "Advocating national socialism, anti-Semitism, eugenics, and racist paganism, Vikernes launched Norsk Hedensk Front in 1993, which soon evolved into a network of independent tribes called the Allgermanische Heidnische Front (AHF)"
  5. ISBN 9780742503403
    . Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  6. ^ Goodrick-Clarke 2003, pp. 204–205
  7. ^ Ward, Eric K.; Lunsford, John; Massa, Justin (Fall 1999). "Black Metal Spreads Neo-Nazi Hate Message". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  8. ISBN 9781932595529
    . Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  9. ^ Midtskogen, Rune (4 July 2009). ""Greven" angrer ingenting" ["The Count" regrets nothing] (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  10. ^ a b Western Esotericism in Scandinavia, 2016, p.384, p.621
  11. ^ Website about the Russian Heathen Front in Russian language. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  12. ^ Gardell, p. 307, referring to the now defunct homepage: http://www.heathenfront.org/chap.htm
  13. ^ The English Heathen Front, Searchlight "HOPE not hate feature | New BNP? Same old nazis and thugs". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  14. ISBN 9789189116818
    . Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  15. ^ Searchlight Magazine: Nazi black metal leader arrested in the US
  16. ^ Turn It Down Archived 2007-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "Stephen Roth Institute: Antisemitism and Racism". Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  18. ^ Antisemitism Worldwide 2000/1 - Sweden Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine

Works cited

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