Death of a Demagogue (rewind)
Summary
Host Molly Conger details the life of John Patler, a Greek-American who became a high-ranking member of the American Nazi Party under George Lincoln Rockwell. The episode covers Patler’s turbulent childhood, his rise to power within the party, and his failed splinter group, the American National Party. It also explores the mysterious death of his associate Dan Burros, a secretly Jewish neo-Nazi, and Patler’s eventual return to Rockwell’s fold. This installment serves as the first in a four-part series leading up to Rockwell’s assassination.
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