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| Formation | September 1983 |
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| Dissolved | December 1984 |
| Type | White supremacist, Christian Identity, neo-fascist, neo-Nazi, white separatist, white nationalist, domestic terrorist, insurrectionist |
| Purpose | Paramilitary fomenting white supremacist revolution against the "Zionist Occupation Government", establishment of an all-white homeland in the Pacific Northwest, and genocide against blacks, Jews, "race-mixers", and other perceived enemies |
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The Order, also known as the Silent Brotherhood,[1] was a neo-Nazi terrorist organization active in the United States between September 1983 and December 1984.[2][3][4] The group raised funds via armed robbery. Ten members were tried and convicted for racketeering, and two for their role in the 1984 murder of radio talk show host Alan Berg.[5]
The Order's main objective was to start a white supremacist revolution against the United States, after which blacks, Jews, "race mixers", and other perceived enemies would be exterminated. Inspired by The Turner Diaries, the organization declared war on the federal government, which they called the "Zionist occupied government".[6][7] The Order drew up a hit list of enemies, and on June 18, 1984, radio talk show host Alan Berg was murdered in front of his home by Bruce Pierce, assisted by other members of the Order.[8] Berg was number two on the Order's list.[9]
In December 1984, authorities were able to track down Robert Jay Mathews, the organization's leader, to a house on Whidbey Island where he refused to surrender.[10] Mathews was suspected of wounding an FBI agent in a previous shooting in Oregon.[11] During a shootout, the house was ignited by incendiary flares and became engulfed in flames, and Mathews was killed.[10] Mathews is considered a martyr by many white nationalists.[12][13]
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- ^ Byman, Daniel (2022). Spreading Hate: The Global Rise of White Supremacist Terrorism. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-753761-9.
- ^ "American Front" (PDF). www.adl.org.
- ^ Jimison, Robert (August 17, 2017). "How the FBI smashed white supremacist group The Order". CNN. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Order, The". TRAC Terrorism. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ Turner, Wallace; Times, Special To the New York (February 7, 1986). "5 NEO-NAZIS GET STIFF SENTENCES FOR CRIME SPREE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 14, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Oregon professor founded National Alliance hate group". Deseret News. June 10, 2006. Archived from the original on November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Death List Names Given to US Jury". New York Times. September 17, 1985. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2007.
- ^ Morris Dees and Steve Fiffer. Hate on Trial: The Case Against America's Most Dangerous Neo-Nazi. Villard Books, 1993. page xiiv
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Robert Jay Mathews Last Letter". Archived from the original on December 1, 2005. Retrieved March 7, 2006.
- ^ National Vanguard Archived March 8, 2012, at archive.today