1982-05-25 White Supremacist Plans Church in N.C. Mountains

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White Supremacist Plans Church in N.C. Mountains

The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
May 25, 1982

Mulberry -- Hailing Nazi Adolph Hitler as a great man and scorning Jesus Christ as a myth, an avowed white supremacist says he's building a church which will disseminate white-power messages.

Called the Church of the Creator, its founder, Ben Klassen, 63, of Lighthouse Point, Fla., says the religion is for white people only.  He says it considers blacks and Jews as two of America's greatest threats.

Klassen says he is now supervising construction of a church in the small Macon County community where people can practice the religion.

The church's literature says Hitler was one of the greatest men who ever lived and Jesus Christ is myth created by Jews to gain power.

Local black leaders say they do not fear Klassen and his church, and the regional director of the Jewish Anti-Defamation League calls Klassen a "kook."

Norman Olshansky, regional director of the ADL in Richmond, Va., said the league was monitoring Klassen, but said his major visibility thus far has been in press reports.

Olshansky said Klassen has disseminated anti-Semitic literature across the nation but no one knows how many people practice his beliefs or are ministers in his churches.

Mulberry, located less than three miles from the Georgia-North Carolina line, was chosen for a church site because Florida is in peril, Klassen said.

"I think south Florida is due for a lot of turmoil when bloody fighting breaks out," Klassen said.  "Actually, I expect the financial collapse of the entire country, and blood will be flowing in the streets.

[Jim]

I seen this was wrote in 1982 but what Klassen said  about South Fla. is going on now.  I live here now and I see it everyday.

Ben Klassen, 63, of Lighthouse Point, Fla.,
, Florida is in peril, Klassen said.

"I think south Florida is due for a lot of turmoil when bloody fighting breaks out," Klassen said.  "Actually, I expect the financial collapse of the entire country, and blood will be flowing in the streets.