World Union of National Socialists
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The movement came about when the leader of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell, visited England and met with National Socialist Movement chief Colin Jordan and the two agreed to work towards developing an international link-up between movements. This resulted in the 1962 Cotswold Declaration which was signed by National Socialists from the United States, Britain, France, West Germany, Austria and Belgium. By 1965 other nations would join bring a total of 19, including Argentina, Australia, Chile, Ireland, South Africa and two "non-White" nations, Japan and Lebanon.[1]
Following Rockwell's assassination in 1967, control of the WUNS passed to Matt Koehl, who attempted to extend the influence of the group by appointing Danish National Socialist Povl Riis-Knudsen as general secretary. However a split began to develop over the insistence of Koehl that National Socialism should also serve as a religion, and eventually he broke away from the WUNS to lead his own version of National Socialist mysticism. The split fundamentally weakened the WUNS and its influence declined strongly, despite attempts by Jordan to reinvigorate it.
Present
The World Union of National Socialists was revived in 2006 by the National Socialist Movement.
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