Don Lohbeck
Donald Alvin Lohbeck (August 20, 1917 - February 16, 1999) was an associate of Gerald L.K. Smith and editor of his publication The Cross and The Flag. Lohbeck first joined Smith in 1944 as his office manager in Detroit and later relocated with him to St. Louis. Lohbeck was a conscientious objector during World War II and entered the Civilian Public Service (December 5, 1944 - March 12, 1946) as an alternative the military service.[1] At the time he was married with one child.[2]
In August 1947 Lohbeck and Kenneth Goff were arrested for placing protest signs on the Russian embassy in Washington DC. The signs read “Beware Spies Working” and “Closed Rat Infested”. They were found guilty and given a $100 fine.
Lohbeck was replaced as editor The Cross and The Flag by Charles F. Robertson in the Spring of 1953. It was at this time when Smith moved his operations from St. Louis to Glendale, California outside of Los Angeles.
In 1956 he authored the book Patrick J. Hurley.
In 1960 Don Lohbeck was appointed chairman of an advisory committee on atomic affairs by New Mexico governor John Burroughs.[3]
Lohbeck was a former concert pianist who studied music in Paris prior to the outbreak of the war.
He was married to Ruth Lohbeck.
Contents
Works
- The Plot of the Jews: Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion (1948) 80 pages
Pamphlets
- Two Party Treason
