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Robert Jay Mathews | |
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| Born | January 16, 1953 Marfa, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 8, 1984 (aged 31) Whidbey Island, near Freeland, Washington, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Smoke inhalation and fire |
| Organization(s) | Sons of Liberty The Order |
| Spouse | Debbie McGarity (m. 1976) |
| Children | 2 (1 adopted) |
Robert Jay Mathews (January 16, 1953 – December 8, 1984) was an American neo-Nazi activist and the leader of The Order, an American white supremacist militant group.[1][2] He was burned alive during a shootout with approximately 75 federal law enforcement agents who surrounded his house on Whidbey Island, near Freeland, Washington.[3]
Mathews was characterized in the 1999 television film Brotherhood of Murder and the 2024 theatrical film The Order.[4]
- ^ Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2003). Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity. NYU Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-8147-3155-0. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
The C18 hit lists, bomb-making instructions and escalating racial violence indicate the influence of American Nazi ideology and methods. In The Order, the magazine named after the U.S. terrorist group, editor John Cato paid fulsome tribute to its martyred leader, Robert Jay Mathews. It quoted Mathews's "declaration of war" against a "Jewish controlled mongrelized society, which is depriving White Aryans of their existence and homeland."
- ^ Lee, Martin (2000). The Beast Reawakens: Fascism's Resurgence from Hitler's Spymasters to Today's Neo-Nazi Groups and Right-Wing Extremists. Taylor & Francis. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-135-28131-1. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ^ McClary, Daryl C. (December 6, 2006). "Robert Jay Mathews, founder of the white-supremacist group The Order, is killed during an FBI siege on Whidbey Island on December 8, 1984". HistoryLink.org: The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ Mark Deming (2007). "Brotherhood of Murder (1999)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 4, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2009.