Rhodesian White People's Party

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The Rhodesian White People's Party (RWPP) was a Rhodesian neo-Nazi political party led by James Kenneth "Ken" Rodger and the organizing secretary Frederick Lewis. The movement was founded in Bulawayo on 30 January 1976; it mainly inspired the American Nazi Party and later with it the National Socialist White People's Party to prevent black rule in Rhodesia. It was outlawed in November 1976 by the government of Ian Smith for antisemitic incidents by US citizens who were members of the party against the Bulawayo Hebrew Congregation. This political party was the only one of the World Union of National Socialists that was active in Africa. Its main activity was distributing Nazi literature and harassing Jews in the area. The group has been described by the Bishop Heinrich Karlen as having the "Nazi mentality of the superman." The political party was founded at a meeting in Bulawayo, 30 January 1976, by 30 former members of the Rhodesian Front. Among its founders were the British Kenneth Rodger...

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