Part VI of the SWC Operation Report
GOERING, EDDA
Edda Goering is the daughter of notorious Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering. Although no meeting with her could be arranged, her close friend, Florrie Rost van Tonningen (see separate entry) confirmed that Goering remained a strong supporter of the neo- Nazi movement. Edda Goering takes part in memorials for Nazi war criminals and is highly respected within the movement because her father cheated the hangman by taking his own life.
GRABER, RUDOLF
Rudolf Graber was the Bishop of Regensburg before his recent retirement. Manfred Roeder (see separate entry) told Ron Furey and Richard Eaton that Bishop Graber had actually provided him with office space and requested from him an assortment of anti- masonic literature.
HAMMELBACK (HAMMELBACH, HAMMELBECK), PROF. W.G.
W. G. Hammelback was one of several people presented by
Wolfgang Juchem (see separate entry) as an example of his support
among average German citizens. Hammelback told Ron Furey and
Richard Eaton that Juchem is "honest, truthful, and clean" and
inspires confidence with his leadership ability. Hammelback
arranges and addresses seminars which draw an average of 30
people at a time. These seminars attract people from all walks
of life. The ultra-right-wing message is cleverly cloaked at
these seminars in discussions about ecology and the environment
(see entry for Weidner). Hammelback claims to be a past-
president of a group calling itself the "World League for the
Preservation of Life."
JUCHEM, WOLFGANG
Wolfgang Juchem was the biggest single find of Ron Furey's
trip. Unlike the other stars of German's radical right, Juchem
has a squeaky-clean record and in fact has served his country for
30 years - both with the army and with intelligence as a
spymaster. Juchem maintains good relations with the leadership
of Germany's "respectable" right wing parties, is good-looking,
personable, and eloquent.
Juchem is viewed positively by most of the radical right and
is considered to have the best chance of unifying the entire
movement. He is not the leader of any party nor has he thrown
his hat in with any particular group. He has told Ron that he is
waiting to see which of the radical parties emerges as the
strongest; then he will make his move.
Juchem claims an underground support group of 10,000, two
thousand of which financially support his cause. Juchem has
strong support of ethnic Germans who have arrived from
neighboring countries and who were living in areas which were
once part of Germany. He delivers frequent lectures and appears
to be a good solid citizen whose only interest is the welfare of
Germany.
Juchem has told Ron Furey that the government is out to get
him (although Center researchers could not find his name on
official lists of known neo-Nazis) and that the Jews are behind
German's current troubles. He has also confided to Furey his
denial of the Holocaust and admiration of Adolf Hitler. Furey
was able to bring Reisz, Busse, and Juchem together, where they
were secretly filmed by a CBS crew. There they decided to create
a center from which Nazi ideas could be disseminated throughout
Germany.
Juchem could be very dangerous. He is totally adaptable and
will conform to any image that is needed to gain power. He was
also able to produce for Ron Furey and S.W.C. researcher, Richard
Eaton, a group of supporters from "middle Germany" -- ordinary
citizens in respectable positions. The fact that he spent 30
years in the service of his country, also means that he has had
plenty of time to develop relationships. He has, in fact, told
Ron and Richard that such is indeed the case. Juchem is "clean"
and has a power base. He may be the man to watch.
KEMPKENS, WOLFGANG
Kempkens, 53, has papers for both Canada and Germany. He
once worked as a writer for Stars & Stripes. Kempkens told Ron
Furey that he knows Mark Weber (see separate entry) "pretty well"
and that he has contributed to the Journal of Historical Review
(the publication of Willis Carto's Institute for Historical
Review, which denies the Holocaust). Kempkens often travels to
the former U.S.S.R. to try to buy archival material which might
support the Holocaust revisionist stance. He is an apologist for
the Third Reich and claims to be more to the right of the current
neo-Nazi leadership. He maintains strong ties to other radicals
throughout Europe and America.
End of Part VI