Jeff Schoep
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Jeff Schoep (born 1974), of Hutchinson, Minnesota, is the head of an American neo-Nazi party, the National Socialist Movement, and a suspected Satanist [1]. He is known for using publicity tactics similar to those used by George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party, such as introducing Brown Shirt uniforms for his members and the constant use of the swastika.
Before becoming the Commander of NSM he was a member of the group under its former title, "The National Socialist American Workers Freedom Movement", led by former American Nazi Party Stormtroopers Cliff Herrington and Robert Brannen. Around 1994, Herrington handed over the party to Schoep, who he felt could better run the group. Herrington remains a part of NSM however, and is currently the group's Chairman. ((Correction- Herrington 'resigned' from the NSM in July of 2006.)) In 1998, Schoep was arrested for and pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting a burglary. At the trial, District Judge Sharon Hall accused him of hypocrisy, saying that the NSM "does not condone fathering children around the countryside and taking no financial responsibility. And it does not condone the commission of crimes. I also know that your organization believes that there are various minority groups in this country that do that on a regular basis." Schoep had no response [2].
Schoep's group has recently been criticized for their intense recruiting of children into their youth organization, the Viking Youth Corps [[3]]. He has also been criticized for letting Bill White take a spot as spokesman for the National Socialist Movement, a move that many say signifies a "passing of the torch".
