Dan Burros

Dan Burros, born on March fifth, nineteen thirty-seven, was a prominent figure in the American far-right movement, known for his severe antisemitism and affiliations with various extremist organizations. Raised in a Russian Jewish family in the Bronx, Burros attended Hebrew school and celebrated his bar mitzvah in Richmond Hill, Queens. However, he developed antisemitic views during his teenage years, which would later define his controversial life.

After serving honorably in the Army and being discharged in nineteen fifty-eight, Burros joined the American Nazi Party in nineteen sixty. He quickly rose through the ranks, becoming the third highest-ranking member. In nineteen sixty-one, he left the party with his friend John Patler to establish the American National Party and its publication, Kill! magazine. However, their venture was short-lived, leading Burros to join the National Renaissance Party in nineteen sixty-three, influenced by the fascist ideologue Francis Parker Yockey.

In nineteen sixty-five, Burros was recruited into the Ku Klux Klan by Roy Frankhouser, where he ascended to the positions of King Kleagle and Grand Dragon of the New York chapter. His Jewish heritage was publicly exposed on October thirty-first, nineteen sixty-five, by journalist McCandlish Phillips in an article for The New York Times. This revelation led to a tragic turn of events, as Burros took his own life shortly after the article's publication, a moment that sparked both criticism and praise for the newspaper.

Burros's life and ideology were later explored in the biography One More Victim, authored by A. M. Rosenthal and Arthur Gelb in nineteen sixty-seven, and his story served as the inspiration for the film The Believer, released in two thousand one. His complex legacy continues to provoke discussion about the intersections of identity, ideology, and extremism.