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Line 122: ==Legacy== Rockwell proposed an American government based upon principles of [[tribalism]], traditional [[Christianity]], and [[anti-Communism]]. He supported ideas of [[White separatism]] and [[White nationalism]], as well as the political ideas of [[Adolf Hitler]]. Though a proponent of [[segregation]], Rockwell dismissed claims that he was [[anti-Semitic]] or [[racist]], stating that he believed in [[social justice]] and White [[equality]], his spoken disregard for Jews only pertaining to [[Marxist]] Jews.<ref>{{cite book|last1=James Simonelli|first1=Frederick|title=American Fuehrer: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party|date=1 January 1999|publisher=University of Illinois Press|pages=232|edition=1st|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> A support of [[Malcolm X]], he sympathized with his anti-Communist views and nationalistic ideas, and was in turn supported by Malcolm X. Rockwell was and is affectionately termed "Commander" by his supporters, and his ideology remains the foundation of the American Nazi Party.<ref>{{cite web|last1=H. Schmaltz|first1=William|title=When George Lincoln Rockwell, Elijah Muhammad, and Malcolm X Shared the Same Stage|url=http://www.anthonyflood.com/rockwellelijah.htm|website=www.anthonyflood.com|publisher=Excerpt posted on blog from Hate: George Lincoln Rockwell & the American Nazi Party, by W. H. Schmaltz|accessdate=7 August 2015}}</ref> Given the epithet of the "American Hitler" by the [[BBC]],<ref name="BBC-Killed">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/25/newsid_3031000/3031928.stm |title=1967: 'American Hitler' shot dead|publisher=BBC |year= 2007 |first= |last= |accessdate =2007-08-22 | date=August 25, 1967}}</ref> Rockwell was a source of inspiration for [[White Nationalist]] politician [[David Duke]]. As a student in high school, when Duke learned of Rockwell's assassination, he reportedly said "The greatest American who ever lived has been shot down and killed".<ref>Elinor Langer, "A Hundred Little Hitlers," (Picador, New York, 2004), p. 131</ref> In the mid-1960s, Rockwell had a strategy to develop his Nazi political philosophy within the [[Christian Identity]] religious movement. Previously, Christian Identity had antisemitic and [[Racism|racist]] views, but not a [[Third Reich]] orientation. The Christian Identity group [[Aryan Nations]] started to use various Nazi flags in its services, and its security personnel started wearing uniforms similar to those worn by Rockwell's [[stormtrooper]]s.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Two of Rockwell's associates, [[Matt Koehl]] and [[William Luther Pierce]], formed their own organizations. Koehl, who was Rockwell's successor, renamed the NSWPP to [[New Order (Neo-Nazi group)|New Order]] in 1983 and relocated it to [[Wisconsin]] shortly thereafter. Pierce founded the [[National Alliance (United States)|National Alliance]]. | |||