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David Lane (white supremacist)

David Lane
Born David Eden Lane
(1938-11-02)November 2, 1938
Woden, Iowa, U.S.
Died May 28, 2007(2007-05-28) (aged 68)
FCC Terre Haute
Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Cause of death Epileptic seizure
Other names Wodensson
Occupation Real estate broker
Known for White supremacism, Wotanism, the White genocide conspiracy theory and membership in The Order
Spouse(s) Mary Lou
Katja Maddox (m. 1994–2007)
David Lane
Known for Participant in the homicide of Alan Berg
Criminal charge
Criminal penalty
  • 150-year federal prison term (violation of civil rights)
  • 20-year federal prison term (racketeering)
  • 20-year federal prison term (conspiracy)
  • (served consecutively)
Criminal status Died in prison
Allegiance The Order
Motive White nationalism, extermination of Jews
Conviction(s)
  • Violation of civil rights
  • Racketeering
  • Conspiracy to engage in racketeering

David Eden Lane (November 2, 1938 – May 28, 2007) was an American white supremacist leader and convicted felon. A member of The Order, he was convicted and sentenced to 190 years in prison for racketeering, conspiracy, and for violating the civil rights of Alan Berg, a Jewish radio talk show host, who was murdered on June 18, 1984. He died while incarcerated in the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Lane coined the best-known slogan of the U.S. white supremacist movement, the Fourteen Words. He has been described by the SPLC as "one of the most important ideologues of contemporary white supremacy."

Lane was born as the third of four siblings in Woden, Iowa; he had a brother and two sisters. His father was an alcoholic migrant worker who was physically abusive towards his wife and children. Lane would later claim that his father forced his mother to engage in prostitution so he could obtain "booze money", and that his older brother was rendered with permanent deafness as a result of a "beating gone awry". When Lane was four years old, his father abandoned his family. In 1944, his older brother was arrested after searching for food in a neighbor's trash bins, and he and his sisters were placed in foster care. Lane was soon adopted by a traveling Lutheran minister, which resulted in Lane being separated from his two sisters. Lane described his adoptive father as a "doctrinaire fundamentalist from the old school". Bored with endless hours of church services, Lane rejected Christianity, and originally shared relatively pagan beliefs. Lane claimed that he first noticed the beauty of the Caucasian race after befriending a blonde-haired girl in first grade to whom he was attracted. Lane has also stated that while he reenacted battles with his foster brother as a child, he would portray a Nazi stormtrooper while his brother portrayed an American soldier.


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