Gerald Burton Winrod
| Gerald Burton Winrod | |
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Winrod c. 1940–1950
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March 7, 1900 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | November 11, 1957 (aged 57) Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Preacher |
| Children | Gordon Winrod |
| Parent(s) | Mable E. (1881–1971) John W. Winrod (1873–1945) |
Gerald Burton Winrod (March 7, 1900 – November 11, 1957) was a pro-Nazi and antisemitic evangelist, author, and political activist. He was charged with sedition during World War II.
He was born on March 7, 1900 to Mable E. (1881–1971), originally from Illinois, and John W. Winrod (1873–1945), originally from Missouri. His father, John, was a former bartender whose saloon was attacked by Carrie Nation.
In 1918 he was the chief clerk at the Kansas Gas and Electric Company in El Dorado, Kansas. By 1925 he formed the Defenders of the Christian Faith, a fundamentalist Christian organization that opposed teaching evolution in public schools and supported Prohibition and racial segregation.
Winrod professed strongly antisemitic views, earning him the nickname "The Nazi" ("Jayhawk" being a nickname for a Kansan). Winrod offered the following defense of his views in the introduction to his book The Truth About the Protocols which proclaimed the veracity of : "After observing the title of this book, some will accuse me of being anti-Semitic. If by this they mean that I am opposed to the Jews as a race or as a religion, I deny the allegation. But if they mean that I am opposed to a coterie of international Jewish bankers ruling the Gentile world by the power of gold, if they mean that I am opposed to international Jewish Communism, then I plead guilty to the charge." Winrod believed the United States to be the chosen land of God and, when the Great Depression struck, publicly stated that it was the work of Satan. He believed Franklin D. Roosevelt was a "devil" linked with the Jewish-Communist conspiracy and that Hitler would save Europe from Communism.
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