While the Chilean military junta was not, technically speaking, fascist, it nevertheless remains indisputable that it won the support of Fascists (Walter Rauff) and neofascists alike. One indirect but interesting way was through the torturer Miguel Krassnoff, the son of Axis soldier Pyotr Krasnov, but for today’s topic I invite you to look at the Swedish neofascists who supported the junta:
In January 1976, the Swedish–Chilean society was officially established. Because of the political background of most of its members, it was soon publicly known for having strong connections with [neofascist] organizations.^22^ […] The most important members were Åke Lindsten, Ulf Hamacher and Erik Ulfhake. The treasurers were Sven Brile and Olle Svanström.^30^ The only newly known [neo]fascist from this list was Åke Lindsten, who was an active member of National League of Sweden together with Ulf Hamacher.^31^
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Ambassador Törnvall was also invited by Ungsvenskarna (Young Swedes) to give a lecture about the new Chilean constitution in September 1980. This political association had its origins in [German Fascist] ideology but formed part of the conservative Moderate Party, although promoting more radical right-wing positions than its mother party.^69^ About 40 members of the organization attended the lecture. During this meeting, the president of Ungsvenskarna, Claes av Ugglas, voiced his sympathies for Pinochet and expressed his criticism in relation to the Swedish media and the public authorities and their stance to Chile.
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On August 9, 1982, the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet published an extensive article about Nazi organizations in Sweden and their racist and violent actions against immigrants which included a long interview with Ulf Hamacher. The author of the article referred several times to the former Ambassador Törnvall and informed about the connections of these radical groups with the Chilean embassy.
The articled included the names of some of the ultra‐conservative members of the [neofascist] organizations that had strong sympathies with Pinochet, such as Claes Lantz, G. Frostensson, Per‐Johan Bergelin and Ulf Hamacher, all active in the Society and also in the National League of Sweden. During the interview, Hamacher lamented that the new Chilean ambassador did not have any interest in keeping the collaboration with them. The author also mentioned that even the leader of Ku Klux Klan in Sweden had been active in the Swedish–Chilean society for a short period of time.^74^
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Pinochet himself benefited from the sympathies of the Swedish [neofascist] militants. Besides the limited number (around 250 members in the society by 1980), they were quite active in publishing articles in local magazines and newspapers on his honor. Indeed, the dictator had a long contact with the leaders of the Swedish–Chilean society. They personally met in Chile and they had a direct communication via regular mail. Some of them received the highest Chilean award.
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Events that happened today (September 11):
1899: Philipp Bouhler, the SS official responsible for the Aktion T4 euthanasia program that massacred more than 250,000 disabled adults and children, as well as co‐initiator of the Aktion 14f13 campaign that massacred 15,000–20,000 concentration camp prisoners, disgraced humanity with his existence.
1941: Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines gave a speech accusing the British, Jews and the FDR régime of pressing for war with the Third Reich.
1943: Reich troops occupied Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija, thereby ending the Kingdom of Italy’s occupation of Corsica.
1944: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm killed 11,500.
1945: Australian 9th Division forces arrived at the Axis‐run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.