James K. Warner

James Konrad Warner (February 2, 1939 – died before 2019) was an American neo-Nazi activist. He was an early recruit to the American Nazi Party as part of the core of the party and national secretary. He later became involved with the National States' Rights Party. After moving to Los Angeles, he was converted to Christian Identity by Wesley Swift and started the New Christian Crusade Church. Warner succeeded Richard Girndt Butler as leader of the Christian Defense League. He eventually moved both the New Christian Crusade Church and the Christian Defense League to Louisiana. Warner later became the Louisiana Grand Dragon of David Duke's Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

Early life James Konrad Warner was born February 2, 1939, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the son of Conrad L. Warner. His parents were divorced. He graduated from Coughlin High School in 1957. He belonged to the school's German Club, though barely passed the language and was placed 171 out of a class of 198 students. Teachers described him as not very social but not a troublemaker either. He was married briefly but was divorced by 1963.

Politics

Neo-Nazism

Warner served in the United States Air Force out of high school for two years. He also briefly served in the U.S. Navy. He was ultimately discharged due to his neo-Nazi beliefs. His second wife, Debra Coleman Warner, was also involved in politics. They had a son, Scott James Warner.

Following the death of Swift, Identity minister Richard Girnt Butler assumed control of Swift's church and moved it to Idaho, leaving control of the Christian Defense League to Warner. Eventually, Warner moved the Christian Defense League and the New Christian Crusade Church to Louisiana. Warner used the New Christian Crusade Church to speak of ZOG, that with "a hidden hand... secretly controls the flow of events in Mainstream America." Proclaiming that since America was ruled by Jews, Warner claimed that the Jews used this power to perpetuate racial genocide.

Warner later became the Louisiana Grand Dragon of Duke's Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. As of 2007, he was still active in neo-Nazi circles. when millionaire Richard Cotter, Jr. died, he gave $500,000 of his fortune to Warner's church, resulting in Warner's name making the headlines in 2000. He was still alive in 2011.

Death Warner preceded his son, Scott James Warner, who died July 28, 2018, in death.

Works

The Law of Odin Aryans and Jews: A Study in Racial Differences The White Racial Basis of American Civilization Secrets of the Synagogue of Satan The Real Hate Mongers