the protocols of the elders of zion. this was my homework. the protocols of the elders of zion was a fraudulent document released in 1903 by the russian czar. this was a way to demonize the jews, claiming that a secret group of powerful jews were conspireing to control the finances of the world and the entertainment and the media and things like that. through the roaring 20s and the crash that followed, the protocols were held up of proof that economic suffering was caused by a jewish conspiracy. half a million copies for printed by henry ford, complimentary with every car sold. eric tells me he denied his father s indoctrination and endured years of emotional and physical abuse.
evil regime, war of the rebelli rebellion. eric was told his father was far away fighting a war until his mother told him the truth. i said, you know, people do bad things. your father did something that was pretty bad. and he went to jail for it. and that s where he is right now, not at war. he s in jail. can you tell me what your relationship was like? i loved him to death. he was my john wayne. he looked like john wayne. but pat tells me that over time that love was poisoned by hate. her husband s obsession with bigotry and anti-semitism spiralled out of control. he was so engrossed in it. he was eaten alive like a cancer. and then eric was born and eric
for most of his life, eric agonized over what his violent, white supremacist father might do. when he became an adult, eric asked his father to move in with him. he wanted to keep a close eye on the old man. but when james asked his only son to carry out a suicide attack in washington, d.c., eric reached his breaking point. when the man asked me to kill myself for something he knew i didn t believe in, that pretty much ended our father-son relationship. you wanted out right at that point? yeah. eric had graduated from the university of maryland and was eager to put as much distance from him and his father as possible. he decided to move to florida for a fresh start. but the night before he left, as they said their good-byes, eric
if that s not being courageous, if that s not being a good person, i don t know what else to tell you. extremism leaves all different kinds of casualties. eric s story is really interesting because he s still battling the scars of what his father did to him. but also what his father did to special officer johns. he holds that inside as if it was his responsibility. he s got a lot of damage that he needs to repair. eric sees his life story the way i used to see mine, as a source of sadness and shame. i have an idea how i can help him. but for a prominent neo-nazi like jeff scoop, the path
but a lifetime of resistance took its toll. is this where you took drugs? yeah. i had a $1,600 a month habit. where would you find the money for that? stealing, selling, repeat diving, that kind of stuff. you said you had squatters in here? yeah. wow. you can t even see the garage. for yearly a decade, eric has struggled with ptsd, anxiety and addiction. the legacy of his father s effort to bend him to his will. and he tells me that as james grew older, his hate grew more extreme. he even posted his racist manifesto online for all the world to see. eric didn t know where to turn. so he moved james in with him to