| Ben (Bernhardt) Klassen | |
| Born | February 20, 1918 Taurida, Ukraine |
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| Died | August 6, 1993 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Occupation | Author, White Nationalist. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) |
| Known for | Founding The Church Of The Creator |
Ben (Bernhardt) Klassen (February 20, 1918 — August 06, 1993) was the founder of the white supremacist Church of the Creator (COTC). Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) White supremacy is a racist ideology based on the assertion that White people are superior to other racial groups.
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Early life
Klassen was born in Taurida, Ukraine to a Mennonite family. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons (1496&ndash1561 though his teachings were a relatively At the age of six, he moved with his family to Herschel, Saskatchewan (in Canada). Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He attended the German-English Academy (now Rosthern Junior College). The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Rosthern Junior College, an independent High school, has been a landmark institution in the town of Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada since 1905
White supremacist activism
In 1968, he moved to Florida to work for George Wallace's presidential campaign. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the George Corley Wallace Jr (August 25 1919 September 13 1998 was a Democratic Governor of Alabama for four terms (1963-1967 1971-1979 and 1983-1987 and ran for In 1973 he founded the original Church of the Creator (COTC) which changed its name to the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC) in 1996 when Matthew F. Hale was elected as its Pontifex Maximus, or Head Priest, and later to The Creativity Movement (TCM) in 2003 after a trademark dispute with the TE-TA-MA Truth Foundation. The Creativity Movement was a term originally coined by Ben Klassen as a descriptive phrase encompassing all adherents of the religion known as Creativity, whether Matthew F Hale (born July 27, 1971) more commonly called Matt Hale, is the leader of the Religious group formerly known as the World Church The Creativity Movement was a term originally coined by Ben Klassen as a descriptive phrase encompassing all adherents of the religion known as Creativity, whether He attracted several hundred white supremacists as members from the US, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, and South Africa. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
Klassen first popularized the term Racial Holy War (RaHoWa) within the white supremacist movement. A term originally coined by Ben Klassen and used extensively throughout his book the White Man's Bible, Racial Holy War (also called RaHoWa or capitalized He also consistently called Black people "niggers" in public discourse as well as in the literature of the WCOTC, as opposed to many white nationalist leaders who use relatively more polite terms for the aforementioned group in public. The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse Nigger is a Noun in the English language, most notable for its usage in a derogatory context to refer to Black people, and also as an informal White nationalism is a political Ideology which advocates a racial definition (or redefinition of national identity for White people, in opposition to For example, the 7th commandment of the WCOTC's "16 commandments of Creativity" openly uses the word "nigger".
Klassen was the author of several books - Nature's Eternal Religion (1973), The White Man's Bible (1981), Expanding Creativity (1985), A Revolution of Values Through Religion (1991) and many others.
Death
Klassen committed suicide in 1993 after the death of his wife, by overdosing on sleeping pills. The term drug overdose (or simply overdose or OD) describes the Ingestion or application of a Drug or other substance in quantities A sedative, or more specifically a sedative-hypnotic, is a substance that depresses the Central nervous system (CNS resulting in calmness relaxation sleepiness In his suicide note, he made reference to his book The White Man's Bible, which describes suicide as "an honorable and dignified way to die for any. . . of a number of reasons, such as having come to the decision that life is no longer worthwhile. "
References
Works Online
| Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Natures Eternal Religion | The First of the Holy Books of Creativity |
| 1981 | White Mans Bible | The Second of the Holy Books of Creativity |
| 1983 | Salubrious Living | The Third of the Holy Books of Creativity |
| 1985 | Expaning Creativity | A collection of articles from Racial Loyalty #1-12 |
| 1986 | Building a Whiter, Brighter World | A collection of articles from Racial Loyalty #13-28 |
| 1987 | Rahowa- This Planet is All Ours | A collection of articles from Racial Loyalty #28-39 |
| 1988 | The Klassen Letters Vol. 1 1969-1976 | A collection of letters |
| 1989 | The Klassen Letters Vol. 2 1976-1981 | A collection of letters |
| 1991 | Little White Book | A collection of programmatic statements, creeds, and quotes "for Daily reading and affirmation" |
| 1991 | A Revolution of Values Through Religion | A comparison of various religious doctrines with Creativity |
| 1991 | Against the Evil Tide | An Autobiography |
| 1993 | Trials, Tribulations, Triumphs | A History of the COTC during the 1980s |
| 1993 | On the Brink of Bloody Racial War | A collection of articles from Racial Loyalty #40-81 |
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