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NEWS ABOUT: James Von Brunn

James Von Brunn stories: 17 news summaries

 Museum Shooter: 
 'I Swore to 
 Defend My 
 Country' 

Von Brunn was on suicide mission, prosecutor says

Sep 2, 09 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - James von Brunn planned to die himself when he opened fire at the Holocaust Museum in June, an assault he planned well in advance to spread the word that the Holocaust was a hoax, prosecutors say. Von Brunn, 89, appeared in court for the first time today to answer charges... More »

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Washington DC • murder • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • shooting • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

Holocaust Museum Shooter Indicted

Von Brunn faces death penalty on first-degree murder charges in DC

Jul 29, 09 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 89-year-old man who shot and killed a guard at the Holocaust Memorial Museum last month was charged today with first-degree murder, killing in a federal building, and bias-motivated crime, among other accusations, the Washington Post reports. If convicted, James von Brunn faces life in prison, though four of the... More »

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Washington DC • hate crime • Holocaust Museum • gunman • shooters • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

(Newser) - Police discovered child pornography on a computer during a search of the home of suspected Holocaust Museum gunman James von Brunn, the Washington Post reports. FBI agents would not detail the amount or type of material discovered in the 88-year-old's Annapolis apartment. They also found a rifle, a handwritten... More »

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FBI • Holocaust • white supremacism • child pornography • computer • shooting • evidence • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

Von Brunn in 'No Condition' for Court: Judge

Hospitalized museum gunman, shot in face, still in critical condition

Jun 15, 09 7:27 PM CDT
(AP) - A white supremacist accused of fatally shooting a security guard at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is in no condition to appear in court, a federal judge ruled today. James von Brunn, 88, was shot in the face by guards who returned his fire last week and is still hospitalized.... More »

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shooting • hearings • court appearance • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

(Newser) - The shootings of George Tiller and a National Holocaust Museum guard came despite a renewed FBI effort to preempt solo acts of political violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Identifying such extremists—while respecting their civil rights—is a challenge. Both James von Brunn and Scott Roeder expressed their... More »

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FBI • extremists • white supremacism • domestic terrorism • right-wing extremism • Scott Roeder • James Von Brunn

(Newser) - The son of alleged Holocaust Museum killer James von Brunn wishes his father, rather than a "brave" security guard, had died this week, the Washington Post reports. "I cannot express enough how deeply sorry I am" that museum guard Stephen Johns died "and not... More »

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crime • Washington DC • murder • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns • Erik von Brunn

Defying Hate, Visitors Return to Holocaust Museum

Museum staff 'more dedicated than ever' after guard's murder

Jun 13, 09 2:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The National Holocaust Museum opened its doors again yesterday after a day of mourning for slain security guard Stephen Johns and hundreds of visitors lined up for admission, the Washington Post reports. Visitors, including families and school groups from around the country, spoke of their determination to defy the hatred... More »

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hate crime • Holocaust Museum • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns

Extremist UK
Party Linked to Museum Shooter

Von Brunn attended fundraisers in US for whites-only BNP

Jun 12, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alleged Holocaust Museum shooter James von Brunn has links to the British National Party, the whites-only extremist bloc that won two seats in the European Parliament in last week's vote, reports the Guardian. Von Brunn attended fundraising meetings of an American affiliate of the group, although he is not believed... More »

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United Kingdom • racism • Holocaust Museum • extremism • white supremacism • Nick Griffin • British National Party • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

Von Brunn's Digital Trail Disappears

Web page, message board rants removed after suspect named

Jun 12, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - James von Brunn's online presence began to vanish within hours after he was named as the suspect in the Holocaust Museum shooting Wednesday, the Washington Post reports. Users trying to access his personal website received an error message, his user bio on Wikipedia was pulled, and the Free Republic message... More »

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Internet • hate crime • message boards • Holocaust Museum • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

OPINION

All Jewish
Spaces Need
Armed Guards

'Queasiness' aside, only guns can stop would-be killers

Jun 11, 09 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday’s Holocaust Museum shooting should stifle the queasiness American Jews feel around weapons, Jeffrey Goldberg writes for the Atlantic. “One of the lessons of the Holocaust to me is that it is more difficult to kill an armed Jew than an unarmed Jew,” he says. Had the... More »

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Holocaust • Jews • shooting • guns • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn • Jeffrey Goldberg

Museum Shooter Charged With Murder

Slain guard opened door as courtesy to
von Brunn, 88

Jun 11, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The suspect in yesterday’s Holocaust Museum shooting has been charged with murder, the AP reports, and could face the death penalty; hate-crime charges are also possible. Slain security guard Stephen Johns was opening the door for James von Brunn when the 88-year-old fatally shot him, CNN adds; guards fired... More »

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murder • Holocaust Museum • Anne Frank • shooting • Emmett Till • gun possession • murder charges • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns

Beck: Al-Qaeda Working With Neo-Nazis

Museum shooting proves conservatives, not just Jews, in danger

Jun 11, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck offered his own bizarre take on the Holocaust Museum shooting last night, telling his flock that it was a warning of things to come. “The pot is boiling,” Glenn gravely intoned, and nut-jobs are going to come out of the woodwork. “Groups like al-Qaeda are... More »

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Glenn Beck • white supremacism • shooting • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

Museum Shooter Was Growing Despondent

Struggling Von Brunn warned people that they wouldn't see him again

Jun 11, 09 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Acquaintances of James von Brunn say the 88-year-old man who witnesses saw open fire in the Holocaust Memorial Museum had grown increasingly unhappy in recent weeks, reports the Washington Post. One fellow white separatist said von Brunn "was barely making it" after his Social Security payments were cut, which... More »

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Washington • racism • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • shooting • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

'Gentle Giant' Mourned After Museum Shooting

'Outstanding' guard hailed as a hero

Jun 11, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Colleagues at the National Holocaust Museum remember slain security guard Stephen Johns as unfailingly courteous and friendly, the Washington Post reports. The 39-year-old guard was killed in the line of duty yesterday when a gunman walked into the museum and opened fire. "There are no words to express our... More »

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Holocaust Museum • security guards • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns

Shooter Tried
to 'Arrest'
Fed Members
in 1981

Von Brunn served
6 years in prison

Jun 10, 09 7:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Details about the twisted past of the elderly man who killed a guard at the US Holocaust Museum continues to surface. In a bizarre incident in 1981, James von Brunn, then 62, stormed into the Federal Reserve's headquarters in DC armed with two guns, a knife, and a fake bomb,... More »

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crime • Holocaust Museum • Neo-Nazi • shooting • anti-Semitism • right-wing extremism • James Von Brunn

 Ex-Wife: Museum Shooter's 
 Racism 'Ate Him Alive' 

He said he would 'go out with boots on'

Jun 10, 09 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The white supremacist who allegedly opened fire in the US Holocaust Museum today, killing a security guard, has a hatred of Jews and blacks that “ate him alive like a cancer,” his ex-wife tells the New York Daily News. She said James von Brunn—news reports have differed... More »

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crime • racism • Holocaust Museum • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

 Holocaust Museum 
 Shooter Is White 
 Supremacist; 
 Guard Killed 



His rambling site has racist, anti-Semitic rants

Jun 10, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - White supremacist James Von Brunn is the injured suspect in today’s shooting of a National Holocaust Museum security guard, police tell the Washington Post. The guard has since died of his injuries at a local hospital, sources tell WJLA-TV. On his anti-Semitic website, von Brunn, 88, claims he served... More »

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