John Colin Campbell Jordan (19 June 1923 – 9 April 2009) was a leading figure in postwar Neo-Nazism in Britain. In the far-right nationalist circles of the 1960s, Jordan represented the most explicitly 'Nazi' inclination in his open use of the styles and symbols of the Third Reich.
Through organisations such as the National Socialist Movement and the World Union of National Socialists, Jordan advocated a pan-Aryan "Universal Nazism".
Although lat...
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John Colin Campbell Jordan (19 June 1923 – 9 April 2009) was a leading figure in postwar Neo-Nazism in Britain. In the far-right nationalist circles of the 1960s, Jordan represented the most explicitly 'Nazi' inclination in his open use of the styles and symbols of the Third Reich.
Through organisations such as the National Socialist Movement and the World Union of National Socialists, Jordan advocated a pan-Aryan "Universal Nazism".
Although later unaffiliated with any political party, Jordan remained an influential voice on the British far right.
The son of a postman, Jordan was educated at Warwick School from 1934 to 1942. After service in the Royal Army Educational Corps he went on to study at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating in 1949 with 2nd class honours in history. He then became a mathematics teacher at Stoke Secondary Modern Boys School, Coventry where he had earned the nickname of 'Jumbo' amongst the pupils on account of his heavy build. He joined the League of...
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