In an article published in 1987 in the Golden Dawn magazine titled "Hitler for 1000 years", its editor Michaloliakos showed his support for Nazism and white supremacy.
[124] Specifically he wrote, "
We are the faithful soldiers of the National Socialist idea and nothing else" and "
[...] WE EXIST, and continue the battle, the battle for the final victory of our race".
[124] He ends the article by writing "
1987, 42 years later, with our thought and soul given to the last great battle, with our thought and soul given to the black and red banners, with our thought and soul given to the memory of our great Leader, we raise our right hand up, we salute the Sun and with the courage, that is compelled by our military honor and our National Socialist duty we shout full of passion, faith to the future and our visions: HEIL HITLER!".
[124] Furthermore he uses capital letters for pronouns referring to Hitler ("
by Himself", "
His people").
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On 17 August 1987, the war criminal
Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party, who was given a
life sentence at the
Nuremberg Trials, committed suicide. The following day, on 18 August 1987, Golden Dawn members distributed proclamations in the center of Athens with the phrase
RUDOLF HESS IMMORTAL (
Greek:
RUDOLF HESS ΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ).
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In pictures taken during the first congress of Golden Dawn in February 1990, the congress hall is decorated with the
Swastika and the
Wolfsangel.
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There are many cases in which Golden Dawn members have appeared to give a Nazi salute.
[127][128][129] The founder of the party, Nikolaos Michaloliakos, appeared to give a Nazi salute in the Athens city council. He claims that it was merely "the salute of the
national youth organisation of Ioannis Metaxas".
[122][130] The party states its logo is a traditional
Greek meander, not a Nazi symbol.
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