In 1978, Lauck shot and wounded his brother Jerry following a political dispute. Since 2009, Lauck has lived in
Fairbury, Nebraska. Prior to that, he resided in Lincoln, Nebraska. As the leader of the
NSDAP/AO, Lauck maintained close contact with like-minded individuals and groups in
Europe, including
Michael Kühnen, with whom he collaborated closely from the 1970s. A noted
Germanophile, Lauck sported a
toothbrush moustache and regularly used the
Nazi salute as his greeting. Two years later, the NSDAP/AO reached an agreement with the
National Socialist Movement of Denmark, which had previously been a prominent member of the rival
World Union of National Socialists (WUNS). This shift followed the expulsion of
Povl Riis-Knudsen, a leading figure in WUNS, from the Danish Nazi movement after he married a
Palestinian woman. During the early days of the
Yugoslav Wars, Lauck's journal
New Order published a series of articles supporting
Croatia, with particular sympathy expressed for the
Ustaše. The magazine played a significant role in recruiting neo-Nazi-linked mercenaries to fight for the Croatian cause. In 1995, Lauck was arrested in Denmark, sparking a
far-right campaign in the United States opposing his extradition to Germany, where he was wanted for distributing neo-Nazi propaganda. Despite these efforts, Lauck was deported to
Hamburg, where he was tried and convicted of disseminating neo-Nazi pamphlets. He was sentenced to four years in prison. Lauck was released on March 19, 1999, and subsequently deported back to the United States. He now operates Third Reich Books, which continues to distribute Nazi paraphernalia online. ==References==