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The '''Atomwaffen Division''' (''Atomwaffen'' meaning "[[Wikipedia:nuclear weapon|nuclear weapons]]" in [[Wikipedia:German language|German]]) is a [[Wikipedia:Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] [[Wikipedia:Right-wing terrorism|terrorist]] network. Formed in 2015 and based in the [[Wikipedia:Southern United States|Southern United States]], it has since expanded across the [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]] and into the [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canada]], [[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]], the [[Wikipedia:Baltic states|Baltic states]] and other European countries. The group is part of the [[:Category:Alt-Right|alt-right]], although the group rejects the label<ref name=maniac>{{Cite web | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alt-right-charles-manson-atomwaffen_us_5a146921e4b03dec824892e6 | title=The Maniac Neo-Nazis Keeping Charles Manson's Race War Alive | last=Mathias | first=Christopher | quote=Even within the alt-right — a loose association of white supremacists and fascists — the Atomwaffen Division is considered extreme.}}</ref><ref name=targetcampuses>{{Cite web | first=Marilyn | last=Mayo | url=https://www.adl.org/blog/alt-right-groups-target-campuses-with-fliers | title=Alt Right Groups Target Campuses with Fliers | publisher=Anti-Defamation League | date=December 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-white-supremacist-group-redoubling-hate-fliering-efforts-on-campus | title=ADL: White Supremacist Group Redoubling Hate Fliering Efforts on Campus | publisher=Anti-Defamation League | date=September 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/atomwaffen-nazi-murder-bomb-plot_us_5a70825ae4b00d0de2240328 | title=1 Neo-Nazi Group. 5 Murders In 8 Months. | last=Mathias | first=Christopher | work=HuffPost | date=January 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/01/29/suspect-penn-student-murder-neo-nazi-ties/| title=Report: Suspect in Penn Student's Murder Has Neo-Nazi Ties | work=[[Wikipedia:Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]] | date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> and is considered extreme even within that movement.<ref name=maniac/> It is listed as a [[Wikipedia:hate group|hate group]] by the [[:Category:Southern Poverty Law Center|Southern Poverty Law Center]] (SPLC).<ref>{{cite web | title=Active Hate Groups | url=https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map/by-state | publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center}}</ref>

Members of the Atomwaffen Division have been held responsible for a number of murders, planned terrorist attacks, as well as other criminal actions.

==See also==

*{{Wikipedia-inline|Atomwaffen Division}}

==Notes==

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