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Extremist right-wing hate groups also formed in the United States during the 1930s, though their memberships remained relatively small. The fascist movements flourishing in Germany and Italy gave rise to imitative organizations in the United States. The Silver Shirts was founded by journalist William Pelley in 1933. Pelley claimed that in 1928 he had been dead for seven minutes and had gone to heaven, where he was instructed to form a fascist organization to support Hitler in the United States. The anti-Semitic Pelley and his followers harangued the president and New Deal supporters for being, among other things, agents of communism. Pelley was arrested for fraud in 1934, and in 1942 he was convicted on charges of sedition and sent to prison for eight years. The Silver Shirts disappeared soon thereafter.
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