Image source, Hope Not Hate
Members of White Stag Athletic Club perform a Nazi salute during a hike
Thirteen men stand proudly against a backdrop of jagged rocks on a snowy hilltop. Carrying backpacks and wearing boots, helmets, hats and gloves, they pose for a photograph to mark their ascent.
It would be a scene familiar to any climbing enthusiast, if not for one glaring detail: every member of the group is performing a Nazi salute.
This was White Stag Athletic Club (WSAC), a fitness group for which racism, homophobia and white skin were conditions of entry.
New recruits were required to answer questions such as: “Are you Jewish? Are you Muslim? Are you homosexual? What are your views on race mixing?”
They were vetted by the club’s founder and leader, a South Yorkshire prison officer and “unashamed white supremacist” who called himself ‘Sarge’.
Image source, Counter Terrorism Policing North East
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