Book Review: ‘American Reich,’ by Eric Lichtblau
The New York Times••nation
Key Points:
- Eric Lichtblau’s book "American Reich" investigates the 2018 murder of Blaze Bernstein, a queer Jewish teenager, by Sam Woodward, a neo-Nazi from Orange County, California.
- The book explores the contrasting lives of Bernstein, a literary and precocious student, and Woodward, a white supremacist raised in an intolerant household, highlighting the cultural and ideological clash.
- Woodward was a member of the Atomwaffen Division, a violent neo-Nazi group that emerged from online forums and used political events to recruit members, despite their generally low education levels.
- Lichtblau’s work underscores the ongoing threat of antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ violence in America, noting the disturbing resurgence of
