From the Archives: Season Two, Episode Five

Copy of the book "Imperium" written by Francis Parker Yockey under the pseudonym "Ulick Varange"

Nazi Commander who admitted to ordering the executions of 90,000 individuals during the war. Francis Yockey helped funnel material to Ohlendorf's lawyer to help in his defense.

A photo of Nazi defense lawyer Rudolf Aschenauer (left) from 1961

British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, contemporary of Francis Yockey, inspects the women's section of the British Union of Fascists, 1939.

LA Times advertisement for Gerald L.K. Smith's multi-day convention at the Embassy Auditorium in Los Angeles, August 1950

FBI file detailing Francis Parker Yockey's remarks at a meeting of Gerald L.K. Smith's Christian Nationalist Party

News coverage of Sen. Joseph McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, WV (Feb. 1950), in which he charged that communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department

Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) chairs an investigation probing Sen. Joseph McCarthy's claims of communist infiltration of the State Department, March 1950

Sen. Millard Tydings and Sen. Joseph McCarthy spar before a hearing on charges of communist infiltration of the State Department, March 1950

Press coverage after veteran Democratic Sen. Millard Tydings is beaten in a "spectacular upset," November 1950

Fabricated image (left) distributed by allies of Sen. McCarthy of Sen. Millard Tydings meeting with a communist leader (the fake composite image was created by combining the two photos on the right).

Journalist Joe Alsop, a frequent critic of Senator McCarthy, shown here in 1955.

Newspaper columnist and radio commentator Drew Pearson, 1943

Newspaper coverage after Anna Rosenberg became the first ever recipient of the Medal of Freedom due to her wartime service, October 1945

A photo of Anna Rosenberg taken shortly before she was appointed as the first female Assistant Secretary of Defense, November 1950

Press coverage of the antisemitic effort by Sen. Joseph McCarthy and Gerald L.K. Smith to block the confirmation of Anna Rosenberg to a position at the Pentagon, February 1951.

Letter received by Sen. Lester Hunt attacking Anna Rosenberg as a "foreign born woman" with affiliations with a "communistic organization"

Sen. Lester Hunt response to a critic of Anna Rosenberg in which he notes Sen. Joseph McCarthy's previous Communist charges that had been "disproven"

Newspaper clipping in Sen. Lester Hunt's personal files detailing the Anti-Defamation League's praise of Hunt's efforts to defend Anna Rosenberg

James Madole, the founder of the National Renaissance Party, speaks while flanked by members the group's "Elite Guard," 1966

A member of the fascist National Renaissance Party, seen wearing Nazi stormtrooper attire at a New York City rally, April 1972

National Renaissance Party demonstration, December 1966

Bulletin from National Renaissance Party director James Madole to members, encouraging enlistment in the organization's "Elite Guard"

National Renaissance Party director James Madole writes a “salute” to Sen. Joseph McCarthy who “has become the national hero of patriots,” October 1951

Advertisement for a 1952 speech by Sen. Joseph McCarthy at an "American-German Friendship Rally" in Yorkville, NY being organized by high-profile American fascists and Holocaust deniers (McCarthy later pulled out of the event)

FBI file detailing Francis Parker Yockey's apparent offer of a speechwriting job for Sen. Joseph McCarthy

FBI memo notes the Bureau's interest in talking to Sen. Joseph McCarthy regarding his apparent ties to American fascist Francis Parker Yockey.