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'''Fritz Artz Springmeier''' (born '''Viktor E. Schoof''', September 24, 1955)<ref></ref><ref name=ap2001>{{cite news| title = Couple tied to separatist movement face drug-trafficking charges| newspaper = ]| page = 2B| date = March 3, 2001| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZHIVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=musDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3759,523756&dq=fritz-springmeier&hl=en| accessdate = March 10, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223114819/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZHIVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=musDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3759,523756&dq=fritz-springmeier&hl=en| archive-date = December 23, 2015| url-status = live}}</ref> is an American author of ] literature who has written a number of books claiming that a global elite who belong to ] bloodlines are conspiring to dominate the world. He has described his goal as "exposing the ] agenda."<ref name=redden2009>{{Cite news |last=Redden |first=Jim |title=FBI Probes Alleged Threat to Officer |newspaper=] |location=Portland, OR |date=October 30, 2009 |url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=2757 |accessdate=June 2, 2020 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121094233/http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=2757 |archivedate=January 21, 2011 }}</ref>
'''Fritz Artz Springmeier''' (born September 24, 1955) (aka Victor E. Schoff<ref name=ap2001/>) is an ] ] theorist and religious ] activist, formerly a resident of ], who has written a number of books claiming that ]ic forces are behind a move toward world domination by various families and organizations. He has described his goal as "exposing the ] agenda."<ref name = redden2009/>


==Life and career==
Springmeier has been linked to a violent extremist group called the ], and it was alleged that he had been growing ] with a member of that organization in order to supplement his income.<ref name=redden2009>{{Cite news
===Early life===
| last = Redden | first = Jim
Springmeier's father, James E. Schoof, worked for the ]<ref name="Schoof">{{Citation
| title = FBI probes alleged threat to officer
|last = Schoof
| newspaper = ]
|first = James E.
| location =Portland, OR
|title = Balochistan Area Development Project : Final Report
| date = Oct 30 2009 (update)
|publisher = The United States Agency for International Development
| url = http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=2757
|location = NY, NY
| accessdate = 2010-11-22 }}</ref>
|date = December 1991
On January 31, 2002, Springmeier was indicted on one charge of cultivation of marijuana under subsection (a), paragraph (1) of {{usc|21|841}}.<ref>Indictment, Jan. 31, 2002, docket entry 1, ''United States v. Springmeier'', case no. 3:02-cr-00025-RE, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Div.).</ref> He was arrested, together with his wife, after investigations into a ] revealed evidence of marijuana cultivation.<ref name=ap2001>{{cite news
|url = http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDABL036.pdf
| title = Couple tied to separatist movement face drug-trafficking charges
|accessdate = March 10, 2014
| newspaper = ]
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131126113834/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDABL036.pdf
| page = 2B
|archive-date = November 26, 2013
| year = 2001
|url-status = live
| date = March 3
}}</ref> as an international agriculturist, with a primary focus on developing the ] area of ].<ref name="Schoof"/>
| url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZHIVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=musDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3759,523756&dq=fritz-springmeier&hl=en
| accessdate = 2010-11-22 }}
</ref> The government dropped that charge on November 13, 2003.<ref>Docket entry 50, Nov. 13, 2003, ''United States v. Springmeier'', case no. 3:02-cr-00025-RE, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Div.).</ref>


===Education===
Also on January 31, 2002, Springmeier was indicted in connection with a bank robbery.<ref>Indictment, docket entry 1, Jan. 31, 2002, ''United States v. Springmeier'', case no. 3:02-cr-00024-RE, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Div.).</ref> On February 12, 2003, Springmeier was found guilty of one count of ] under subsections (a) and (d) of {{usc|18|2113}} and one count of possession of a semi-automatic rifle during a federal crime of violence under {{usc|18|924}} and {{usc|18|2}}.<ref>Docket entries 104 and 105, Feb. 12, 2003, ''United States v. Springmeier'', case no. 3:02-cr-00024-RE, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Div.).</ref> On the same day that the marijuana charge was dropped, Springmeier was sentenced to 9 years and 3 months in prison<ref>Docket entry 144, Judgment and Commitment, Nov. 14, 2003, ''United States v. Springmeier'', case no. 3:02-cr-00024-RE, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Div.) (sentence of 60 months in prison as to the armed bank robbery conviction and 51 months as to the weapon conviction, the sentences to run consecutively, for a total of 111 months).</ref> for his involvement in the robbery in ] in 1997, in which he set a bomb at an ] store as an accomplice of another right-wing militant.<ref name=splc>{{Cite web
Springmeier received a Masters in English from the ].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
| last = Blejwas | first = Andrew
| last2 = Griggs | first2 = Anthony
| last3 = Potok | first3 = Mark
| title = Almost 60 Terrorist Plots Uncovered in the U.S.
| publisher = ]
| date = Summer 2005
| url = http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2005/summer/terror-from-the-right-0?page=0,7
| accessdate = 2010-11-22
TONY HUNTINGTON--The Missing Link


===Conspiracy theories===
Conspicuously absent from the report is any mention of Tony Huntington, on whose mother's property all of the "evidence" used in KATU's report was found. Huntington and Bateman (Bateman rented a room in an out-building on the property) had been friends since childhood and lived on Huntington's mother's property. For five months after the Feds raided his place, Huntington lived with the knowledge that the illegal arsenal and 50 plant pot grow (complete with power diversion) would net him an approximately 120 year sentence.
Springmeier, formerly a resident of ], has written and ] a number of books based on the subject of the family lineage bloodlines of the Illuminati and their use of mind control. He has also endorsed the existence of Project Monarch, an alleged ] ] project, based partially on the assertions of author ].<ref name=barkun2006>{{Cite book | last = Barkun | first = Michael | authorlink = Michael Barkun | title = A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America | publisher = ] | year = 2006 | location = Berkeley, California | page = 76 | isbn = 0-520-24812-0 }}</ref><ref name=parfrey>{{Cite book | last = Parfrey | first = Adam | authorlink = Adam Parfrey | title = Cult Rapture | publisher = Feral Press | year = 1995 | location = Portland, Oregon | page = 241 | isbn = 0-922915-22-9}}</ref>


Springmeier's early work, ''The Watchtower & the Masons'', focuses on the relationship between ] and ]. In this book he describes a relationship between ] and the so-called "Eastern Establishment". Springmeier followed these links into Masonry and did a further examination of the Eastern establishment.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}
However, the courts refused key wittness who proved that moneies Springmeier receieved came from a minster in Japan. Springmeier was paid was public speaking. The minster had hard copy evidence. Eric Mason of KATU News (the local CBS affiliate) and John Stevens of International News in their KATU News report slanderized Springmeier and even reported lies, and untruths, futher damaging Springmeier.
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</ref> In October 2010, Springmeier was released from prison to go on and complete a 5 year probation program. He was also restricted from engaging in any political work.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} Springmeier was put back in prison in January 2011, and was again released on March 25, 2011.<ref>Fritz Artz Springmeier, inmate # 65941-065, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Dep't of Justice, at .</ref>


===Criminal conviction===
== Conspiracy theories ==
On January 31, 2002, Springmeier was indicted in the United States District Court in Portland, Oregon in connection with an armed robbery. On February 12, 2003, he was found guilty of one count of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and (d) and one count of aiding and abetting in the use of a semi-automatic rifle during the commission of a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C § 924(c)(1).<ref>{{cite web |title=United States v. Springmeier'', 254 F. Supp. 2d 1192 (D. Ore. 2003) |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?q=%22Fritz+Artz+Springmeier%22&hl=en&as_sdt=3,44&case=17290688063678630470&scilh=0}}</ref> In November 2003, he was sentenced to 51 months in prison on the armed robbery charge and 60 months on the aiding and abetting charge, fined $7,500, ordered to pay $6,488 in restitution, and assessed an additional $200. Springmeier's conviction was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.<ref>''United States v. Springmeier'', docket no. 03-30534, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (October 14, 2004).</ref> He was imprisoned, and was released from federal prison on March 25, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Fritz&Middle=&LastName=Springmeier&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=69&y=10|title=Inmate Locator|work=bop.gov}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=splc>{{Cite web | last1 = Blejwas | first1 = Andrew | last2 = Griggs | first2 = Anthony | last3 = Potok | first3 = Mark | title = Almost 60 Terrorist Plots Uncovered in the U.S. | publisher = ] | date =Summer 2005 | url = http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2005/summer/terror-from-the-right-0?page=0,7 | accessdate = November 22, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101124214338/http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2005/summer/terror-from-the-right-0?page=0,7 | archive-date = November 24, 2010 | url-status = live }}</ref>


==Personal life==
Springmeier has written and self-published a number of books based on the ideology of what's been described as an "ultra-right-wing group" called the ];<ref name=ap2001/> this group was shut down in 2002 after convictions for ] and ].<ref name=quatloos>{{Cite web
Fritz Springmeier is married to Patricia Springmeier.<ref></ref>
| author = ]
| title = Christian Patriot Association
| work = Tax Protestor Cases Exhibit
| publisher = ]
| date = June 7, 2002
| url = http://www.quatloos.com/christian_patriot_association.htm
| doi =
| accessdate = 2010-11-23 }}</ref>
He has made multiple videos and presentations.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}} He has endorsed the plausibility of ], a purported ] ] project whose conjectured existence is based only on the testimony of ] under hypnosis.<ref name=barkun2006>{{Cite book
| last = Barkun
| first = Michael
| authorlink = Michael Barkun
| title = A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America
| publisher = ]
| year = 2006
| location = Berkeley, California
| page = 76
| isbn = 0520248120 }}
</ref><ref name=parfrey>{{Cite book
| last = Parfrey
| first = Adam
| authorlink = Adam Parfrey
| title = Cult Rapture
| publisher = Feral Press
| year = 1995
| location = Portland, Oregon
| page = 241
| isbn = 0922915229}}
</ref>


==Selected works==
Springmeier's early work, ''The Watchtower & the Masons'', focuses on the relationship between ] and ]. In this book he describes a relationship between ] and the so-called ]. Springmeier followed these links into Masonry and did a further examination of the Eastern establishment.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}
* ''Bloodlines of the Illuminati'', Fritz Springmeier, Ambassador House, 1998, {{ISBN|0-9663533-2-3}}
* ''Deeper Insights into the Illuminati Formula'', Wheeler, Fritz Springmeier, CreateSpace, 2010, {{ISBN|1-4515-0269-9}}
* ''The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave'', Cisco Wheeler, Fritz Springmeier, On Demand Publishing, 1996, ASIN B0006QXVU4, {{ISBN|1-4404-9022-8}}


==See also==
Springmeier claims to have created a general theory on who controls the world and in what way by doing elaborate studies and talking to numerous eye-witnesses. Identifying this occult group with the ], Springmeier names 13 families (called "bloodlines") which allegedly participate in this Illuminati-group<ref>
* ]
''Bloodlines of the Illuminati'' is an over 600 page book first published in 1999 by Fritz Springmeier. The book is an exhausting analysis of the history of 13 families believed to be involved with the Illuminati. Those 13 bloodlines are: Astor, Bundy, Collins, Dupont, Freeman, Kennedy, Li, Onassis, Rockefeller, Rothschild, Russell, Van Duyn, and the] bloodline. A revised edition was released in 2002
</ref>
and writes about their wealth and areas of private influence.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}} Also in his writing is the description of ]. He states that these families engage in mind control.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}


==References==
== Selected bibliography ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
* ''The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave'', Cisco Wheeler, Fritz Springmeier, On Demand Publishing, ASIN B0006QXVU4, ISBN 1440490228
* ''Deeper Insights into the Illuminati Formula'', Wheeler, Fritz Springmeier, CreateSpace, 2010, ISBN 1451502699
* ''Bloodlines of the Illuminati'', Fritz Springmeier, Ambassador House (November 1998), ISBN 0966353323


== References == ==External links==
* {{Official website|https://pentracks.com/}}

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American author

Fritz Springmeier
BornViktor E. Schoof
(1955-09-24) September 24, 1955 (age 69)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
Alma materKansas State University
GenreConspiracy literature
SpousePatricia Springmeier
RelativesJames E. Schoof (father)
Website
pentracks.com
Literature portal

Fritz Artz Springmeier (born Viktor E. Schoof, September 24, 1955) is an American author of conspiracy theory literature who has written a number of books claiming that a global elite who belong to Satanic bloodlines are conspiring to dominate the world. He has described his goal as "exposing the New World Order agenda."

Life and career

Early life

Springmeier's father, James E. Schoof, worked for the United States Agency for International Development as an international agriculturist, with a primary focus on developing the Balochistan area of Pakistan.

Education

Springmeier received a Masters in English from the University of Kansas.

Conspiracy theories

Springmeier, formerly a resident of Corbett, Oregon, has written and self-published a number of books based on the subject of the family lineage bloodlines of the Illuminati and their use of mind control. He has also endorsed the existence of Project Monarch, an alleged CIA mind control project, based partially on the assertions of author Cathy O'Brien.

Springmeier's early work, The Watchtower & the Masons, focuses on the relationship between Jehovah's Witnesses and Freemasonry. In this book he describes a relationship between Charles Taze Russell and the so-called "Eastern Establishment". Springmeier followed these links into Masonry and did a further examination of the Eastern establishment.

Criminal conviction

On January 31, 2002, Springmeier was indicted in the United States District Court in Portland, Oregon in connection with an armed robbery. On February 12, 2003, he was found guilty of one count of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and (d) and one count of aiding and abetting in the use of a semi-automatic rifle during the commission of a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C § 924(c)(1). In November 2003, he was sentenced to 51 months in prison on the armed robbery charge and 60 months on the aiding and abetting charge, fined $7,500, ordered to pay $6,488 in restitution, and assessed an additional $200. Springmeier's conviction was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was imprisoned, and was released from federal prison on March 25, 2011.

Personal life

Fritz Springmeier is married to Patricia Springmeier.

Selected works

  • Bloodlines of the Illuminati, Fritz Springmeier, Ambassador House, 1998, ISBN 0-9663533-2-3
  • Deeper Insights into the Illuminati Formula, Wheeler, Fritz Springmeier, CreateSpace, 2010, ISBN 1-4515-0269-9
  • The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave, Cisco Wheeler, Fritz Springmeier, On Demand Publishing, 1996, ASIN B0006QXVU4, ISBN 1-4404-9022-8

See also

References

  1. Geni Genealogy Directory
  2. "Couple tied to separatist movement face drug-trafficking charges". Eugene Register-Guard. March 3, 2001. p. 2B. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  3. Redden, Jim (October 30, 2009). "FBI Probes Alleged Threat to Officer". Portland Tribune. Portland, OR. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Schoof, James E. (December 1991), Balochistan Area Development Project : Final Report (PDF), NY, NY: The United States Agency for International Development, archived (PDF) from the original on November 26, 2013, retrieved March 10, 2014
  5. Barkun, Michael (2006). A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-520-24812-0.
  6. Parfrey, Adam (1995). Cult Rapture. Portland, Oregon: Feral Press. p. 241. ISBN 0-922915-22-9.
  7. "United States v. Springmeier, 254 F. Supp. 2d 1192 (D. Ore. 2003)".
  8. United States v. Springmeier, docket no. 03-30534, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (October 14, 2004).
  9. "Inmate Locator". bop.gov.
  10. Blejwas, Andrew; Griggs, Anthony; Potok, Mark (Summer 2005). "Almost 60 Terrorist Plots Uncovered in the U.S." Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  11. "Rebuttal to the KATU News Report Regarding My Husband, Fritz Springmeier", January 16, 2012

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