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| genre = Conspiracy literature
| spouse = Patricia Springmeier
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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''' is an ] researcher, lecturer, and conspiracy theorist author, formerly a resident of ], who has written a number of books asserting ] forces are behind a move toward world domination with the financial backings<ref name=quigley2013>{{Cite news
| last = Quigley | first = Professor Carroll
| title = ]
| publisher = GSG and Associates
| location =
| date = June 1, 1975
| url = http://www.amazon.com/Tragedy-Hope-History-World-Time/dp/094500110X/ref=la_B000APY59M_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371635895&sr=1-
| accessdate = 2013-07-18 }}</ref> of various families and organizations through the ] He has described his goal as "exposing the UN’s New World Order."<ref name=taibii2013>{{Cite news
| last = Taibii | first = Matt
| title = Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever – The Illuminati were amateurs
| newspaper = ]
| location = NY, NY
| date = April 25, 2013
| url = http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/everything-is-rigged-the-biggest-financial-scandal-yet-20130425
| accessdate = 2013-07-18 }}</ref><ref name=bernstein2003>{{Cite news
| last = Bernstein | first = Richard
| title = Nations Seek New World Order Centered on U.N., Not U.S.
| newspaper = NY Times
| location = NY, NY
| date = February 19, 2003
| url =
| accessdate = 2013-07-18 }}</ref><ref name=klein2013>{{Cite news
| last = Klein | first = Aaron
| title = Biden calls for ‘new world order’
| newspaper = WND
| location =
| date = April 7, 2013
| url = http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/biden-calls-for-new-world-order/
| accessdate = 2013-07-18 }}</ref>


== Biography == ==Life and career==
===Early life===
Springmeier's father, James E. Schoof, worked for the ]<ref name="Schoof">{{Citation
|last = Schoof
|first = James E.
|title = Balochistan Area Development Project : Final Report
|publisher = The United States Agency for International Development
|location = NY, NY
|date = December 1991
|url = http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDABL036.pdf
|accessdate = March 10, 2014
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131126113834/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDABL036.pdf
|archive-date = November 26, 2013
|url-status = live
}}</ref> as an international agriculturist, with a primary focus on developing the ] area of ].<ref name="Schoof"/>


===Education===
Springmeier grew up in a small farming community, where both sides of his family were hard working self-sufficient farmers for many generations. Seeking solutions to the destruction of the American family farmer, his grandparents and other relatives joined the ] in the '70's. As an employee for the ], his birth father's career was helping third world nations develop their agricultural abilities.<ref>{{Cite
Springmeier received a Masters in English from the ].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
| last = Schoof | first = James E.
| title = Balochistan Area Development Project : Final Report
| publisher = The United States Agency for International Development
| location = NY, NY
| date = December 1991
| url = http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDABL036.pdf
| accessdate = 2013-7-18 }}</ref>


===Conspiracy theories===
<p>Springmeier’s wife, Patricia Springmeier, is a professional journalist. In November 2003, she wrote an article in response to a WATU News report on Fritz and said, "Fritz has never been a white separatist," nor an, "Ultra right wing extremist," and that "the entire piece was done to smear Fritz."<ref name=springmeier2003>{{Cite news
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>
| last = Springmeier | first = Patricia
| title = Rebuttal To The KATU News Report Regarding My Husband, Fritz Springmeier
| newspaper = RENSE News
| location =
| date = November 22, 2003
| url = http://web.archive.org/web/20120116173128/http://www.parapolitics.info/KATUrebutt/rebuttal.htm
| accessdate = 2013-07-18 }}</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}}


===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).<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>


==Conspiracy theories== ==Personal life==
Fritz Springmeier is married to Patricia Springmeier.<ref></ref>


==Selected works==
He asserted that the New World Order of the UN planned to place foreign troops in the United States and illegally occupy it through NATO and the militarized UN Peacekeepers.<ref name=departmentofstate1961>{{cite news
* ''Bloodlines of the Illuminati'', Fritz Springmeier, Ambassador House, 1998, {{ISBN|0-9663533-2-3}}
| title = Department of State Publication 7277
* ''Deeper Insights into the Illuminati Formula'', Wheeler, Fritz Springmeier, CreateSpace, 2010, {{ISBN|1-4515-0269-9}}
| newspaper = U.S. Department of State
* ''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}}
| date = September, 1961
| url = http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/arms/freedom_war.html
| accessdate = 2013-07-18 }}
</ref>


==See also==
In 2013, his assertions were confirmed when Russia announced in agreement with the US government that they would occupy America with FEMA.<ref name=rugov2013>{{cite news
* ]
| title = Several documents signed during joint work of Russian Emergency Ministry and FEMA
| newspaper = EMERCOM of Russia
| date = June 26, 2013
| url = http://en.mchs.ru/news/item/434203/
| accessdate = 2013-07-13 }}
</ref> In the same year, it was also announced by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps that troops from Canada, New Zealand, and Japan would train and patrol with them in violation of the US constitution.<ref name=usnavy2013>{{cite news
| title = U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Complete Successful Dawn Blitz
| newspaper = U.S. Navy
| date = June 28, 2013
| url = http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=75095
| accessdate = 2013-07-18 }}
</ref>


The ], reported their suspicions of Springmeier's books being “ultra-right-wing” for the ].<ref name=ap2001>{{cite news
| title = Couple tied to separatist movement face drug-trafficking charges
| newspaper = ]
| page = 2B
| date = March 3, 2001
| url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZHIVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=musDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3759,523756&dq=fritz-springmeier&hl=en
| accessdate = 2010-11-22 }}
</ref>

The AP also said, he worked as a writer for the Christian Patriot Association (CPA.) The ] records show something different, which is he didn't work for the CPA.<ref name=quatloos>{{Cite web
| 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>

In the fall of 2011, Springmeier did an interview with syndicated radio host ]. Alex Jones commented on Springmeier's book ''Bloodlines of the Illuminati'' and claimed its content to be true by saying, "over the years so much of it, no matter how wild, has turned out to be true." <ref name=alexjones2011>{{Cite News
| author = Infowars
| title = Political Prisoner Fritz Springmeier Speaks
| publisher = ]
| date = November 1, 2011
| url = http://www.infowars.com/political-prisoner-fritz-springmeier-speaks/ | accessdate = 7-18-2013 }}</ref>





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 = 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}}

==Criminal conviction==
On January 31, 2002, Springmeier was indicted in the United States District Court in Portland, Oregon<ref>''United States v. Bateman et al.'', case no. 3:02-cr-00024-RE, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Div.).</ref> 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>Docket entry 105, Feb. 12, 2003, ''United States v. Bateman et al.'', case no. 3:02-cr-00024-RE, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Div.).</ref><ref>''United States v. Springmeier'', 254 F. Supp. 2d 1192 (D. Ore. 2003), at .</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.<ref>Docket entry 144, Nov. 14, 2003, ''United States v. Bateman et al.'', case no. 3:02-cr-00024-RE, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Div.).</ref> 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 (Oct. 14, 2004).</ref> He was imprisoned, and was released from federal prison on March 25, 2011.<ref>Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, at .</ref><ref name=splc>{{Cite web | 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}}</ref>

==Selected works==
* ''The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave'', Cisco Wheeler, Fritz Springmeier, On Demand Publishing, ASIN B0006QXVU4, ISBN 1-4404-9022-8
* ''Deeper Insights into the Illuminati Formula'', Wheeler, Fritz Springmeier, CreateSpace, 2010, ISBN 1-4515-0269-9
* ''Bloodlines of the Illuminati'', Fritz Springmeier, Ambassador House (November 1998), ISBN 0-9663533-2-3
==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
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Latest revision as of 05:33, 8 December 2024

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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