Neo-Nazis at the National Trust: How far-right groups are trying to 'take back' ancient sites
Hayley Dixon, Special Correspondent
9 August 2019 • 8:30pm
The National Trust is to step up security after an investigation by the Telegraph has revealed that neo-Nazis are conducting rituals at their historic sites.
It can be revealed that a far-right group which promises its followers reward in the afterlife if they die in the “struggle for the freedom” has vowed to “take back” ancient locations across England.
The National Trust admitted that they were aware that far-right groups had been using Avebury, a World Heritage Site, to carry out rituals and said that they had reported all concerns to the authorities.
They vowed to step up security at Wayland Smithy, a Neolithic burial chamber which they manage on behalf of English Heritage, where fanatics have carved swastikas into trees.
The Telegraph has identified that a group calling themselves Woden’s Folk who have carried out masked torchlight rituals and boasted about launching a “English resistance” at the two sites.
One of their rituals held at the ancient landmarks was attended by members of violent neo-Nazi organisations Combat 18 and now banned terror organisation National Action.
Garron Helm, the former National Action member who was jailed for sending anti-Semitic hate messages to MP Luciana Berger, he appears masked and holding their flag on their website.
The group, which was infiltrated by an undercover reporter, are planning to hold a nationwide meet or "blot" at the Wayland Smithy, which sits near the White Horse at Uffington, in November.
The group are Odinist, the same Norse religion worshipped by Anders Brevik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, and Brenton Tarrant, who gunned down 51 people in the Christchurch massacre earlier this year.
A spokesman for the National Trust said that whilst they have been aware of some far-right activity at Avebury, a pagan site older than Stone Henge, they had had no knowledge of the rituals being held at the burial chamber.
They said that whilst they “want everyone to feel welcome” they “don’t condone, support or encourage any non-peaceful, anti-social or illegal activities at any of our places”.
But a spokesperson admitted that little could be done to improve safety at Avebury where there is a village and a road inside of the circle, pointing out that it would “not be feasible to fence the stones off”.
There will be increased patrols at Wayland Smithy, they said.
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