Fourth Reich

The term "Fourth Reich" is an allusion to Hitler's Third Reich and to the goal of establishing a society ruled by National Socialist ideology. A California-based neo-Nazi skinhead gang active in the early 1990s adopted the name "Fourth Reich Skins," but appears to have largely disbanded after leaders in the gang were arrested and convicted in 1993 for conspiring to commit bombings and murders. In more recent years, a white prison gang called Fourth Reich has been active in Utah prisons. Gang members or affiliates may sport tattoos with the words "Fourth Reich" or the symbol representing the words. In addition, non-associated white supremacists may sometimes use "Fourth Reich" symbology as well.