Prominent white supremacist could be buried in Arlington National Cemetery

Ellen Brait in New York
Tuesday 3 November 2015 21.07 GMT

Arlington National Cemetery has received a burial request for Willis Carto, thought to be the white supremacist leader and prominent Holocaust denier of that name who died on 26 October at the age of 89, the cemetery confirmed.

Despite his far-right views, Carto may be granted his burial request. Jennifer Lynch, a spokeswoman for the military cemetery in Virginia, said that eligibility for burial at Arlington was based solely on military honors, and that political views do not play a role.

“Political views do not factor into burial eligibility,” Lynch said. “There is a prohibition against those convicted of a state or federal capital crime. That will bar them from being buried here or at another national military cemetery.”

Lynch could not provide details about the burial request beyond the deceased’s name. She could not confirm that the request was made for the white supremacist rather than for another man with the same name, similar date of death, and a military record that would also make him eligible for burial at Arlington.

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He founded Liberty Lobby in 1958, a “pressure group for patriotism” that circulated its newsletter to 400,000 people in the 1980s, according to the Times. In 1978, he founded the Institute for Historical Review, which questioned whether the Holocaust had occurred.

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