52 years ago, on October 28, 1965 a man from Queens by the name of Danny Borris shot himself in the head and chest. He was 28-years-old. But it wasn’t simply another tragic suicide. For those who knew Borris’ hateful streak and his history, felt that it was justice. So reported the New York Post.

In the 1960’s New York had far more white supremacists than those who appeared in Charlottesville a few months back. These men had sworn to kill all Jews, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans.

Danny Borris was one of them.

At one point, he was one of the leaders of the Hitler Youth, which was a part of the racist “National Renaissance” Party.

He used to boast about his torture machine that his warped mind had concocted to punish Jews. It was a piano, whose keys were electrified and would cause those who played it to seize while the machine was turned on.

Borris and his friends were under constant surveillance by the police. Borris had always claimed that he wanted to be the Fuhrer of America. But Borris had a secret, one so devastating, that once revealed, caused him to kill himself. Danny Borris, the man who hated Jews, was himself, Jewish.

Borris was the only son of George and Esther, a worker and store clerk respectively. He was born in 1937, shortly before his family moved to Queens, New York.

When asked later why he felt it was so important that all the Jews be killed, Borris answered: “We need to make the world safe for all the blonde-haired, blue-eyed children.”

Danny learned in a modern-orthodox yeshiva and was considered to be a good student. When he had his Bar Mitzvah, his Rabbis thought that he would turn out to pursue a career in the rabbinate.

However, after a few years passed, he began to take an interest in Nazis. He hang posters of Nazi generals in his room and even began a pen-pal relationship with Nazis from different countries.

He enlisted in the U.S. Military, but once it was revealed that he was a fascist, he was released immediately. He was later arrested in 1964 after carrying out violent acts during racist marches in favor of fascism.

The federal agent in charge of his case got tired of his hateful actions and leaked the fact that Borris was Jewish to the New York Times. On the 25th of December, 1965, the Times published a front-page article listing Borris as Jewish.

When Borris saw the paper, at a Nazi friend’s apartment, he screamed: “This will destroy me.” He then proceeded to climb up another flight of stairs and killed himself. His friend responded to the incident and said: If Borris was indeed a Jew, it was the best-kept secret since the atomic bomb.”

Borris’ elderly parents identified the body and burned it. His mother Esther, who knew a little bit about his life full of hatred told a reporter: “He was always such a good boy.”

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)