The head of a prominent Neo-Nazi hate group, with links to Alt-Right and white supremacist leader Richard Spencer, is being sued by the Alabama-based Southern Law Poverty Center for an alleged campaign of hate against a Jewish woman.

The complaint contends that Andrew Anglin, publisher of the neo-Nazi website Storm Trooper, began his campaign of hate against Tanya Gersh, a realtor in Whitefish, Montana, in December 2016. He is alleged to have published 30 articles urging his followers to launch a "storm troll" against Gersh, who has since received more than 700 harassing messages in the form of email, text, phone calls and even postcards.

The messages received by Gersh and her husband made derogatory references to her Jewish faith and the Holocaust, saying that Jews should be "collectively ovened" and that Gersh will be "driven to the brink of suicide" by the abuse. One message said that the death of six millions Jews was "only the beginning."

Gersh also received images with her family superimposed against a picture of Auschwitz, alleges the lawsuit.

"Andrew Anglin knew he had an online army primed to attack with the click of a mouse," said SPLC President Richard Cohen in a SPLC press release. "We intend to hold him accountable for the suffering he has caused Ms. Gersh and to send a strong message to those who use their online platforms as weapons of intimidation."

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, Missoula Division, seeks punitive and compensatory damages. It claims Anglin invaded Gersh's privacy and intentionally inflicted emotional distress on her and her family, according to an SPLC press release.

"There's no place in Montana for the hate Andrew Anglin unleashed from the darkest corners of the internet," said co-counsel John Morrison, a partner with Morrison, Sherwood, Wilson, & Deola. "The attack on Tanya Gersh was an attack on all of us."

In an SPLC press conference Tuesday morning, Gersh said that the abuse from Anglin's followers had made her fear for her life and that her hair had fallen out because of the stress. She also described the moment that her husband packed suitcases because he feared that his family would be attacked.

"This attack has been one long nightmare that has changed me forever in so many ways," Gersh said. "No one should endure what I've experienced. And with the love and support of my family and others, we will take a stand against hate."

The harassment began after Anglin accused Gersh of trying to extort money from Spencer's mother, who is also a resident of Whitefish. Gersh was initially contacted by Sherry Spencer to help her sell a building in the city, with some of the money going to a local human rights organization. The donation was an attempt to heal the wounds caused by her son's Alt-Right movement that had originated in the city. Richard Spencer has since moved to Washington D.C. to continue working with his Alt-Right group.

The Daily Stormer, which takes its name from the Nazi Party's Der Sturmer tabloid newspaper, is an openly Neo-Nazi and white supremacist website. It has around 31 chapters in the U.S. and is an SPLC designated hate group.