2/18/2018. PA. USA. Dreysen, riding his ATV adjacent to a neighbor’s cornfield.
In 2013, a year after Dresysen’s parents gave birth to their second child diagnosed with autism, they started reading about National Socialism. The couple felt the diagnosis of both children was somehow related to man-made influences, such as hydraulic fracturing and mandatory immunizations for children attending public school. The ideology of National Socialism fell in line with their core beliefs and quickly became part of their daily lives.
Today, they remain outspoken members of the White Nationalist movement and have eight children ranging from 6-months to nine, four have been diagnosed with autism.God’s Country, 2017. Daniel disciplines his oldest son for pushing a fellow classmate as they entered the school bus. He tells him that a lack of self-control can cause unnecessary stress for the family.
Their open support of white nationalism has created an ongoing tension between the parents and a member of the school board. It has led to numerous complaints to Child Protective Services and home inspections, which the family considers harassment.Welcome sign as you enter Potter County, Pennsylvania.
In the early 1990’s, Potter County was home to an Aryan Nations leader named August Kreis III who found it’s vast pinelands, coined “God’s Country”, and it’s majority white population to be the perfect setting for a base of operations.
In 1993, approximately 350 Nazi and racist skinheads attended Aryan Summerfest, a hard-core white supremacist "hate rock" festival that August Kreis III hosted at his semi-rural "Last Outpost," consisting of three trailers, a woodshop and a shooting range on 10.4 acres in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
Later, Kreis hosted the 2002 Aryan Nations World Congress, an agglomeration of skinheads, Klansmen, Nazis and white power bands. Kreis played a key role in spreading white supremacy in Potter County and advocated the mass murder of Jews, non-whites and race traitors until 2009 when he moved from Potter County, to Lexington, South Carolina.God’s Country, 2017. Sabrina playfully carries her youngest daughter into the house.
Note the White Pride sticker with a Parteiadler/Emblem of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP; known in English as the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or simply the Nazi Party) on the family van.God’s Country, 2017. Dan, a 42-year old wood carver, watches over his wife and their seven children during an Easter egg hunt.
In 2013, a year after having a second child diagnosed with autism, they started reading about National Socialism. The couple felt the diagnosis of both children was somehow related to man-made influences, such as hydraulic fracturing and childhood immunizations. The ideology of National Socialism fell in line with their core beliefs and quickly became part of their daily lives.God’s Country, 2016. Sabrina, along with other white nationalists wait for their convoy of vehicles to proceed to the Pennsylvania state Capital building for a fall political rally five days before the presidential election. The group's political platform includes preventing illegal immigration and outsourcing jobs to other countries.
God’s Country, 2017. Dan and Sabrina discuss an issue they were having at the elementary school.
In 2013, a year after having a second child diagnosed with autism, they started reading about national socialism. The couple felt the diagnosis of both children was somehow related to man-made influences, such as hydraulic fracturing and childhood immunizations. The ideology of National Socialism fell in line with their core beliefs and quickly became part of their daily lives.God’s Country, 2017. Sabrina, 13 weeks pregnant, goes food shopping for her family at the local market.
The last time she shopped here, her six-year-old daughter yelled “look momma, a nigger,” referring to a black employee, to whom Sabrina later apologized to. According to a 2014 census, blacks make up 0.08% of their county’s population.Founding members of Aryan Strikeforce sit down for a meal following a unity gathering at Dan & Sabrina’s.
In April 2017, five key members of the organization were indicted with conspiracy to defraud the U.S., racketeering, money laundering, dealing with unregistered interstate commerce, transfer of machine gun parts and firearms by convicted felons, and two counts of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.1/4/2017. PA. USA. Dan drives by a fracking well pad currently under construction not far from his home. This particular region has 40 active wells with over 109 violations filed (1), which Dan believes contributed to four of his eight children being diagnosed with autism.
In 2013, a year after giving birth to their second child diagnosed with autism, Dan and his wife Sabrina started reading about National Socialism. The couple felt the diagnosis of both children was somehow related to man-made influences, such as hydraulic fracturing and mandatory immunizations for children attending public school. The ideology of National Socialism fell in line with their core beliefs and quickly became part of their daily lives.
Today, they remain outspoken members of the White Nationalist movement and have eight children ranging from six-months to nine, four have been diagnosed with autism.
(1)According to a report from StateImpact, a collaboration of several agencies that cover the commonwealth’s energy economy.