Biography
Eugene Nelson Sanctuary was a retired military officer and publisher associated with the American Christian Defenders and antisemitic propaganda organizations. His pamphlets and correspondence circulated among American and international far-right activists during the interwar years. He was named in the January 3, 1944 Washington indictment alleging conspiracy to undermine military loyalty under the Smith Act. The mass trial ended in a mistrial on December 7, 1944. The indictment was dismissed in December 1946; no conviction resulted in this case.