I never met Paul Bruckman but corresponded with him for several months in 1984. At the time we were both in MENSA. He wrote to me in response to my announcement, in a Mensa bulletin, of a new special interest group (SIG) about future totalitarianism.
Even though I never actually saw Paul he was much more frank and forthcoming with me than nearly everyone else, so few people may have known him better. "I am a closed book to my wife" he once wrote. He also stated that his coworkers had "no idea" what kind of a person he really was. Paul secretly despised current government, and equalitarian values. He referred to the common people as "the herd" and dreamed of gaining power and conquering space.
Prior to contacting me, Paul knew one guy, Al Moser, who had a roughly similar, pro-nazi outlook. But Al wasn't very bright. As Paul wrote me "He's interested in marches not intellectual fascism, which is the real bread and butter of it. As soon as you talk to him about intellectual fascism, you've lost him."
Paul did say, however, that while having some drinks with Al Moser, "I mentioned you, and some of the theories we had discussed. He seemed impressed but still believes in the invincibility of the present system."
Paul mentioned other friends like Ed Kahn, and somebody surnamed Quinn.
Ed Kahn seemed crazy. He rode on the highway, smashing hubcaps with a baseball bat. Once he used a loudspeaker to direct the speeches of Hitler at the residence of a holocaust survivor, who soon left.
In response to a question, Paul wrote, "no, my wife doesn't like Ed Kahn, or Al Moser, or any of my other friends. She made an exception for Quinn, whom she considered nice."
Since he was a kid, Paul had "neo-nazi" friends. He mentioned making jews kneel down before him (and others) and kiss his feet. There were home movies showing Paul and his friends in nazi attire. "Some day" he wrote, "it may be possible for all three of us to view those films." (He was referring to Moser and me besides himself.)
Tim Donovan 
