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'''William Bernard Wernecke''' also '''Bill Wernecke''' (born January 21, 1907)<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/foia_Bombing_of_Atlanta_Temple_1958-Chicago-1/Bombing_of_Atlanta_Temple_1958-Chicago-1#page/n152/mode/1up FBI file]</ref> was a leader of the [[German American Bund]] in Chicago. Wernecke acted as a liaison between the Bund and Father [[Charles Coughlin]] attending several of his conferences.<ref>[https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A2943/datastream/OBJ/view/Fritz_Kuhn__the_American_Fuehrer_and_the_rise_and_fall_of_the_German-American_Bund.pdf Fritz Kuhn the American Fuehrer and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund, page 64(69)]</ref>

After the war Wernecke became the head and founder of the [[Nationalist Conservative Party]].

Wernecke had a farm in Illinois<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/foia_Realpolitical_Institute-Chicago-1A/Realpolitical_Institute-Chicago-1A#page/n64/mode/1up FBI report on Realpolitical Institute]</ref> and was employed as a realtor.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/foia_Bombing_of_Atlanta_Temple_1958-Chicago-1/Bombing_of_Atlanta_Temple_1958-Chicago-1#page/n152/mode/1up FBI file]</ref>

William Wernecke founded and headed the American Humane Society, Inc., 6250 North Wayne Avenue in Chicago.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/foia_Bombing_of_Atlanta_Temple_1958-Chicago-2/Bombing_of_Atlanta_Temple_1958-Chicago-2#page/n126/mode/1up FBI file]</ref> <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/foia_Bombing_of_Atlanta_Temple_1958-Chicago-2/Bombing_of_Atlanta_Temple_1958-Chicago-2#page/n98/mode/1up FBI file]</ref>

His estranged wife was Ruth Wernecke.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/foia_Bombing_of_Atlanta_Temple_1958-Chicago-2/Bombing_of_Atlanta_Temple_1958-Chicago-2#page/n46/mode/1up FBI file]</ref>

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==See also==
* [[Joseph Beauharnais]]
* [[West Hooker]]

==External links==
* FBI file [https://archive.org/stream/foia_Wernecke_William_B.-Chicago-2/Werencke_William_B.-Chicago-2#page/n0/mode/1up]
* FBI file [https://archive.org/stream/foia_Wernecke_William_B.-HQ-7/Werencke_William_B.-HQ-7#page/n0/mode/1up]
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