Heath and Deborah Campbell, two Nazi parents from New Jersey, have lost custody of their four children. Adolf Hitler Campbell, 6, Joycelynn Aryan Nation, 5, and Honszlynn Hinler Jeanne, 6, as well as their new born baby, Hons, were taken into state custody.
The Associated Press reports that the Nazi parents’ trouble started in 2009 when they tried to have a “Happy Birthday Hitler” cake made for their son. Shortly after the incident Hitler and his siblings were taken away. The couples latest child, Hons, was born in November 2011. He was taken into custody just hours after his birth.
The Campbells have been fighting since the incident to put their family back together but a Superior Court judge ruled today that they would not be allowed to regain custody of their children.
In 2010, a court ruled that Heath and Deborah Campbell deliberately put their kids in danger by giving them names associated with abuse and violence. The court also said that it was worried about Heath’s violent past and that he was abusing the children, something that Heath vehemently denied.
Heath Campbell said:
“These kids weren’t abused. Our kids weren’t taken because of abuse. I’m honest about who I am and what I am… If I have to give up my Nazism, then so be it. I’ll do it. [The children are] more my heart and soul and everything than anything.”
New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services spokeswoman Kristine Brown said:
“Every call or investigation that DYFS initiates at the end of the day is to determine if the child is at risk or in the midst of child abuse and neglect.”
Heath and Deborah have separated since the ordeal began in 2009.
Here’s a video about the case from the Associated Press.
What do you think? Is naming your child after Adolf Hitler abuse?
You know these people are despicable but the state of NJ has zero right to take away kids from their parents because they disagree with the fact that they are teaching them to be hateful and naming them cracked up names.
As stupid as these parents are the state had no right to take their children. Nice to know free speech is alive and well in Amerika.
physical abuse or verbal and emotional abuse are all abusive behaviors…these kids are being programmed to kill and look down on other human beings…good idea to get them out of the parents house. lives of others will be saved.
Are the courts really allowed to say neonazis cannot raised children? They didn't have and other reason to take them because of their names. Celebrities always have weird names but because these names are related to Nazis it is abuse. I think the abuse that would happen is from the world and not really the parents. We are being prejudice against these family for different beliefs. I don't think they had valid reason to take the children.
Actually, the state had every right to intervene by removing these children from the home. Even though it's something as simple as a name, it will cause unnecessary pain and suffering for the children, and that's precisely what these parents set their children up for.
Actually, the state had every right to intervene by removing these children from the home. Even though it's something as simple as a name, it will cause unnecessary pain and suffering for the children, and that's precisely what these parents set their children up for.
Exactly; I was trying to figure out how to put just that into words. Even though it's not illegal to name these kids such idiotic names, the parents are clearly not looking at the best interests of the kids. Those names leave little to no chance of them leading normal, successful lives. This is where the definition of "abuse" needs to be examined more carefully. We don't need government controlling everything like some have suggested, but someone needs to take a look at what's really happening in that home. Curious as to why Mama Nazi flew the coop, actually.
Nice to know that America is turning Nazi America. What's the difference in taking a child away for being brought into this world by "nazi's" and 1940s Germany telling Jews they didn't have the right to live the way the wanted too?
Using that logic women who have had an abortion should automatically have their children taken away from them. Since they have proven that they are willing to and capable to kill their own children if they proved to be an inconvenience.
Who is to decide that it will cause pain and suffering? There is no way to tell and the government has no right to do this. Where is the line as to what is considered abuse? Is naming your son a so-called emasculating or effeminate name going to cause pain and suffering later along the line? If a couple names all their children John and Joan Smith, but are the biggest racists or Nazi's in the world, does that make it alright? It's beyond a grey area and sets a bad precedent for more liberties to be "amended".
James Yayoshi couldn't have said it better myself…very good point.
What this article fails to mention is that the mother Deborah Campbell had previously slid this message under a neighbors door regarding her husband, "Hes thrend to have me killed or kill me himself hes alread tried it a few times. I'm scare to leave b/c I will be killed. I'm afread that he might hurt my children if they are keeped in his care… He's already stabed me with a screwdriver in the hand… He teaches my son how to kill someone at the age of 3." She has admitted this message was written by her but has since said she was lying in a clearly desperate plea to keep her children. Now then, no where have I even mentioned the fact that they are neo-nazi scum but does this sound like a situation even without the idiotic names that the children should be living under the same roof as these adults? The idiocy of some people is just beyond me, don't project your opinion without knowing the facts.
James Yayoshi There are so many things wrong with that statement. An embryo is a child? Ever heard of a false syllogism? Look it up. Your logic makes no sense. It's not even logic. It's nonsense.
Wow. I cannot believe children could be taken away from parents based on the names they were given! This is an outrage! We don't all have to agree about politics – this is supposed to be a 'free' country. INSANE.
The same could be said for people naming their children unattractive names – like Melvin, then right? It's absurd!
Finally – the 'aha!' moment…
Unfortunately james science doesn't support your theory. A child is not considered alive until almost fully developed. Even though its sad its not considered killing if the child does not reach the developmental stage that determines "life"
how do you know that's what they are being "programmed" to do. i don't agree with the names one bit but i also don't know this family. what about the kid that shoots another kid at school for no other reason than to shoot him? do his parents get the rest of their children taken away from them because one did something wrong? no! it happens in this country everyday. there acould be millions of reasons to take children from their parents but their names shouldn't be one. the older child of theirs is probably no worse than that kid in your kids class who acts up and picks on the other children. it's not his name, it's a lack of discipline and it's everywhere, not just in the household of these idiot parents.
The courts decided based on the safety of the children. Having such a name leaves the child to alienation, which turns into violence, which turns into depression, etc. Then add the fact that he would most likely be a racist pig when he grew up it only doubles the potential for abuse, whether it be done to the child or the child does to another. The premise was not based on the name of the child, But the consequences of the childs name. When someone attempts to murder someone and fails we still sentence them. Likewise, setting up a child for a life of abuse regardless of the means or cause should equally be charged.
they are not neo nazis. Please don't confuse your racists pigs.
Okay, Justin Lane is correct. Maybe it would have saved the children from teasing & bullying. But guess what? My name is Charlotte. Back in my kid days, it wasn't a popular name. Charlotte's web, Charlotte fartlett, etc. There are other names that are way out there including my ex-husband's, which made him decide that our first son WOULD NOT be a junior. The state takes kids away because of names, some states are banning certain foods because it makes people fat, they ban smoking in every place, etc. America? Freedom? I'm starting to question these "freedom theories".
You most support the nazi parents as well. If you support there hate thats said, they should have taken away these kids sooner with names like that and an atomsphere supporting Nazis.
If you folks would do a bit more investigative research into the specifics of the case, the court has said it was due to " sufficient evidence of abuse or neglect because of domestic violence in the home", that the children were taken away. The names further prove the point that the parents are not acting with the best interests of their children in mind. The few of you who think the names are irrelevant, be serious. No children should have to go through life with such demonic names. I feel bad for the kids. They are already at a great disadvantage in this world, and they're all under six. If the parents are so completely evil and dysfunctional that they were abusing one another in the presence of the children and neglectful of their parental duties, then the state of NJ had every right to remove the children from the home.
DYFS is so full of crap. I personally know of a case where the mother and father are Drug addicts and the mother also a drunk. They have two kids ages 7 and 4. The 7 year old girl is so messed up she cannot control her emotions and lashes out at everyone in the family physically and verbally. What does the high and mighty DYFS do? Makes the mother go the counseling sessions. These kids are in real danger. And nothing is being done to protect the kids, and YES DYFS is aware of all that is happening in that house.
DYFS is so full of crap. I personally know of a case where the mother and father are Drug addicts and the mother also a drunk. They have two kids ages 7 and 4. The 7 year old girl is so messed up she cannot control her emotions and lashes out at everyone in the family physically and verbally. What does the high and mighty DYFS do? Makes the mother go the counseling sessions. These kids are in real danger. And nothing is being done to protect the kids, and YES DYFS is aware of all that is happening in that house.
If you folks would do a bit more investigative research into the specifics of the case, the court has said it was due to " sufficient evidence of abuse or neglect because of domestic violence in the home", that the children were taken away. The names further prove the point that the parents are not acting with the best interests of their children in mind. The few of you who think the names are irrelevant, be serious. No children should have to go through life with such demonic names. I feel bad for the kids. They are already at a great disadvantage in this world, and they're all under six. If the parents are so completely evil and dysfunctional that they were abusing one another in the presence of the children and neglectful of their parental duties, then the state of NJ had every right to remove the children from the home.
If you folks would do a bit more investigative research into the specifics of the case, the court has said it was due to " sufficient evidence of abuse or neglect because of domestic violence in the home", that the children were taken away. The names further prove the point that the parents are not acting with the best interests of their children in mind. The few of you who think the names are irrelevant, be serious. No children should have to go through life with such demonic names. I feel bad for the kids. They are already at a great disadvantage in this world, and they're all under six. If the parents are so completely evil and dysfunctional that they were abusing one another in the presence of the children and neglectful of their parental duties, then the state of NJ had every right to remove the children from the home.
Please tell Elton John, Neil Patrick Harris, Ricky Martin and their "husbands", or Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O'Donnell and Patricia Cornwell and their "wives" that they cannot adopt children of the same sex as them because all they will be doing in the long run is promoting homosexuality and same sex marriage. Someone was not thinking of the consequences that can and will arise from this, and how confusing it can be for these children. Can this not be considered as also setting up a child for a life of abuse, ie alienation by peers, violence and depression, not to mention problems with developing a healthy sense of sexuality? I personally disagree with the names the parents chose for their children, nor do I support their belief system. However, no one has the right to take children away from their parents unless abuse has been constituted, and I'm just not convinced about this. I hope it goes to the U.S. Supreme Court. I would be interested in what they have to say on the matter, because taking away the children infringes rights under the Constitution. I personally knew people named Adolph and Wilhelm. Family names passed down. Would someone descended from Hitler's family and given the same name be taken away from his family? I don't think so. I think it is the belief system this family practices that has really angered others, not so much the names. As far as the homosexuality and same sex marriage issue, I cannot really truthfully say one way or the other. I believe love is love. And I don't think it has anything to do with ones genitals. If we become a society that can rise above some of the negativity here and become a society that has people in healthy, rewarding relationships, even where children are concerned, does gender really matter? That in itself is a whole other conversation and I believe there will always be debate about it.
I must have missed something here. Where is the evidence that these children are being programmed to kill and look down on other human beings? What have the parents done that demonstrates this? In the giving of a name? Is there anything more concrete? Enlighten.
Alek Davis, you are an embicile. Show me ONE peer-reviewed scientific study that states the drivel you just spouted.
Alek Davis, you are an embicile. Show me ONE peer-reviewed scientific study that states the drivel you just spouted.
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty." – Thomas Jefferson
Dangerous ground here, our government has NEVER retreated when given liberty to step on or even erase basic rights. Disgusting decision to name the kids such but now that the state/nation can do this, what's next? Kinda like the debate over drug testing benefit recipients, everyone knows dedicated drug addicts will beat the system, so what are they really after? A foothold, once they can demand a urine specimen what's next? Blood sample? And what will THAT be used to decide, just benefit eligibility? Says WHO? Think sheople, THINK.
Patrick Henry would be ashamed of you.
exactly, well said sir.
Then every child with an unusual name, weird hair style, strange dress, or religious practice should be taken away from their parents. Unless there is documented physical proof that these children were being abused, there was no reason for what was done. Instilling a belief system that is detrimental is abusive, the giving of a name is not. Look at the recent rise of gay marriages and same sex parenting. Tell those people they are being abusive and setting up those children they have adopted for failure somewhere down the line. Is our accepted belief of what a nuclear family constitutes now changing? Tell Angelina Jolie that she is causing harm to her daughter Shiloh for always making her look and dress like a boy. I have never seen that girl look like anything other than a boy, with her clothes and hair. Look at the mother who dressed her child in such a way that you couldn't tell what sex it was! Wasn't that abuse? Oh, the mother said she didn't want her child to have any pressures from society or some crap like that. This kind of thinking opens the door for so many other things that are really discerning. Think about your comment and the bigger picture.
The State of New Jersey crossed the line on this one. I believe this will go to the Supreme Court, and if it is ruled on in favor of the lower court, it will set a precedent and you will see a bumpercrop of lawsuits about every little things out there. Ridiculous…and sad.
we all hate racisits, but I will defend to the death their RIGHT to hate.
Are you thinking about children 6 years old and under, or Nazi Germany and Gestapo during the war?
Are you thinking about children 6 years old and under, or Nazi Germany and Gestapo during the war?
your gullible
Give them their child back. I don't care what people think, but to me, no authority should take their kids due to their names and the "risk" of owning it. They can just change their kids name and flow with the boat… Those children needs their parents. Without having a mom and a dad can cause a tribulation to these kids. That's enough said.
If there was no other abuse of these children that the presumption that their names are abuse..then these people were victims of a "Nazi-like" action here.
Finally the state doing something right and taking a stand against abusive parents. Bravo! Naming your son Adolf Hitler? These parents shouldn't have the right tto raise children.
@James Yayoshi- Your comment makes no sense, and is going off into something else. Because, no one has the right to tell someone else what they can and can't do with their bodies. And having an abortion and killing a 3 year old are two different things, because for the first few months of a woman's pregnancy the unborn baby is just a ball of mass. And in certain situations abortions are needed, if a woman was raped, if the doctor tells her that her baby might suffer from mental or physical deformities, and other cases. A person killing a child or infant is different because you are murdering a living-being who is innocent to your problematic life. Anyways, I think these parents are just creeps who prove that this "illusion" of race still exists, and the only way to get rid of it is through an explosion of mixed people.
If they did not change the name of these children legally when they were taken, then those children should be given back immediately. Why did they just not deny the parents be allowed to name their children those names when the paperwork was sent into the state after they were born. While I believe being a Nazi is wrong, if the problem is with the name, why then is it not reported that the children's names were changed? Did I miss that in the story?
ITS TIME TO TAKE THE CHILDREN BACK BY FORCE.IF NEED BE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO NAME OUR CHILDREN. WE ARE LETTING THE GOV STEAL AND RAPE US AS CITISEN`S.
I HATE NAZIS BUT WE ARE A FREE NATION IF THEY HARMED THE CHILDREN THAT WOULD BE DIFRENT. WE MUST REMBER WHAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE MADE THEM SELFS RICH LET ARE JOBS GO OVER SEA`S BUT THEY GET RICHER ITS TIME TO REMBER WHAT THE MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR ARE FREEDOMS THAT ARE NOW TWISTED FOR THERE GANE WE NEED TO GET EVERYONE OUT OF OFFICE AND FIND PEOPLE WHO CARE IN OFFICE.
Why do you hate Nazi's? What did they ever do to you?
They didn't take them away strictly because of the name. If you read other reports there was a history of domestic violence on the mother and the kids.
thank goodness, i read about this a few months back
Either way these people shouldn't have been allowed to breed. Just saying.
PLEASE learn the English language if you're going to attempt to comment using it. This comment was extremely hard to read, and just speaks to your ignorance. The whole POINT of this debate is that the freedoms expressed for us by our government are being threatened when things of this nature happen. Just because you DON'T believe in the radical views this couple does, doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to have them. It is not illegal to have a different point of view. If the roles were reversed and your legal beliefs were challenged, surely you wouldn't feel the same way. Your opinion doesn't make the law.
If they are within their legal rights, the parents shouldn't be held responsible for the "future pain" these kids would recieve…technically the giver of said pain would be held legally responsible, no?
Kevin T Myers – Yes, but is the NAMING what they are referring to as "sufficient evidence"? I think there's a huge grey area here…
It's Himmler morons, HIMMLER! Good god! They ought to have their kids taken away because they're too dumb to be raising children. And why is it, that the white power people always seem to be the ones most likely to be mistaken for the missing link? SMH.
Alek Davis The developmental stage that determines life? When does that begin exactly?
So if they do not have a choice what they can name their children why is ok to name a child Malcolm X, Can I name my child? will the gov decide Biblical names are out too? The only choice we have is abortion? Is this a free country or not? I don't like their choice but for God's sake it's their right isn't it? When does it end with government control?
Very Scary. The parents are stupid and maybe hateful but that's no reason to take their kids away. If you can justify it this time then why should we let communists keep their children? Or people who subscribe to black power? What about members of the Jewish Defence League.. hmm..they sound hateful to me? A truly scary decision.
Outrageous! The government infringing more and more. You WILL be be next!
Why not just force them to change the childrens names? Although, on the other hand, how does the quote go? "I don't agree with what you say but I defend to the death your right to say it." Freedom of speech is both the beauty and the beast of the country we live in. We must indure both in order to live in a free society.
If nameing your childern a country problem then lets live out all the war mongers names out of our history.starting with Grorge washington John f.k Richerd N, george B(sr., jr.) and lets not leave out outer country names past and now. There are names of people down in histery that seems good but were just bad people, its not the name , just the person. I don't like religious names in the bible , but u name after killers, child rappers, geniciders, boy lovers, girls incesers and wont to be GOD. Don't judge other people untill you judge yourself! If I wont to name a child after a Roman king , will it get taken away, Julis, Tiberious, Pericleaus, The next child I am goint to name JAMES TIBERIOUS MCC……get the point!
no the state has no right! we live in a !!!FREE COUNTRY!!!mybe .you can name your childern any name u wont to. let the state work on state problems ,roads ,drains,litter and live childern names out of state dudes.If you cant run state problems rignt, be dam they run my life. Your the type of person who gave your freedom away to let the gov. run you life. cant u think for yourself or do u need others to do it for u.
Cheryl Wisniewski You have to stop an think!!!!!!! what in a name. your childern ,who did you name them after, what if — some mass killer who killed many people 180,000 men weman childern had you name or your childs name will u change the name or just hide. its not the name ,its the person……vam war ,sent 180,000 people to die,killing men,weman,childern by the 100000 was name JOHN. Is that a bad name!?
I agree!! It's like the song by the Johnny Cash – My Name Is Sue – it actually made the man more of a man..able to stand up for himself and not cry political correctness!!! There has been no illegal action in naming your child what you want..but what Obama is doing , now THAT is illegal!!!
My question is simple…. If the names they were given is the majority of the problem here…. Why did the hospital allow them to name the children this in the first place? Seems to me when they went to put the names thru the system there should have been a red flag go up and someone should have told the parents right there and then. But I agree with most.. Names are not a reason to have children taken from their parents. As for the what else might be goin on I don't have a full understanding so I limit my opinion to the naming alone. This should have been stopped from the start, not waited this long.
Alek Davis, so until its "fully developed" its dead? since obviously that's the only other option if its not considered alive.
Guess every time women have an abortion were averting a potential zombie apocalypse since were killing an undead creature feasting on its mother.
The more power we give state agencies and Government, the less we become "free". This is the USA since when is naming your child what you want a crime? So they are Nazi names, bad yes, worth losing a family over? NO. Kids these children's age won't know much about Naziism other than what few things they get taught in school, lets be honest. Unless there is clear evidence of these children being abused in any way what right does ANYONE have in destroying this family. Simply because a judge thinks its wrong? So if they decide that you naming your child Evil for whatever reason is wrong, they can just come and take your child away? I think not! Lets spend time taking sexually abused and tormented kids that are clearly abused away from homes, then worry about stupid things like names. In fact how about state agencies who have, in the past, placed children in abusive adoptive and or foster homes do their jobs and place children in good homes and stop wasting time on cases like these….
Their only mistake was to pick a currently unfashionable form of antisemitism.
Now, if they dressed the kids in suicide bomber vests and wanted to nuke NYC or Israel? well, then, every activists agency would be circling to protect the couple's oppressed ethno/cultural heritage.
I'm not sure that bestowing these children with these names constitutes abuse, but they'd certainly endure a lifetime of ass whoopings.
when we willingly give them the right to do commit infringment's like this we should not be shocked when WE are next, think sheople, THINK.
Since when is it illegal to be retarded. What about if you give your kids names from the christian bible? Aren't you setting them up for hate and violence from people of other religions?
Christopher Polanco you have missed the point. It's not a matter of their belief system which isn't really that relevant anymore in American culture. It's the fact that a child can be taken away for a name. If you named your son or daughter something and someone didn't like it for whatever reason…they take it from you and claim child abuse. And even so…the kid wouldn't think it would be child abuse or even know it was something of the sort if he grows up and loves his cultural background of being a neo-nazi. Actor Jason Lee's son is named 'Pilot Inspektor Lee'. Is that abuse too?
I think before people can comment they learn how to spell first.dumb idiots.
Get over yourself. The "parents" would have been put in a death camp if this was a "Nazi-like" action. They clearly should not have access to anyones children. Naming children after Nazi party members is abuse no matter what their beliefs.
I think the Nazi Party ought to be outlawed. Plain and simple. It has no redeeming social value whatsoever.
Isn't that what the real Hitler would say? Just saying.
I feel you man… I'm a black dude, so I doubt these parents would support me in anything… but I do support them in their rights to have their kids…
If I named my son Malcolm X because of my beliefs in the power of my own people that we are dumbing ourselves away from, I would hope that the government wouldn't take him away, or think that I am training him to hate white people, because I love everybody!
@Christopher Polanco: under your theory, any child named Muhomad, Christian, John, or George should have their children taken away. All those names are names of rulers who commanded the massacre of others. I don't agree with the parents, but I do agree with the freedom of speach and the goverment taking away those kids is a voilation of that. Why doesn't the court focus on REAL child abusers??
They leave a child in home with a pedophile but take these kids because Mom and Dad are Nazis and Dad has a "history" of violence? This is abuse power. For all of you who think only politically correct parents should be allowed to raise their children……you would make excellent Nazis, and are.
The National Socialist German Workers' Party hasn't existed since 1945 these guys are just associated with Nazism because of their skin color. But the ideology they adhere to is white nationalism, obviously they are neither German nor members of the workers party haha
Also banning political parties is unconstitutional, the whole 1st Amendment thing. Freedom of speech and all.
The parents have their rights, but the kids have the right to not grow up with the name "Adolph Hitler" because their parents are stupid bigots. Take your rights to hell because that is where the Nazis belong.
Freedom of speech only goes so far when it causes unnecessary suffering for others. This kids will have to grow up in a society where they will be stigmatized simply because of their names.
I agree with your statement robinrenynolds29. Although I do NOT agree with their religious beliefs or what they named their children, they have every right to believe what they want and name their kids what they want to. What if I called the cops on a Christian couple for naming their kids, Jesus, Luke or Matthew because it's from the Bible and it offends me and my religion. I would get laughed at, that's what would happen, but this could open the door for more instances like this to happen.
its not our rights are slowly diminishing
Polanco you are an IDIOT. Would you like your children taken away because someone didnt like thier name ?
Wtf ? Its just a name !