Editing David Lane (white supremacist) (section)

==Early life==
David Lane was born November 2, 1938 in [[Woden, Iowa]].{{sfn|Atkins|2011|p=174}}{{sfn|Nic Dháibhéid|2017|p=173}} At the time of his birth, the town was largely populated by Germanic immigrants.{{sfn|Nic Dháibhéid|2017|pp=173–176}} Lane was the third of four siblings, with a brother and two sisters.{{sfn|Atkins|2011|pp=174–175}}<ref name="adl" /> His father was an alcoholic itinerant worker who was physically abusive toward his wife and children;<ref name="adl" />{{sfn|Atkins|2011|p=174}} Lane described his father as "a truly despicable creature", and described his mother as an "uneducated [...] farm girl".{{sfn|Nic Dháibhéid|2017|pp=173–176}} In one instance, his father beat Lane's older brother Roger so severely that he was rendered permanently deaf.<ref name="adl">{{Cite web |url=http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/lane.asp?xpicked=2&item=lane |title=David Lane |website=[[Anti-Defamation League]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103094309/http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/lane.asp?xpicked=2&item=lane |archive-date=November 3, 2008}}</ref> When Lane was four years old, his father abandoned his family.{{sfn|Atkins|2011|pp=174–175}} In 1944, Roger was found searching for food in a neighbor's trash bins, and Lane and his sisters were placed in an [[orphanage]].{{sfn|Nic Dháibhéid|2017|pp=173–176}}

After being placed in state care Lane was separated from and lost contact with his biological family.{{sfn|Nic Dháibhéid|2017|pp=173–176}} He was soon adopted by a traveling [[Lutheran]] minister.{{sfn|Gardell|2000|p=167}}{{sfn|Nic Dháibhéid|2017|pp=173–176}} With his new family he moved frequently.{{sfn|Nic Dháibhéid|2017|pp=173–176}} Traveling across the [[Midwestern United States]] with his adoptive family, Lane finally settled in [[Aurora, Colorado]], where he attended [[Hinkley High School]].{{sfn|Flynn|Gerhardt|1989|p=215}}{{sfn|Atkins|2011|p=175}} His adoptive family was strictly Christian, which contributed to Lane's distaste for Christianity.{{sfn|Gardell|2000|p=167}} As an adult, he changed his last name back to his biological father's surname, rather than that of his adopted family.{{sfn|Flynn|Gerhardt|1989|p=215}} He attended a community college, which he left after one semester despite obtaining good grades.{{sfn|Atkins|2011|p=175}}