George E. Deatherage was an American political activist. A native of Virginia and an engineer by training, he authored several books on construction.

He is best remembered for his political activities. He wrote speeches for General George Van Horn Moseley

George Van Horn Moseley

George Van Horn Moseley was a United States Army general. Following his retirement in 1938, he became controversial for his anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic views.-Biography:...

 as well as being the founder of a later version of the Knights of the White Camellia and the American Nationalist Confederation.

Deatherage was an important player in domestic and international anti-Jewish circles in the 1930s and 1940s, including collaboration with the notorious Welt-Dienst/World-Service propaganda agency headed by German Ulrich Fleischhauer

Ulrich Fleischhauer

thumb|Ulrich Fleischhauer Ulrich Fleischhauer was a leading antisemitic publisher of books and news articles reporting on an alleged Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theory and supposed "nefarious plots" by clandestine Jewish interests to dominate the world.His career was at first grounded in the Imperial...

. Both were also defendants in the Great Sedition Trial of 1944.