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Joop Glimmerveen

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Joop Glimmerveen
Glimmerveen in 1977
Born
Johann Georg Glimmerveen

(1928-11-14)14 November 1928
Utrecht,Netherlands
Died25 December 2022(2022-12-25)(aged 94)
OccupationPolitician
Political partyLabour Party,Noordbond,Dutch People's Union

Johann Georg"Joop"Glimmerveen(14 November 1928 – 25 December 2022) was a Dutch far-right politician. He was active on the far-right from 1971.

Early life

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Born inUtrecht,Glimmerveen was educated inHilversumandAmsterdambefore starting work in 1945 in the salary office of the Calve-Delft company.[1]In 1951 he joined theUnited Nationsforces as a volunteer in theKorean Warand following his service was employed atNATO'sSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europeoffices. He was dismissed from this position in 1974 after legal troubles relating to his political activity.[1]

In 1949, Glimmerveen became a member ofNieuwe Koers,the youth movement of theLabour Partyand he would eventually graduate to the full party, retaining his membership until 1962.[1]By the time he left, his political views had shifted considerably to the right.[1]

Dutch People's Union

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Glimmerveen first came to prominence as a member of the hardline Noordbond, aneo-Nazigroup with links to the likes ofColin Jordanin the United Kingdom. From there he joined theDutch People's Union(NVU) in 1971 not long after its foundation.[2]He became the new group'spropagandachief and sought to make inroads inRotterdamfollowing a series of race riots in the city.[2]In 1974 he was a candidate for the party inThe Hagueand ran a high-profile campaign against immigration from theDutch West Indiesto the city. With this campaign he captured 4000 votes, just missing a seat on the council and was chosen as leader of the NVU later in the year.[2]Bernard Postma, NVU leader at the time, had actually been opposed to contesting the election and Glimmerveen was the only candidate but his success in getting his way over the election was part of a power shift away from Postma and to Glimmerveen.[3]Postma stood down as leader in October 1974 with Glimmerveen replacing him.[4]

Under his leadership the group became moreNaziin appearance andideology,with Glimmerveen adopting the title of 'leader' and the group holding up collaborators such asAnton MussertandMeinoud Rost van Tonningenas inspirations. Eventually, Glimmerveen praisedAdolf Hitlerfor his skill as a leader.[5]He spent fourteen days in prison in August 1976 for praising Hitler in the NVU journalWij Nederland.[1]Other party activists were frequently imprisoned at this time for distributing leaflets that were held to be inciting riots.[4]

Although the party initially looked poised to make a breakthrough their comparatively high-profile was not to last. A series of damaging court cases and attempts to ban the party saw their fortunes fade dramatically and Glimmerveen resigned as leader in 1981.[5]Indeed, the party had even been forced to sit out the 1978 municipal elections after being banned by the courts due to Glimmerveen's activities.[4]A more conservative faction took control of the group for a while and Glimmerveen briefly set up his own groupJongers Front Nederland.[1]He returned to the NVU in 1983 to again take a central role in the organisation.[6]During an interview, Glimmerveen remarked that all Surinamese in the Netherlands should go back to Suriname, a former Dutch colony in South America, and all Jews must go to Israel. In response, he was arrested and sentenced to six weeks in prison for makingracistandanti-Semiticremarks.[7]

Subsequent activity and death

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Glimmerveen retired not long afterwards although by the 1990s he was convinced to return again to the NVU by its then leaders. He helped the group build links with Belgian and German neo-Nazi groups, although he fell out with the leadership and again quit the NVU in 2000.[8]

Glimmerveen was convicted in 2003 of making pro-Nazi speeches at aCP'86rally seven years earlier and was sentenced to four months in prison.[9]In 2007, Glimmerveen was one of a number of Dutch extremists fined inBelgiumfor making theNazi salute.[10]

Glimmerveen died on 25 December 2022, at the age of 94.[11]

References

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  1. ^abcdefPhilip Rees,Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890,Simon & Schuster, 1991, p. 152.
  2. ^abcR. J. B. Bosworth,The Oxford Handbook of Fascism,Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 462.
  3. ^Paul Hainsworth,The Extreme Right in Europe and the USA,Pinter, 1992, p. 109.
  4. ^abcHainsworth,The Extreme Right,p. 110.
  5. ^abBosworth,The Oxford Handbook of Fascism,p. 463.
  6. ^Bosworth,The Oxford Handbook of Fascism,p. 464.
  7. ^"Sentence Confirmed for Anti-semitic Remarks".Jewish Telegraphic Agency.20 March 2015.Retrieved30 August2023.
  8. ^Bosworth,The Oxford Handbook of Fascism,p. 466.
  9. ^Fascist veteran on trialfromSearchlight.
  10. ^"Dutch Hitler lookalike fined in Belgium for Nazi salute".Archived fromthe originalon 21 November 2009.Retrieved17 July2009.
  11. ^"Neonazi en oud-leider NVU Joop Glimmerveen (94) overleden".NOS Nieuws(in Dutch). 25 December 2022.Retrieved25 December2022.
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