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Nation Europa
CategoriesPolitics (far-right)
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherNation Europa Verlag
Founder
Founded1951
Final issue2009
CountryGermany
Based inCoburg
LanguageGerman

Nation Europa(also calledNation und Europa) was afar-rightmonthly magazine, published in Germany. It was founded in 1951 and was based inCoburguntil its closure in 2009. It is also the name of the publishing house that developed the magazine, Nation Europa Verlag.

History[edit]

Founded by formerSScommanderArthur EhrhardtandHerbert Boehme,the publication took its title from a phrase sometimes used byOswald Mosleyto describe hisEurope a Nationvision. Adopting a European-wide vision, writers such asGaston-Armand AmaudruzandMaurice Bardèchewere closely associated with the publication. Initially its largest single shareholder was Swedishneo-Naziand formerOlympicathleteCarl-Ehrenfried Carlberg.[1]It was edited by Ehrhardt in association with a board of five made up ofPer Engdahl,Hans Oehler,Paul van Tienen,Erik LærumandErich Kern.[2]

Assessment[edit]

In 1955, the journal was classified asneo-Naziby theInstitute of Contemporary History (Munich).[3]As late as 1989, the political scientistEckhard Jessedescribed the magazine as the most important right-wing extremist (far-right) publication since 1951.[4]Thomas Pfeiffer[de],researcher at theState Office for the Protection of the ConstitutionofNorth Rhine-WestphaliaplacesNation Europaon the spectrum of theGerman New Right.He notes that the publication, due to its age, held far-right positions before the emergence of the New Right: the magazine "opened up early to new right-wing extremist ideology variants, instead of simply returning to Nazism." Pfeiffer characterizesNation Europaas a "decisive forerunner and pioneer of the New Right", which is "one of the ideas generators of German right-wing extremism". However, he notes that the intellectual level of the magazine steadily declined over the years.[5]

In later years the publication became more closely associated withDeutsche Liga für Volk und Heimat.It was accused of giving space toNazism[6][7]and was investigated by the German government to this end. It was also associated withHolocaust denial[8]and praisedMahmoud Ahmadinejadwhen he announced a conference on the topic.[9]The magazine was renamedNation und Europain 1990.[citation needed]In 2000Nation und Europawas merged with 'Lesen und Schenken'. They later publish a new journal of current affairs,Zuerst!,withNation und Europaclosed in 2009.[10]

Notable authors[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Philip Rees,Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890,p. 54
  2. ^G. Macklin,Very Deeply Dyed in Black,London, 2007, p. 180
  3. ^Hans Rothfels,Quarterly Journal of Contemporary History,1955, Vol. 2, p. 223ff. (PDF)
  4. ^Eckhard Jesse:Der «dritte Weg» in der deutschen Frage.In:Deutschland Archiv.Nr. 5/1989, p. 545.
  5. ^Thomas Pfeiffer[de]:Avantgarde und Brücke.In:Wolfgang Gessenharter[de]& Thomas Pfeiffer (Eds):Die Neue Rechte – eine Gefahr für die Demokratie?Wiesbaden 2004, p. 63f.
  6. ^Macklin, p. 91
  7. ^Geoffrey Harris,The Dark Side of Europe,Edinburgh University Press, 1994, p. 54
  8. ^Macklin, p. 93
  9. ^Nation und Europa,07/08 2006
  10. ^Neue Presse[permanent dead link]
  11. ^abcdePhilip Rees,Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890,1990
  12. ^Karl Dietrich Bracher,The German Dictatorship,Penguin, 1970, p. 585
  13. ^Graham Macklin,Very Deeply Dyed in Black,New York: IB Tauris, 2007, p. 102
  14. ^Macklin,Very Deeply Dyed in Black,p. 114
  15. ^Cas Mudde,The Ideology of the Extreme Right,Manchester University Press, 2000, p. 35
  16. ^Macklin,Very Deeply Dyed in Black,p. 85
  17. ^Stephen Dorril,Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley & British Fascism,2007, p. 591
  18. ^Macklin,Very Deeply Dyed in Black,p. 111

External links[edit]

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