Der Weg (magazine)

Der Weg
EditorEberhard Fritsch
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherDürer Verlag
Founded1947
Final issue1957
CountryArgentina
Based inBuenos Aires
LanguageGerman

Der Weg ((German: The Way)) was a far right monthly magazine which was published in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the period 1947–1957. Its subtitle was Monatshefte zur Kulturpflege und zum Aufbau (German: Monthly Bulletin for Cultivation and Building Up).[1]

History and profile

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Der Weg was launched in Buenos Aires as a monthly magazine in 1947.[2] The founding publishing company was Dürer Verlag which was owned by Eberhard Fritsch who also edited Der Weg.[3][4] Over time it became a radical right-wing magazine and functioned as a forum for the advocates of Neo-Nazi, fascist and conservative philosophies.[2] Their goal was to revive Nazism.[4] The contributors of the magazine which enjoyed the privileges granted by Argentine President Juan Perón included well-known far right figures who were either former Nazi officials or were from other countries such as Per Engdahl, Helmut Sündermann, Johann von Leers, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Peter Kleist, Anton Zischka Hans Fritzsche, Hans W. Hagen and Maurice Bardèche.[5][6] The magazine also featured messages of Haj Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and was the major media outlet for holocaust deniers.[5][7]

There were many correspondents of Der Weg which at its peak, had an international circulation of 25,000 copies.[2] It was distributed not only in South America, but also in Germany and Austria where it reached former Nazis.[6] The magazine went bankrupt and folded in 1957.[2] One of the reasons for its shutdown was the end of Juan Perón's presidency in 1955.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Willi Winkler (14 January 2011). "Beide Augen zu". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Holger M. Meding (1992). "German Emigration to Argentina and the Illegal Brain Drain to the Plate, 1945–1955". Jahrbuch für Geschichte von Staat, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Lateinamerikas. 29 (1): 417. doi:10.7788/jbla-1992-0116. S2CID 161801186.
  3. ^ Alan Posener (3 April 2011). ""Eichmann hat eine perfide Show abgezogen"". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "A Nazi War Criminal's Life in Argentina". Der Spiegel (in German). 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b Elisabeth Åsbrink (2021). "When Race Was Removed from Racism: Per Engdahl, the Networks that Saved Fascism and the Making of the Concept of Ethnopluralism". Journal of the History of Ideas. 82 (1): 146. doi:10.1353/jhi.2021.0006. PMID 33583834. S2CID 231926387.
  6. ^ a b c Martin Finkenberger (2011). "Johann von Leers und die "faschistische Internationale" der fünfziger und sechziger Jahre in Argentinien und Ägypten". Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft (in German). 6: 525, 534, 537. ISSN 0044-2828.
  7. ^ Edy Cohen (30 April 2017). "A Holocaust Denier at the White House". Besa Perspectives (457).
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