Der Weg (magazine)

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Der Weg
EditorEberhard Fritsch
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherDürer Verlag
First issue1947
Final issue1957
CountryArgentina
Based inBuenos Aires
LanguageGerman

Der Weg (meaning the Way in English) was a German language 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 (meaning Monthly Bulletin for Cultivation and Building Up in English).[1]

History and profile[]

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 the national-socialist, fascist and conservative philosophies.[2] The goal was to revive national socialism.[4] The contributors of the magazine which enjoyed the privileges 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 the former National Socialists.[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[]

  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.
  3. ^ Alan Posener (3 April 2011). ""Eichmann hat eine perfide Show abgezogen"". Die Welt. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "A Nazi War Criminal's Life in Argentina". Der Spiegel. 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.
  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" (PDF). Besa Perspectives (457).
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