Der Weg (magazine) explained

Editor:Eberhard Fritsch
Frequency:Monthly
Category:Political magazine
Publisher:Dürer Verlag
Founded:1947
Finaldate:1957
Country:Argentina
Based:Buenos Aires
Language:German

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

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] The magazine also featured messages of Haj Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and was the major media outlet for holocaust deniers.[6] [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.[5] 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.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Willi Winkler. Beide Augen zu. 29 October 2021. Süddeutsche Zeitung. 14 January 2011. de.
  2. Holger M. Meding. German Emigration to Argentina and the Illegal Brain Drain to the Plate, 1945–1955. Jahrbuch für Geschichte von Staat, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Lateinamerikas. 1992. 29. 1. 417. 10.7788/jbla-1992-0116. 161801186.
  3. News: Alan Posener. "Eichmann hat eine perfide Show abgezogen". Die Welt. 3 April 2011. de. 29 October 2021.
  4. A Nazi War Criminal's Life in Argentina. de. 29 October 2021. Der Spiegel. 1 April 2011. 6 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211006020421/https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-long-road-to-eichmann-s-arrest-a-nazi-war-criminal-s-life-in-argentina-a-754486.html.
  5. Martin Finkenberger. Johann von Leers und die "faschistische Internationale" der fünfziger und sechziger Jahre in Argentinien und Ägypten. Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft. 2011. 6. 525,534,537. 0044-2828. de.
  6. Elisabeth Åsbrink. 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. 2021. 82. 10.1353/jhi.2021.0006. 146. 1. 33583834. 231926387. Elisabeth Åsbrink.
  7. Edy Cohen. A Holocaust Denier at the White House. Besa Perspectives. 30 April 2017. 457.