Joost Niemöller Explained

Birth Date:	25 February 1957
Birth Place:	Haarlem, the Netherlands
Alma Mater:	University of Amsterdam
Occupation:	Writer, journalist

Joost Niemöller (born 25 February 1957) is a Dutch writer and former journalist.

Biography

Niemöller graduated as a Dutch scholar from the University of Amsterdam in 1981.

He then started as a journalist at various media companies, including De Pers, De Groene Amsterdammer, Nieuwe Revu, De Dagelijkse Standaard and HP/De Tijd.

In 1984, he made his debut with the short story collection Dutch; Flemish: De dood, de stad, de rug tegen de muur. Five more novels would follow afterwards.

Personal publications

In 2010, Niemöller started his own weblog, Dutch; Flemish: De Nieuwe Realist. From then on, Niemöller would slowly share more outspoken opinions and conspiracy theories.

His participation in the NCRV program Lunch! was terminated in 2013 after a controversial publication on his blog.^{[1] [2]}

In 2014, he wrote a book about the MH17 incident in which – against general consensus – he places responsibility on Ukraine.^[3] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Niemöller has remained faithful to the Russian view of a "special military operation".

In February 2016, Niemöller attracted controversy^[4] when he stood up for the freedom of speech of the convicted Holocaust denier and anti-Semite David Irving, whom he called, in addition to an anti-Semite, "one of the most important historians of WWII".

Selected bibliography

• Dutch; Flemish: De dood, de stad, de rug tegen de muur (Death, the City, the Back Against the Wall). 1984. – Short stories
• Dutch; Flemish: Wraak! (Revenge!). 1989. – Novel, nominated for the AKO Literatuurprijs
• Dutch; Flemish: Over de muur: Oostduitse levensverhalen (Over the Wall: East German Life Stories). 1991. – Biographies
• Dutch; Flemish: Het immigratietaboe: 10 wetenschappers over de feiten (The Immigration Taboo: 10 Scientists on the Facts). 2011. – non-fiction
• Dutch; Flemish: MH17: de Doofpotdeal (English: [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17|MH17]]: The Cover-up Deal). 2014. – Non-fiction
• Dutch; Flemish: De verschrikkelijke Janmaat: Nederland en de Centrumpartij (English: The Terrible [[Hans Janmaat|Janmaat]]: The Netherlands and the [[Centre Party (Netherlands)|Centre Party]]). 2015. – Non-fiction
• Dutch; Flemish: Kwaad: Nederlanders over immigranten (Angry: The Dutch on Immigrants). 2017. – Non-fiction

External links

• • De Nieuwe Realist (Archived)

Notes and References

1. News: Paternotte. Bas. 3 September 2013. NCRV stopt met Joost Niemöller. nl. . 20 September 2023.
2. Web site: Joost Niemöller: 'Zwarten hebben een lager IQ en verkrachten vaker'. 26 February 2014. Nieuwe Revu. nl. 20 September 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120145/http://revu.nl/nu-in-revu/zwarten-hebben-lager-iq-verkrachten-vaker/. 2 April 2015.
3. News: Noordaa. Robert van der. Ven. Coen van de. 29 May 2019. Het MH17-complot. nl. De Groene Amsterdammer. 20 September 2023.
4. News: Zijl. Frank van. 3 April 2017. Niemöller heeft Wilders aan zijn zijde, terwijl bekenden hem zien doorslaan. nl. de Volkskrant. 20 September 2023.