Trots allt! explained

Type:Weekly newspaper
Foundation:Fall 1939
Language:Swedish
Ceased Publication:1945
Headquarters:Stockholm
Publishing Country:Sweden

Trots allt! (Swedish: Despite everything!) was a weekly socialist newspaper which existed between 1939 and 1945 in Stockholm, Sweden. The paper is known for its anti-Nazi stance and its founder and editor Ture Nerman. Due to its fierce criticism against Nazism the paper was subject to bans and censorship. Its title was a reference to the text by Karl Liebknecht entitled Trotz alledem!.[1]

History and profile

Trots allt! was launched by a group of Swedish liberals and socialists, including Ture Nerman, in Fall 1939.[2] [3] The editor of the paper was Ture Nerman. It came out weekly.[4] An Austrian Jew Kurt Singer served as its coeditor.[5] Polish lawyer Stanisław Adamek who had exiled to Sweden was one of the contributors.[6]

The paper openly opposed the Nazi regime and the Swedish government's departure from the policy of neutrality[3] [7] and contained the materials for the Soviet propaganda.[6] Between April 1940 and January 1941 the distribution of Trots allt! was halted by the government.[7] In early 1942 the paper was also banned when it published a document, Black Book of the Government of Poland, by the Ministry of Information and Documentation of Poland.[6] Its issues dated 10 November 1942 and 3 March 1943 were also confiscated by the state authorities.[6] The paper folded in 1945.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karl Liebknecht. 15 January 1919. Trotz alledem!. Marxists. 4 February 2023.
  2. Book: Ture Nerman. Trots allt! Minne och redovisning. Stockholm. Kooperativa förbundets bokförlag. sv. 1954.
  3. Encyclopedia: Staffan Vahlquist. Ture Nerman, 1886–1969. Svenskt översättarlexikon. sv.
  4. The Press: Censorship Over Sweden. 4 February 2023. Time. 26 February 1940.
  5. Book: Malcolm Atkin. Section D for Destruction: Forerunner of SOE: The Story of Section D of the Secret Intelligence Service. Pen and Sword Books. 2017. 978-1-4738-9262-0. Barnsley. 20.
  6. Book: Paweł Jaworski. Dreamers and Opportunist. Polish-Swedish Relations during the Second World War. 2019. Elanders. Stockholm. 978-91-88663-36-8. 106,178,180,210.
  7. Book: John Gilmour. Sweden, the Swastika and Stalin. The Swedish experience in the Second World War. 2011. 159,161,163. Edinburgh University Press. Edinburgh. 10.1515/9780748631520. 9780748631520. 247280755.
  8. Encyclopedia: Bengt Nerman. Ture Nerman. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. sv.