''Nation Europa'' (also called ''Nation und Europa'') was a

far-right Far-right politics, often termed right-wing extremism, encompasses a range of ideologies that are marked by ultraconservatism, authoritarianism, ultranationalism, and nativism. This political spectrum situates itself on the far end of the ...

monthly magazine, published in Germany. It was founded in 1951 and was based in

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until its closure in 2009. It is also the name of the publishing house that developed the magazine, Nation Europa Verlag.

History

Founded by former SS commander

Arthur Ehrhardt Arthur Ehrhardt (21 March 1896 – 16 May 1971) was a Waffen-SS commander who served as a Nazi security warfare expert during World War II. After the war, he became a leading figure in the neo-Nazi movement. Early years Ehrhardt was born Menger ...

and Herbert Boehme, the publication took its title from a phrase sometimes used by

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to describe his Europe a Nation vision. Adopting a European-wide vision, writers such as Gaston-Armand Amaudruz and

Maurice Bardèche Maurice Bardèche (1 October 1907 – 30 July 1998) was a French art critic and journalist, better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism and Holocaust denial in post–World War II Europe. Bardèche was also the brother-in-law ...

were closely associated with the publication. Initially its largest single shareholder was Swedish

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and former Olympic athlete Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg. It was edited by Ehrhardt in association with a board of five made up of

Per Engdahl Per Claes Sven Edvard Engdahl (25 February 1909 – 4 May 1994) was a leading Swedish far-right politician. He was a leader of '' Sveriges Fascistiska Kamporganisation'' (SFKO or Sweden's Fascist Combat Organization), during the 1930s. He led a ...

, Hans Oehler, Paul van Tienen, Erik Lærum and

Erich Kern Erich Kern, (born Erich Knud Kernmayr on 27 February 1906 – died 13 September 1991) was a far-right Austrian journalist, war-time propagandist, and a post-war Nazi activist. He became a writer of revisionist books that sought to glorify the acti ...

Assessment

In 1955, the journal was classified as

by the

Institute of Contemporary History (Munich) The Institute of Contemporary History (''Institut für Zeitgeschichte'') in Munich was conceived in 1947 under the name ''Deutsches Institut für Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Zeit'' ("German Institute of the History of the National Socia ...

. As late as 1989, the political scientist

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described the magazine as the most important right-wing extremist publication since 1951. Thomas Pfeiffer, researcher at the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of

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places ''Nation Europa'' on the spectrum of the German New Right. He notes that the publication, due to its age, held far-right positions before the emergence of the New Right: the magazine "opened up early to new right-wing extremist ideology variants, instead of simply returning to Nazism." Pfeiffer characterizes ''Nation Europa'' as a "decisive forerunner and pioneer of the New Right", which is "one of the ideas generators of German right-wing extremism". However, he notes that the intellectual level of the magazine steadily declined over the years. In later years the publication became more closely associated with Deutsche Liga für Volk und Heimat. It was accused of giving space to

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and was investigated by the German government to this end. It was also associated with

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and praised

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when he announced a conference on the topic. The magazine was renamed ''Nation und Europa'' in 1990. In 2000 ''Nation und Europa'' was merged with 'Lesen und Schenken'. They later publish a new journal of current affairs, '' Zuerst!'', with ''Nation und Europa'' closed in 2009.

Notable authors

* Gaston-Armand Amaudruz * Safet Babic *

Alain de Benoist Alain de Benoist ( ; ; born 11 December 1943), also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, David Barney, and other pen names, is a French political philosopher and journalist, a founding member of the ''Nouvelle Droite'' (France's European Ne ...

* Yvan Blot *

Gottlob Berger Gottlob Christian Berger (16 July 1896 – 5 January 1975) was a German senior Nazi official who held the rank of '' SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS'' (lieutenant general) and was the chief of the SS Main Office responsibl ...

* Günter Deckert * Ferdinand Ďurčanský * Henning Eichberg *

Julius Evola Giulio Cesare Andrea "Julius" Evola (; 19 May 1898 – 11 June 1974) was an Italian far-right philosopher and writer. Evola regarded his values as Traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist, Aristocracy, aristocratic, War, martial and Empire, im ...

* Johanna Grund * Fritz Hippler * Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer * Gerhard Krüger *

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* Bruno Mégret * Armin Mohler *

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Werner Naumann Werner Naumann (16 June 1909 – 25 October 1982) was a German civil servant and politician. He was State Secretary in Joseph Goebbels' Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the Nazi Germany era. He was appointed head of th ...

Harald Neubauer Harald Neubauer (born 3 December 1951 in Hamburg; died 29 December 2021) was a German politician and journalist from the far right scene. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1994. Neubauer was trained as an overseas buyer and ...

* Hans Oehler Philip Rees, ''

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'', 1990 * Wilfred von Oven *

Oswald Pirow Oswald Pirow, QC (14 August 1890 – 11 October 1959) was a South African lawyer and far-right politician who held office as minister of justice, and later minister of defence for the National and United Party, respectively. Pirow eventual ...

Karl-Heinz Priester Karl-Heinz Priester (20 March 1912 – 16 April 1960) was a German far far-right political activist. While he played only a minor role in Nazi Germany, Priester became a leading figure on the extreme right in Europe after the Second World War. Un ...

* Emil Schlee *

Franz Schönhuber Franz Xaver Schönhuber (10 January 1923 – 27 November 2005) was a German right-wing extremist journalist, politician, and author. He gained fame as a founder and eventual chairman of the right-wing German party The Republicans. He was a memb ...

Alexander Raven Thomson Alexander Raven Thomson (3 December 1899 – 30 October 1955), usually referred to as Raven, was a Scottish politician and philosopher. He joined the British Union of Fascists in 1933 and remained a follower of Oswald Mosley for the rest of his ...

Macklin, ''Very Deeply Dyed in Black'', p. 111 *

Georg Franz-Willing Georg Franz-Willing (11 March 1915 – September 2008) was a German revisionist historian. He was a speaker at the Holocaust denying Institute for Historical Review (IHR), where he was also one of the editors of their newsletter and published ...

References

External links

''Germany's New Nazis'' 1951 pamphlet about Nation Europa and other neo--nazi groups
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nation Europa 1951 establishments in West Germany 2009 disestablishments in Germany Defunct political magazines published in Germany German-language magazines Magazines established in 1951 Magazines disestablished in 2009 Mass media in Coburg Far-right publications Far-right politics in Germany

History

Assessment

Notable authors

See also

References

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