Nation Europa
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Nation Europa is a monthly magazine, published in Germany
, that was originally established in support of Pan-European nationalism
. It was founded in 1951 and is based in Coburg
.
-Sturmbannführer
Arthur Ehrhardt
and Herbert Boehme, it took its title from a phrase sometimes used by Oswald Mosley
to describe his Europe a Nation
vision. Adopting a Europe
-wide vision, writers such as Gaston-Armand Amaudruz
and Maurice Bardèche
were closely associated with the publication. Initially its largest single shareholder was Swedish
neo-Nazi and former Olympic
athlete Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg
. It was edited by Ehrhardt in association with a board of five made up of Per Engdahl
, Hans Oehler
, Paul van Tienen, Erik Laerum and Erich Kern
.
In later years the publication would become more closely associated with Deutsche Liga für Volk und Heimat. The publication has been accused of giving space to Nazism
and has been investigated by the German government to this end. It has also been associated with Holocaust denial
and praised Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he announced a conference on the topic. The magazine was renamed Nation und Europa in 1990 and continues to publish under this name.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, that was originally established in support of Pan-European nationalism
Pan-European nationalism
The idea that Europe should be united politically has been present in European culture since the Middle Ages, and inspired several proposals for some form of confederation. With the growth of nationalism in the 19th century, several pan-national ideas of Europe developed, some of them based on...
. It was founded in 1951 and is based in Coburg
Coburg
Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...
.
Development
Founded by former SSSchutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...
-Sturmbannführer
Sturmbannführer
Sturmbannführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party equivalent to major, used both in the Sturmabteilung and the Schutzstaffel...
Arthur Ehrhardt
Arthur Ehrhardt
Arthur Ehrhardt was a German Waffen-SS officer and author on warfare who became a leading figure in the post-war neo-Nazi movement.-Early years:...
and Herbert Boehme, it took its title from a phrase sometimes used by Oswald Mosley
Oswald Mosley
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet, of Ancoats, was an English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists...
to describe his Europe a Nation
Europe a Nation
Europe a Nation was a policy developed by British politician Oswald Mosley as the cornerstone of his Union Movement. It called for the integration of Europe into a single entity....
vision. Adopting a Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
-wide vision, writers such as Gaston-Armand Amaudruz
Gaston-Armand Amaudruz
Gaston-Armand "Guy" Amaudruz is a Swiss neo-fascist political philosopher and Holocaust denier.Initially a supporter of the Swiss fascist movement of Arthur Fonjallaz, he came to wider attention in 1949 when he published Ubu Justicier au Premier Procès de Nuremberg, one of the first works to...
and Maurice Bardèche
Maurice Bardèche
Maurice Bardèche was a French essayist, literary and art critic, journalist, and one of the leading exponents of Neo-Fascism in post-World War II Europe...
were closely associated with the publication. Initially its largest single shareholder was Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
neo-Nazi and former Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
athlete Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg
Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg
Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg was a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Early life and Olympics:...
. It was edited by Ehrhardt in association with a board of five made up of Per Engdahl
Per Engdahl
Per Claes Sven Edvard Engdahl was a leading Swedish far right politician. He was the leader of Sveriges Fascistiska Kamporganisation, SFKO during the 1920's.-Career:...
, Hans Oehler
Hans Oehler
Hans Oehler was a Swiss journalist, leading supporter of Nazism.Initially a journalist, Oehler turned his attention towards producing vehemently pro-German material, founding the Schweizerische Monatshefte für Politik und Kultur in 1921...
, Paul van Tienen, Erik Laerum and Erich Kern
Erich Kern
Erich Kern, was an Austrian right-wing extremist journalist...
.
In later years the publication would become more closely associated with Deutsche Liga für Volk und Heimat. The publication has been accused of giving space to Nazism
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
and has been investigated by the German government to this end. It has also been associated with Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial is the act of denying the genocide of Jews in World War II, usually referred to as the Holocaust. The key claims of Holocaust denial are: the German Nazi government had no official policy or intention of exterminating Jews, Nazi authorities did not use extermination camps and gas...
and praised Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he announced a conference on the topic. The magazine was renamed Nation und Europa in 1990 and continues to publish under this name.
A selection of NE authors
- Gaston-Armand AmaudruzGaston-Armand AmaudruzGaston-Armand "Guy" Amaudruz is a Swiss neo-fascist political philosopher and Holocaust denier.Initially a supporter of the Swiss fascist movement of Arthur Fonjallaz, he came to wider attention in 1949 when he published Ubu Justicier au Premier Procès de Nuremberg, one of the first works to...
- Safet BabicSafet BabicSafet Babić is a German politician of Bosnian descent. He has been a candidate for the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany in European, parliamentary, state assembly and local elections....
- Alain de BenoistAlain de BenoistAlain de Benoist is a French academic, philosopher, a founder of the Nouvelle Droite and head of the French think tank GRECE. Benoist is a critic of liberalism, free markets and egalitarianism.-Biography:...
- Yvan BlotYvan BlotYvan Blot is a French [conservative] political figure who has been a member of GRECE as well as the founder and president of the Club de l'Horloge....
- Michael Brückner
- Felix Buck
- Björn Clemens
- Günter DeckertGünter DeckertGünter Deckert is a far-right German political activist. He was the leader of the far right National Democratic Party of Germany . He has served five years in prison in Germany for various offences, including Holocaust denial and incitement to racial hatred...
- Ferdinand ĎurčanskýFerdinand DurcanskýDoctor Ferdinand Ďurčanský was a Slovak nationalist leader who for a time served with the collaborationist government of Jozef Tiso.-Nationalism:...
- Henning EichbergHenning EichbergHenning Eichberg Henning Eichberg Henning Eichberg (born December 1, 1942 in Schweidnitz, Silesia is a German sociologist and historian, teaching at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense...
- Julius EvolaJulius EvolaBarone Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola also known as Julius Evola, was an Italian philosopher and esotericist...
- Johanna GrundJohanna GrundJohanna Christina Grund is a German journalist, writer and politician with Die Republikaner . She was a member of the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994....
- Jürgen Hatzenbichler
- Fritz HipplerFritz HipplerFritz Hippler was a German filmmaker who ran the film department in the Propaganda Ministry of the Third Reich, under Joseph Goebbels. He is most famous as director of the propaganda film Der ewige Jude ....
- Erwin Guido KolbenheyerErwin Guido KolbenheyerErwin Guido Kolbenheyer was an Austrian novelist, poet and playwright. Later based in Germany, he belonged to a group of writers that included the likes of Hans Grimm, Rudolf G...
- Gerhard KrügerGerhard KrügerGerhard Krüger was a Nazi Party student leader and later a leading figure within the neo-Nazi movement.-Early years:...
- Jean-Marie Le PenJean-Marie Le PenJean-Marie Le Pen is a French far right-wing and nationalist politician who is founder and former president of the Front National party. Le Pen has run for the French presidency five times, most notably in 2002, when in a surprise upset he came second, polling more votes in the first round than...
- Bruno MégretBruno MégretBruno Mégret is a French Far-right politician. He is the leader of the Mouvement National Républicain political party, but retired in 2008 from political action.-Youth and studies:...
- Armin MohlerArmin MohlerArmin Mohler was a Swiss-born far right political writer and philosopher associated with the Neue Rechte movement.-Life:Born in Basel, Mohler studied at the University of Basel where for a time he supported communism...
- Andreas Molau
- Andreas MölzerAndreas MölzerAndreas Mölzer is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Freedom Party of Austria.- Biography :...
- Oswald MosleyOswald MosleySir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet, of Ancoats, was an English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists...
- Werner NaumannWerner NaumannWerner Naumann was a State Secretary in Joseph Goebbels' Propagandaministerium during the Third Reich. He was appointed head of the Propaganda Ministry by Führer Adolf Hitler in his political testament after Dr. Goebbels was promoted to Reichskanzler.-Early life and political career:Naumann was...
- Harald NeubauerHarald NeubauerHarald Neubauer is a German politician and journalist from the far right scene. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1994....
- Michael Nier
- Hans OehlerHans OehlerHans Oehler was a Swiss journalist, leading supporter of Nazism.Initially a journalist, Oehler turned his attention towards producing vehemently pro-German material, founding the Schweizerische Monatshefte für Politik und Kultur in 1921...
- Wilfred von OvenWilfred von OvenWilfred von Oven was between 1943 and the German capitulation in 1945 the personal Press adjutant of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels....
- Oswald PirowOswald PirowOswald Pirow was a South African lawyer and far right politician, who held office as minister of Justice and Defence.-Early life:...
- Karl-Heinz PriesterKarl-Heinz PriesterKarl-Heinz Priester was a German far right political activist. Although he played only a minor role in Nazi Germany he became a leading figure on the extreme right in Europe after the Second World War.-Under the Nazis:...
- Karl Richter
- Emil SchleeEmil SchleeEmil Schlee was a German historian and politician with the CDU and REP. He was born in Schwerin and died in Schwentinental....
- Franz SchönhuberFranz SchönhuberFranz Xaver Schönhuber was a German journalist and author. He gained fame as a founder and eventual chairman of the German Party The Republicans.-Career:...
- Jürgen Schwab
- Alexander Raven ThomsonAlexander Raven ThomsonAlexander Raven Thomson was a leading figure in the British Union of Fascists and was considered to be the party's chief ideologue. He has been described as the "Alfred Rosenberg of British fascism".-Early life:...
- Anton Vergeiner
- Reinhard Uhle-Wettler
- Georg Franz-Willing