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Joost Niemöller
Joost Niemöller
	Niemöller in May 2015
Born	February 25, 1957 (age 67); Haarlem, the Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam
Occupation(s)	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 De dood, de stad, de rug tegen de muur. Five more novels would follow afterwards.

Personal publications

In 2010, Niemöller started his own weblog, 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

De dood, de stad, de rug tegen de muur (Death, the City, the Back Against the Wall). 1984. ISBN 9062651577 – Short stories
Wraak! (Revenge!). 1989. ISBN 9035107276 – Novel, nominated for the AKO Literatuurprijs
Over de muur: Oostduitse levensverhalen (Over the Wall: East German Life Stories). 1991. ISBN 9035110293 – Biographies
Het immigratietaboe: 10 wetenschappers over de feiten (The Immigration Taboo: 10 Scientists on the Facts). 2011. ISBN 9049024092 – non-fiction
MH17: de Doofpotdeal (English: MH17: The Cover-up Deal). 2014. ISBN 9049024173 – Non-fiction
De verschrikkelijke Janmaat: Nederland en de Centrumpartij (English: The Terrible Janmaat: The Netherlands and the Centre Party). 2015. ISBN 9049024203 – Non-fiction
Kwaad: Nederlanders over immigranten (Angry: The Dutch on Immigrants). 2017. ISBN 904902422X – Non-fiction

References

^ Paternotte, Bas (3 September 2013). "NCRV stopt met Joost Niemöller". ThePostOnline [nl] (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^ "Joost Niemöller: 'Zwarten hebben een lager IQ en verkrachten vaker'" (in Dutch). Nieuwe Revu. 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^ Noordaa, Robert van der; Ven, Coen van de (29 May 2019). "Het MH17-complot". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^ Zijl, Frank van (3 April 2017). "Niemöller heeft Wilders aan zijn zijde, terwijl bekenden hem zien doorslaan". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 September 2023.

External links

Media related to Joost Niemöller at Wikimedia Commons
De Nieuwe Realist (Archived) (in Dutch)
"Biographies, works and texts". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch).

[1] Paternotte, Bas (3 September 2013). "NCRV stopt met Joost Niemöller". ThePostOnline [nl] (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 September 2023.

[2] "Joost Niemöller: 'Zwarten hebben een lager IQ en verkrachten vaker'" (in Dutch). Nieuwe Revu. 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

[3] Noordaa, Robert van der; Ven, Coen van de (29 May 2019). "Het MH17-complot". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 September 2023.

[4] Zijl, Frank van (3 April 2017). "Niemöller heeft Wilders aan zijn zijde, terwijl bekenden hem zien doorslaan". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 September 2023.

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