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 . Five more novels would follow afterwards.
Personal publications
In 2010, Niemöller started his own weblog, . 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.
In 2014, he wrote a book about the MH17 incident in which – against general consensus – he places responsibility on Ukraine. 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 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
(Death, the City, the Back Against the Wall). 1984. – Short stories
(Revenge!). 1989. – Novel, nominated for the AKO Literatuurprijs
(Over the Wall: East German Life Stories). 1991. – Biographies
(The Immigration Taboo: 10 Scientists on the Facts). 2011. – non-fiction
(). 2014. – Non-fiction
(). 2015. – Non-fiction
(Angry: The Dutch on Immigrants). 2017. – Non-fiction
References
External links
De Nieuwe Realist (Archived)