Joost Niemöller

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.

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

 * 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 (MH17: The Cover-up Deal). 2014. ISBN 9049024173 – Non-fiction
 * De verschrikkelijke Janmaat: Nederland en de Centrumpartij (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