Joost Niemöller

Joost Niemöller (born 25 February 1957) is a Dutch writer and former journalist.

Biography Niemöller earned a Candidate's diploma in Dutch studies at the University of Amsterdam, but did not graduate as a Dutch scholar.

He then started as a journalist at various media companies, including De Pers, De Groene Amsterdammer, Nieuwe Revu, and HP/De Tijd.

In 1984, he made his debut with the short story collection . Five more novels would follow afterwards.

On 13 February 2025, Niem̠öller was appointed editor-in-chief of Ongehoord Nederland.

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