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 worked as a journalist for various media outlets, including De Pers, De Groene Amsterdammer, Nieuwe Revu, , and HP/De Tijd, and was editor-in-chief for the music magazine .
In 1984, Niemöller made his literary debut with the short story collection De dood, de stad, de rug tegen de muur (). Between 1989 and 2010, six novels followed. In 1990, he was nominated for the AKO Literatuurprijs for his novel Wraak! ().
In 2010, he started his own weblog, De Nieuwe Realist (). On this blog, Niemöller would begin sharing dissenting opinions and disseminate conspiracy theories. His participation in the NCRV program Lunch! was terminated in 2013, following a controversial article he wrote about the influence of race on crime and intelligence.
In 2014, Niemöller wrote a non-fiction book about the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 during the Russo-Ukrainian war, in which he places responsibility for the incident on Ukraine.
In February 2016, Niemöller attracted scrutiny for defending the freedom of speech of the convicted Holocaust denier David Irving, whom he called, in addition to an antisemite, "one of the most important historians of WWII".
In 2018, he was one of the speakers at a meeting organized and funded by farmer and political activist Hugo Jansen at De Balie, where criticism was leveled at the Western media and the geopolitical role of Russia was defended. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he remained faithful to the Russian view of a "special military operation".
In 2019, he co-founded Ongehoord Nederland (ON) with , but he left the broadcaster shortly afterwards, following the dismissal of .
On 13 February 2025, Niemöller was appointed editor-in-chief of ON. His departure was announced on 1 September 2026, amidst commotion over an online broadcast in which Niemöller and commentator had expressed their agreement with selected statements by Adolf Hitler.
Bibliography Fiction De dood, de stad, de rug tegen de muur (). 1984. – Short stories Wraak! (). 1989. – Novel De spier () 1993. – Novel De therapie () 1997. – Novel Broers () 2002. – Novel Deltablues () 2008. – Novel De maand erna () 2010. – Novel
Non-fiction Over de muur: Oostduitse levensverhalen (). 1991. Het immigratietaboe: 10 wetenschappers over de feiten (). 2011. MH17: De Doofpotdeal (). 2014. De verschrikkelijke Janmaat: Nederland en de Centrumpartij (). 2015. Kwaad: Nederlanders over immigranten (). 2017. De ontworsteling: In de greep van de Marokkaanse overheid, geheime diensten en de islam () with Ali Lahrouchi, 2019.
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