''Der Weg'' (

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: ''The Way'') was a far right monthly magazine which was published in

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, Argentina, in the period 1947–1957. Its subtitle was ''Monatshefte zur Kulturpflege und zum Aufbau'' (German: ''Monthly Bulletin for Cultivation and Building Up'').

History and profile

''Der Weg'' was launched in Buenos Aires as a monthly magazine in 1947. The founding publishing company was Dürer Verlag which was owned by Eberhard Fritsch who also edited ''Der Weg''. Over time it became a radical right-wing magazine and functioned as a forum for the advocates of the

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and

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philosophies. The goal was to revive national socialism. The contributors of the magazine which enjoyed the privileges granted by

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included well-known far right figures who were either former Nazi officials or were from other countries such as

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, Helmut Sündermann,

Johann von Leers Omar Amin (born Johann Jakob von Leers; 25 January 19025 March 1965) was an ''Alter Kämpfer'' and an honorary ''Sturmbannführer'' in the ''Waffen-SS'' in Nazi Germany, where he was also a professor known for his anti-Jewish polemics. He was on ...

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, Peter Kleist,

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Hans Fritzsche, Hans W. Hagen and

Maurice Bardèche Maurice Bardèche (1 October 1907 – 30 July 1998) was a French art critic and journalist, better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism in post–World War II Europe. Bardèche was also the brother-in-law of the collaborationist ...

. The magazine also featured messages of

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, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and was the major media outlet for

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. There were many correspondents of ''Der Weg'' which at its peak, had an international circulation of 25,000 copies. It was distributed not only in South America, but also in

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and

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where it reached the former

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. The magazine went bankrupt and folded in 1957. One of the reasons for its shutdown was the end of Juan Perón's presidency in 1955.

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