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The ''Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'' (; "Newspaper of the North") is a former regional daily newspaper from the city of
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digital archive 1888 establishments in the Netherlands 2002 disestablishments in the Netherlands Defunct newspapers published in the Netherlands Dutch-language newspapers Mass media in Groningen (province) Publications established in 1888 Publications disestablished in 2002 Daily newspapers published in the Netherlands
The ''Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'' (; "Newspaper of the North") is a former regional daily newspaper from the city of Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
in the Netherlands
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. It was published from 1888 to 2002, when it was merged with the ''Groninger Dagblad
The ''Groninger Dagblad'' ( en, Groningen Daily) is a former regional newspaper from the Netherlands. It was published from 1992 until 2002. It was a merger of the ''Winschoter Courant'' (1870) and ''De Noord-Ooster'' (founded 1904; a daily since ...
'' and the ''Drentse Courant
The ''Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant'' was a regional newspaper in Drenthe, Netherlands, published in Assen from 1851 to 1966. It was a continuation of the ''Nieuws- en Advertentieblad voor de Provincie Drenthe'' (1823–1826) and ''Drent ...
'' into the ''Dagblad van het Noorden
The ''Dagblad van het Noorden'' (; en, Daily of the North), abbreviated as ''DvhN'', is a Dutch regional daily newspaper that is published and circulated in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands. The newspaper is ...
'', which published its first edition on 2 April 2002.
The first issue of the ''Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'' appeared on 2 June 1888. Until 1997 its offices were in a 1903 Jugendstil
''Jugendstil'' ("Youth Style") was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influential primarily in Germany and elsewhere in Europe to a lesser extent from about 1895 until about 1910. It was the German counterpart of ...
building in the Gedempte Zuiderdiep designed by .
During the German occupation
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in World War II, the ''Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'', like many other Dutch newspapers, published anti-Semitic and pro-German articles. In 1944 they refused to hire a chief editor who was a member of the Dutch National Socialist Movement National Socialist Movement may refer to:
* Nazi Party, a political movement in Germany
* National Socialist Movement (UK, 1962), a British neo-Nazi group
* National Socialist Movement (United Kingdom), a British neo-Nazi group active during the lat ...
—at the time the only legal party in the Netherlands—and publication of the newspaper was suspended. The paper reappeared on 26 January 1946, some time after the liberation of the Netherlands, with a circulation of 35,000 copies.
The ''Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'' came under criticism in 2000 with the publication of ''Het Schandaal'' (The Scandal) by Johan van Gelder, which threw new light on the newspaper's relationship with the German occupiers. The revelations in the book were in stark contrast to the representations of the two owners, the brothers Nico and Jan Abraham Hazewinkel.
From 2 April 2002 the newspaper was succeeded by the ''Dagblad van het Noorden'', a fusion with the ''Groninger Dagblad'' and the ''Drentse Courant'', which had previously been publishing together. All were published at that time by Hazewinkel Pers (Press). The ''Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'' published at midday; the other two were morning papers, as is the ''Dagblad van het Noorden''.
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digital archive 1888 establishments in the Netherlands 2002 disestablishments in the Netherlands Defunct newspapers published in the Netherlands Dutch-language newspapers Mass media in Groningen (province) Publications established in 1888 Publications disestablished in 2002 Daily newspapers published in the Netherlands