Index: Johann von Leers
Der Weg Articles by the Professor and Waffen-SS Sturmbannführer
Dan Rouse’s Note(s):
This is a list of articles by Johann Jakob von Leers in Der Weg, presented with a link if the translation is complete. Please expect this to be updated regularly, but delayed from article releases. See below for more information on von Leers.
Der Weg Articles (Translated)
as Johann von Leers (J. v. L.)
[LINK] Are We at the End? [Der Weg 1950-12]
[LINK] Fire in the Marshes [Der Weg 1951-01]
[LINK] Dead on Vacation [Der Weg 1951-03]
[LINK] The Tragedy of Democracy [Der Weg 1951-04]
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as A. Euler
[LINK] The Right of Rebellion [Der Weg 1951-01]
[LINK] In Defense of Dr. Malan’s Apartheid [Der Weg 1951-02]
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as Gordon Fitzstuart
[LINK] Out of the Way! Part 1/3 [Der Weg 1951-08]
[LINK] Out of the Way! Part 2/3 [Der Weg 1951-09]
[LINK] Out of the Way! Part 3/3 [Der Weg 1951-10]
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as Felix Schwarzenborn
[LINK] General Handy's Love for Truth [Der Weg 1951-04]
[Coming Soon!] Thieves' Justice versus Patriotism [Der Weg 1951-08]
From Dieter Vollmer’s autobiography [LINK]:
(1951)
The most momentous encounter of 1951 was with Professor Johannes von Leers of the School of Politics in Berlin; I still vividly recall how Eberhard Fritsch and I fetched him from the ship at the port of Buenos Aires. There he stood at the railing, clad in a trench coat, a small black beret perched on his head, spotting us at once and waving with lively enthusiasm.
Leers had endured the years of internment in a camp run by the occupying powers with tolerable health and emerged brimming with vigor. His knowledge spanned an extraordinary range of fields—he was as much at ease with ancient history as with the present day and commanded six or seven languages, including traces of Indo-European and Arabic. His contributions to our editorial team were beyond price. He penned his pieces under various pseudonyms, most often as Euler, the owl being his personal emblem. The two years I had the privilege of working side by side with him, drawing from this ever-flowing wellspring of wisdom, were a gift […]
Neubert pored over the Congressional Record each day, a subscription that delivered the verbatim proceedings of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, complete with every speech given. Whenever he stumbled upon something that seemed significant to us, he flagged it for von Leers, who deftly sorted and assessed its value […]
The book reviews, in any case, formed a cornerstone of our journalistic endeavors. They offered a vessel for much we wished to impart to our readers worldwide. Here too, Professor von Leers played a pivotal role, bolstered by his wide-ranging and profound expertise […]
Under the pseudonym Gordon Fitzstuart, Professor von Leers penned three installments drawn from his deep well of insight into these matters. He tapped a trove of sources scarcely accessible to others. […]
(1952)
The Soviets’ interest became even more lively when, in the next but one, i.e., the October issue, we published an equally carefully prepared map sketch of the Arab states from Morocco to the southern regions of the USSR, again with precisely detailed information, based on sources from the USA. During these critical months, it became noticeable that Perón quietly held his protective hand over our work. Otherwise, we would probably have had to expect acute disruptive actions, with agent and sabotage operations.
This thematic issue drew its vitality from the deep and varied expertise of Johannes von Leers, who lent it distinction with three contributions under different names. Fluent in several Arabic tongues, he knew Egypt and Saudi Arabia through lived experience and study, with a particular intimacy for the Palestinian question. Through his efforts, we secured the “Portrait of the Month” featuring the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Haj Amin el-Husseini, lending the issue a bold pro-Arab resonance […]
(1953)
Eberhard Fritsch scaled back his travels to resume the magazine’s editorship, bolstered by the steadfast support of Professor von Leers and Erwin Neubert, whose value grew ever more apparent.
Selectively quoting Wikipedia:
Johann Jakob von Leers 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 one of the most important ideologues of the Third Reich, serving as a high-ranking propaganda ministry official. He later served in the Egyptian Information Department, as well as an advisor to Gamal Abdel Nasser. He published for Goebbels, in Peron's Argentina, and for Nasser's Egypt.