Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Ceased publication | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Groningen, Netherlands |
The Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈniuzblɑt fɑn ət ˈnoːrdə(n)];[1] English: Newspaper of the North) is a former regional daily newspaper from the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was published from 1888 to 2002. The Nieuwsblad van het Noorden was then merged with the Groninger Dagblad and the Drentse Courant into the Dagblad van het Noorden, which published its first edition on 2 April 2002.
The Nieuwsblad van het Noorden came under criticism when the book The Scandal (Dutch: Het Schandaal) by Johan van Gelder was published in 2000, throwing new light on the newspaper's relationship with the German occupiers during World War II. The revelations in the book were in stark contrast to the representations of the two owners, the brothers Nico and Jan Abraham Hazewinkel. During the German occupation the 'Dagblad' published, like many other Dutch newspapers, anti-Semitic and pro-German articles. In 1944 they refused to hire a chief editor of the National Socialist Movement – at the time of the German occupation at times the only legal party in the Netherlands – and the publication of the newspaper was seized. The paper reappeared on 26 January 1946, sometime after the liberation of the Netherlands, with a circulation of 35,000 copies.
References
- ↑ In isolation, van is pronounced [vɑn].
External links
Media related to Nieuwsblad van het Noorden at Wikimedia Commons- (Dutch) De krant van toen, digital archive