| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1963; 63 years ago (1963) |
| Country of origin | West Germany Germany |
| Headquarters location | Kiel |
| Key people | Dietmar Munier [de] |
| Fiction genres | Historical negationism Holocaust denial Militaria |
Arndt Verlag is a German publishing house that belongs to the publishing group of theneo-Nazi publisherDietmar Munier [de]. It specialises inhistorical negationist literature. Arndt's authors includeDavid Irving,Wilfred von Oven,Franz Kurowski andFranz W. Seidler.
Arndt Verlag was founded in 1963 by Heinz von Arndt, who was a member of the neo-NaziDeutsche Reichspartei and later of theNPD. In 1983, the publisherDietmar Munier [de] took over the publishing house and integrated it into his publishing company. Munier built Arndt into one of the largest and most important right-wing publishing houses in Germany.[1]
According to theState Office for the Protection of the Constitution ofSchleswig-Holstein, Arndt Verlag is trying to "give readers a positive picture of the national-socialist terror".[2] TheFederal Office for the Protection of the Constitution mentions the publishing house in its reports for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.[3] Its illustrated books "gloss over the Nazi period" and glorify the military techniques of the "Third Reich". Arndt's publications advance a German claim over theSudetenland.[4]
Arndt Verlag's authors included Holocaust deniers and pro-Nazi authors such as:
