Grabert Verlag

Grabert Verlag is a German publishing house founded in 1953 by Herbert Grabert, initially under the name Verlag der Deutschen Hochschullehrer-Zeitung. The company is identified in reference literature as one of the best-known extreme-right publishing houses in postwar Germany and has operated alongside the subsidiary Hohenrain-Verlag. Its catalogue became particularly associated with antisemitic writing, historical revisionism, and Holocaust denial rather than with general-interest or mainstream academic publishing. A major turning point came in 1961, when the company published David L. Hoggan's Der erzwungene Krieg (The Forced War). The book advanced the claim that the outbreak of the Second World War resulted from an alleged Anglo-Polish conspiracy against Germany. Its commercial success helped establish the publishing house financially and encouraged the publication of further works aligned with extreme-right revisionist arguments. Grabert later published works by authors such as Wilhelm Stäglich, whose writing has been described as antisemitic, and Georg Franz-Willing, who was associated with Holocaust denial. In 1974, Herbert Grabert renamed the publishing house after himself, creating the Grabert Verlag name by which it became widely known. Management subsequently passed to his son, Wigbert Grabert. Under Wigbert Grabert, the company continued to publish material from the same ideological milieu. In 1994, Wigbert Grabert received a DM 30,000 fine after publishing a Holocaust-denying book by Germar Rudolf. This legal and regulatory episode is a significant part of the publisher's public history and illustrates the controversy surrounding its catalogue. The available reference material does not establish a current corporate website, ownership structure, financial profile, stock-market listing, or definitive present operating status. Grabert Verlag is therefore best documented as an ideologically defined German publishing imprint whose historical importance derives from its role in distributing extreme-right and Holocaust-denialist literature. Its relationship with Hohenrain-Verlag is frequently noted, but the precise contemporary corporate structure is not established here.

Herbert Grabert founded the publishing house in 1953 under the name Verlag der Deutschen Hochschullehrer-Zeitung. Before establishing the company, Grabert had been a senior civil servant and lecturer in Alfred Rosenberg's Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories during the Nazi period. The publisher later developed a strong association with the extreme right in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1961, the company published David L. Hoggan's Der erzwungene Krieg. The work presented a revisionist interpretation of the origins of the Second World War, blaming an alleged Anglo-Polish conspiracy for the conflict. Its success made it an important commercial publication for the company and contributed to the publisher's subsequent development as a distributor of revisionist and extreme-right literature. Grabert Verlag's catalogue also included antisemitic works, including publications by Wilhelm Stäglich, as well as books by authors associated with Holocaust denial, including Georg Franz-Willing. The publisher's activity therefore extended beyond conventional historical revisionism into material that challenged or denied established accounts of Nazi crimes and the Holocaust. In 1974, Herbert Grabert renamed the company Grabert Verlag. His son, Wigbert Grabert, later assumed management. The publisher operated in association with Hohenrain-Verlag, described in reference material as its subsidiary. In 1994, Wigbert Grabert was fined DM 30,000 after publishing a Holocaust-denying book by Germar Rudolf. This incident became a prominent example of the legal and public controversy surrounding the imprint. The available sources provide no reliable information about a current website, financial results, public listing, present ownership, or confirmed current management. The publisher's contemporary operating status consequently remains unclear.

• 1994

  Fine connected with Holocaust-denial publication

  [1]Grabert Verlagen.wikipedia.org

  Wigbert Grabert received a DM 30,000 fine after publishing a Holocaust-denying book by Germar Rudolf.

• 1974

  Renamed Grabert Verlag

  [1]Grabert Verlagen.wikipedia.org

  Herbert Grabert renamed the publishing house after himself.

• 1961

  Publication of Der erzwungene Krieg

  [1]Grabert Verlagen.wikipedia.org

  The company published David L. Hoggan's revisionist account of the origins of the Second World War; its sales contributed substantially to the publisher's commercial success.

• 1953

  Publishing house founded

  [1]Grabert Verlagen.wikipedia.org

  Herbert Grabert founded the company as Verlag der Deutschen Hochschullehrer-Zeitung.

An ideologically focused German publisher associated with extreme-right, antisemitic, historical-revisionist, and Holocaust-denialist books.

• Historical revisionism · 1961

  Der erzwungene Krieg

  David L. Hoggan's book, published by Grabert Verlag in 1961, presents a revisionist interpretation of the origins of the Second World War and attributes the conflict to an alleged Anglo-Polish conspiracy against Germany. The publication became a bestseller within the publisher's market and helped finance the expansion of its extreme-right catalogue.

• Political and historical books

  Antisemitic and Holocaust-denialist titles

  The imprint has published books associated with antisemitic arguments, Holocaust denial, and broader historical revisionism. Named authors in the available reference material include Wilhelm Stäglich, Georg Franz-Willing, and Germar Rudolf. These works form the principal basis for the publisher's public identification with the extreme right.

• 1994

  Fine following publication of Holocaust-denial material

  Wigbert Grabert received a DM 30,000 fine after Grabert Verlag published a book by Germar Rudolf denying the Holocaust. The case underscored the legal and public controversy surrounding the publisher's catalogue.

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• 1974

  Adoption of the Grabert Verlag nameStrategy

  Background

  The company had operated since 1953 under the name Verlag der Deutschen Hochschullehrer-Zeitung.

  Action taken

  Herbert Grabert renamed the publishing house after himself.

  Aftermath

  The Grabert Verlag name became the principal identity associated with the publisher's extreme-right and revisionist catalogue.

  Source

1. 1Grabert Verlagen.wikipedia.org