Herbert Grabert [
de] (1901–1978), a former senior civil servant and lecturer in
Alfred Rosenberg's
Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, founded a publishing house named Verlag der Deutschen Hochschullehrer-Zeitung (engl. "Publisher of the German University Teacher-Newspaper") in 1953.[5] In 1961, Grabert published the book Der erzwungene Krieg (The Forced War) by
David L. Hoggan, which blamed the outbreak of
World War II on an alleged Anglo-Polish
conspiracy to wage aggression against Germany.[6][7] Hoggan's book became one of the many extreme-right wing, revisionist publications that followed. The book was a best seller significantly contributing to the commercial success of the publishing house.[8] In 1974 Grabert named his publishing house after himself. His son Wigbert (born 1941) took over the management. He received a DM 30,000 fine after he had published a book by
Germar Rudolf denying the
Holocaust in 1994.[9]
^Georg Franz-Willing (1992). Kriegsschuldfrage der beiden Weltkriege. Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 148.
^Finkenberger, Martin (2013).
"Grabert-Verlag (seit 1974)". In
Benz, Wolfgang (ed.). Handbuch des Antisemitismus: Judenfeindschaft in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Vol. 8. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 244–245.
^Lipstadt, Deborah Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory, New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York ; Oxford : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993 pages 71 & 73.
^Armin Pfahl-Traughber: Rechtsextremismus in der Bundesrepublik., München 1999, S. 42
^Juliane Wetzel: Der Geschichtsrevisionismus und der Grabert Verlag. In: Martin Finkenberger, Horst Junginger (Hrsg.): Im Dienste der Lügen. Herbert Grabert (1901–1978) und seine Verlage. Aschaffenburg 2004, S. 144.
^Finkenberger, Martin (2013).
"Grabert-Verlag (seit 1974)". In
Benz, Wolfgang (ed.). Handbuch des Antisemitismus: Judenfeindschaft in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Vol. 8. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 244–245.