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Holland Hardcore

How a website for cronies provides access to far-right politics.

What is forbidden in the street, should also not on the Internet. Nevertheless, there are several websites that openly discriminated, being invited to violence and acts in racist and fascist where.

Screen shot Holland Hardcore forum

A striking example of such a website is Holland Hardcore. This site focuses on extreme right-wing cronies. The gabber subculture is currently the largest indigenous subculture in Netherlands. Within this has always been room for extreme right-wing ideas and expressions. This is a pivotal role for Holland Hardcore play. On this internet forum are racist arson acclaimed and touted. The mostly young visitors are also referred to several extreme-right organizations. These organizations put in turn raising calls for meetings, actions and demonstrations. In this way, through a popular Web site for young gabbers, which average about three thousand hits per day scores, reduced the distance to far-right politics. Holland Hardcore stimulates through information and debate the development of extreme right-wing views. And puts people at the extreme right thinking into action. Who is responsible for Holland Hardcore? The pivotal figure behind this popular website is Stefan Heijnen (1982).

Stefan Heijnen (links) Pim Fortuyn on a memorial in Rotterdam 6 May 2005

Stefan Heijnen is an extreme right-wing gabber from Zevenhuizen and in summer 2003 set up the website Holland Hardcore. At the forum he moderated operates under the name 'nnper82′. (#1) Another moderator, under the name of 'Nationalist' operates Roy Willemsen (1982) Heerde. Together they promote the extremist nature of the site.

Roy Willemsen (at the front) Ben van der Kooi (sunglasses) Pim Fortuyn on a memorial in Rotterdam 6 May 2005

On the other Dutch far-right forums the most extreme contributions are often removed by the moderators. At Holland Hardcore is no question there of. On the contrary. There throwing the moderators oil on the fire. Stefan Heijnen puts news often in such a way that visitors to the site can do very easily statements that incite racial violence. Here Heijnen also actively participates in. Some examples. In a discussion about the murder of the leftist activist Louis Sévèke he calls his former colleague a nation traitor. He writes “The next bullet for him? Seems like pretty, first local clean up all t leftist rabble, and then slowly national groenlinks, PvdA and sp off“. Additionally Heijnen place systematically news about attacks on mosques. The subsequent discussions degenerate then usually in cheering arson, racist violence and ethnic cleansing. Heijnen writes approvingly about one in June 2005 set ablaze Surinam mosque in Rotterdam and he welcomed the burning of a mosque in Helden in November 2004 to. When an arson attack on a mosque in Venray, planned by some cronies from Horst, was foiled by the police spoke Heijnen them through the forum courage. “Unfortunately, but do not be put off people!” The conviction of two boys from Lelystad to conditional prison sentences and community service because of a failed arson attack on an Islamic school arouses amazement Heijnens.

"Penalties for attack on Islamic school? How about: Reward for defending your homeland!

Extreme World
In the forum profile Heijnen state motto mentions his political life in a nutshell: “In an extreme world you need to be extreme to survive“. In addition, he acknowledges to be an extremist, but looking for the cause of this outside itself. Because Heijnen society as extreme experience is as justified as extreme for him. And here he goes far. Following the burning of the Islamic school 'Bedir’ a de moskee in Outside in November 2004 he puts the responsibility on the victims themselves. Heijnen: “Glorify terrorists? Hoppakee here you have a terrorist attack on your school“. Such statements may be considered relatively innocent and pure internet boastfulness. The huge number of attacks on mosques and Islamic schools, and the number of racist violence that in recent years has increased significantly, however, forces us (the impact of) such statements not to trivialize this forum. Precisely because of the large proportion of cronies in such incidents. Roelofarendsveen and Stadskanaal was attempted stabbing homes of Iraqi families in fire. In both cases the perpetrators were extreme right-wing cronies. Muiderberg shot an extreme right-wing gabber three Moroccan youth and down in anti-Muslim attacks and actions in the period after the murder of Theo van Gogh were regularly involved cronies. You would think that sit between all these violent cronies do some forum members Holland Hardcore with must. And that's true.
Een voorbeeld. Op 15 juni 2003 let Sanne van de Wiel and Maikel Kreuger the tough talk from the virtual world behind. Together with some comrades stabbing them an Islamic school in Eindhoven on fire. Soon, the police arrested five suspects. Set of the wheel and Kreuger in court with their action to have an act like set against foreigners.

Stefan Heijnen (links) a Maikel Kreuger

Naturally, get this action with cheers received on Holland Hardcore. It is not the last time this school was hit by an attack. Exactly one year later, op 15 juni 2004 get the school put on fire again. And 8 november 2004, shortly after the murder of Theo van Gogh, destroys an explosive front door and the facade of this building, as well as many windows in the immediate vicinity. The perpetrators of these attacks are never caught.

Holland Hardcore action
Holland Hardcore members are not only politically active on the Internet. The forum members also meet in real life '. To see each other in real life, exchange ideas, beer drinking and going out. Such meetings are associated with politically motivated violence and intimidation. So get on a Holland Hardcore meeting in November 2003 Eindhoven attacked a homeless. Some people are arrested. In January 2004 find Holland Hardcore meeting place in Haarlem. This evening arises station Haarlem brawl. The group of about twenty-five Holland Hardcore supporters is two native boys tricky. After a brawl, which claims an NS employee that a knife was used, the two boys were injured. At the time some friends come to bring reinforcement leave the Holland Hardcore supporters. Further call different Holland Hardcore members, including Stefan Heijnen, in 2003 to each other in riots at a fair in Weert, which then actually take place disturbances.

Screen shot holland hardcore action and demonstration overview

Organizes!
Stefan Heijnen support through its website several extreme right-wing organizations and parties. He places in Holland Hardcore prominent references to the sites of the National Alliance (NA), the Association of Dutch Nationalists, New Right and Outpost. Also a link to a site that calls for the release of Ben van der Kooi, an activist who has been detained on suspicion of arson at a mosque, occupies a prominent place on the site. Van der Kooi was until he was arrested an active user forum Holland Hardcore.

In the run up to the elections in 2006 the NA is desperately searching for people who want to sign a declaration of support for the party. Heijnen party lends a hand by calling people on the forum to sign for the NA. Heijnens loyalty towards the NA is explicable. They share the same namely racist worldview. Heijnen and was involved in the precursor to this party, the NNP. Op 11 september 2003 he walked into an anti-terror demonstration of NNP, New Right and the Young Fortuynisten. Op 25 oktober 2003 he took part in the anti-pedophilia demonstration of the NNP and the New Right, which was banned by the agency of an AFA action at the last minute. In september 2003 Heijnen was with a group of NNP-ers attended a gabber party in Leusden. In augustus 2004 Heijnen tried again with a demonstration of the National Alliance in Eindhoven and he was present at a memorial service at Pim Fortuyn 6 May 2005 in Rotterdam. All meetings trying Heijnen whenever a group of people of Holland Hardcore take. And that makes him a key figure. Heijnen as organized right-wing extremist subculture middle of the gabber. For various parties and organizations in the largest pond fish it out there for them; the extreme right-wing gabber scene.

Bazooka
But here Heijnen's activities do not stop. He also provides services to Fenris mail order. This mail order company has an extensive website where all kinds of nationalist and fascist products are offered for sale. This website is hosted on the same server as Holland Hardcore.
In the autumn of 2005 were the two most important people of Fenris mail order, Tim Mudde en Jasper Velzel, Czech fixed for possessing Nazi propaganda. In this period, sent a number of messages on behalf of Fenris from the same server as that of Holland Hardcore (#2). But also through its own site offers Heijnen products. A “Nazi hardcore” cd van 'DJ Bazooka’ can be ordered via the bank account of Heijnen. This CD contains songs with titles like "Schutzstaffel’ en ‘White Revolution’. In het nummer ‘Aryan techno’ mixed parts of a speech by Adolf Hitler. His portrait is depicted or four times on the cover. On the CD sleeve is depicted a swastika and a National Socialist black sun. In het nummer ‘The Eternal Jew’ Jews are "a race or parasites" who invented called the Holocaust itself. Op de track ‘Holocaust industry’ leert DJ Panzerfaust ons dat zij dat doen “because they make such a big profit of it.” Criminal Law
"These expressions are in themselves already constitute offensive on grounds of religion and race and incitement to hatred against a group of people based on race or religion. Therefore, the sales of this CD is a criminal activity ", according to the Internet Discrimination Hotline (MDI). MDI-director Marco Hughes: "In the Penal Code states that anyone who publishes discriminatory statements, spreads or can be punished in stock. Also at the forum are punishable activities take place. Are regularly discriminatory, posted insulting and hate speech. The vast majority of these utterances directed against Muslims, Moroccans and Jews. The management of a forum is responsible, and maintain the technical ability to 'clean’ a forum. "Hughes continues: "In these times of social unrest in the area of ​​integration include, terrorism and freedom of expression, is to show the importance of the Dutch law applies on the Internet. Holland Hardcore is a popular website and has over 6000 registered users. The administrator behind the site feel secure by allowing the site to foreign servers run and register the domain under false data. That is precisely why prosecution is important. A great example of operation will go out there. "

(#1) This name refers to both his birth and to the New National Party (NNP), a far-right party which may be regarded as the successor to the CP'86, but now is no longer active.

(#2) The server where Holland turn on Hardcore and Fenris is "Nationalists nationalist hosting". This domain is Rob Copier, one of the other founders of Holland Hardcore.

Stefan Heijnen (links) Rob Copy