- Linköping was a fairly conservative and closed city in the 30s and it feels like there is a pro-Nazi underlying noise over the city, says the author Johan Perwe.
Pro-Nazi newspaper
Even though the cities are at arm's length, the Nazi currents behaved differently and what stands out in Linköping's case is the newspaper Östgöta Correspondenten.
- In Norrköping there was greater solidarity and a strong Social Democratic stronghold.
In Linköping, they had the newspaper Östgöta Correspondenten, which at the time was pro-Nazi and took a stand for Nazi Germany, liked to highlight Nazis and also advertised for the Nazi meetings held in the city.
Noted exhibition
The previous book release resulted in an exhibition at the City Museum in Norrköping.
The Sweden Democrats then reported the museum to the police because they had included a newspaper article in which the local party board could be seen in a picture.
Whether the new book will arouse the same debate remains to be seen.
- I can imagine that there are some people who will point out that there are certain names that I choose to "hang out".
I think it's important to show who stood for certain ideas and it's people who had a position of power in the local community, so it's not the common man.