THE SWEDISH COVID MILLIONAIRE - chapter 9: ”Hep, hep!”
A 50-part fiction series, unique to Nicholas' Chronicles
(The picture depicts the cover of Gunnar Helander’s book "The new came from the Negro", published in 1959).
In 1927, when Olof Palme was 10 years old, he met Gunnar Helander, who was studying to become a priest and moved within the same circles as some of Palme's relatives in the "Lindholmarna" (National Socialist Working Party), which had Nazi sympathies.
Helander lived not far from Palme, who grew up at Östermalmsgatan 36. Their paths occasionally crossed at social events, and they developed a friendship based on mutual interests in politics and social issues. Palme was precocious, and their conversations quickly turned to the current political situation in Europe, especially Germany, which was then in the midst of its rearmament under Adolf Hitler.
Olof's mother was of Baltic German descent, and his father, Gunnar, who had died a few years earlier, was fascinated by Germany's history and politics. He had discussed Hitler's rise and the Nazi ideology's impact on Europe with great admiration before he died. This had made a strong impression on young Olof.
Helander, who had a great interest in international affairs, shared his insights with young Olof, and together they speculated about what the future might hold for Europe and the white race.
Before his departure to South Africa in 1938, Helander had completed his licentiate in theology and was deeply involved in Nazi circles in Sweden.
When he arrived in South Africa, he came into contact with Oswald Pirow, a South African politician with strong ties to the Nazi movement. Pirow introduced Helander to the concept of the "New Order for South Africa," a vision that involved a highly segregated state under white supremacy.
Oswald Pirow was born on August 14, 1890, in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He trained as a lawyer and later became a prominent politician in South Africa. Pirow began his political career within the National Party (NP) and served as South Africa's Minister of Defence from 1929 to 1939. During his tenure as Minister of Defence, he developed close relationships with Germany and Nazi leaders.
Pirow traveled to Germany in the 1930s and was strongly influenced by Nazi ideas and Adolf Hitler's policies. He admired the German militarism and the efficiency of the totalitarian state.
After leaving the National Party due to internal conflicts, Pirow founded his own political movement, which he called the "New Order." This movement advocated for a fascist state with strict racial segregation, where whites would have supremacy over other races. He wanted to implement an authoritarian regime similar to that in Nazi Germany.
Pirow actively worked to spread his ideas in South Africa and had some success among white South Africans who supported apartheid and racial segregation. His ideas of a New Order fit well into the existing racist structure of the country. Pirow also established international contacts to strengthen his movement. He had connections with Nazi sympathizers in Europe and sought support for his ideas from like-minded groups abroad.
After World War II, Pirow's influence waned significantly. The fall of Nazism and the revelations about the Holocaust made his ideas politically indefensible. Oswald Pirow died on October 11, 1959, in Pretoria, South Africa. Three years earlier, Gunnar Helander had returned to Sweden.
After his time in South Africa and the experiences he gathered there, Gunnar Helander underwent a significant political transformation. When he returned to Sweden after World War II, he publicly renounced his former Nazi sympathies and instead became involved in antiracist issues.
He became a strong public advocate for equality and human rights and actively worked within various organizations to combat racism and promote social justice. He wrote several books, which made him a respected voice in the fight against oppression and discrimination in Sweden.
Helander served as chairman of the government's South Africa Committee and was for many years a board member of SIDA (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency). He was also vice chairman of Defence and Aid, an aid organization for people imprisoned in South Africa for their beliefs.
When Palme returned as Prime Minister in 1982 after the Social Democrats' election victory, Sweden was in the midst of an economic crisis with high unemployment and inflation. Palme's government worked hard to stabilize the economy and implement reforms.
But behind the scenes, Palme began to reconnect with old contacts. Together with Wallenberg, he initiated a secret collaboration with Saudi Arabia and rekindled his connection with Helander to establish ties with various BOSS agents, who were members of the same international ariosophical cult, as Peder, Palme, Viktor and Helander.
Palme used these contacts to finance infiltrators within the ANC with cash, who in return trained Swedish security police and police officers in harsh methods to handle the streets.
Stockholm's police chief, Hans Holmér, was tasked by Palme in 1982 to establish four anti-violence groups to combat the increasing street violence in central Stockholm, the most notorious of which became known as the "Baseball League." Several of the police officers in this group were found to have Nazi sympathies, which Palme was informed about but did not seem concerned about. Secretly, he used these police officers to generate occult power through their sadistic beatings of homeless people and drug addicts, which in several cases led to death.
Palme was known for his strong and sometimes controversial rhetoric. He called SAF (the Swedish Employers' Association) "peddlers of hatred and malice" and used antisemitic insinuations in his attacks on opposition leader Ulf Adelsohn, for example, with the phrase "hep hep, Mr. Adelsohn" during the parliamentary foreign policy debate on April 16, 1983. He also referred to Adelsohn as a "foreign bird," which also has antisemitic undertones.
The expression "hep hep" is antisemitic because of its historical use during the persecution of Jews in Europe. It has its roots in the early 19th century when it was used as a derisive shout by mobs participating in pogroms and other violent attacks against Jews.
The term became particularly notorious during the Hep-Hep Riots that took place in Germany in 1819. These riots were a series of antisemitic attacks that spread across several German cities. Mobs shouted "hep hep" while attacking Jewish quarters, looting homes and businesses, and assaulting Jews.
The word "hep" has various theories about its origin. One theory is that it comes from the Latin phrase "Hierosolyma est perdita," meaning "Jerusalem is lost." Another theory is that it originated from the traditional herding cry used to drive livestock, which made it especially degrading when used against people, similar to how the expression "hep hep" was used to drive away Jews.
Because of its use during these riots and its association with the persecution of Jews, "hep hep" became a symbolic antisemitic shout.
Palme was known as a poor loser, and following the electoral defeat in 1976 due to the brothel scandal, he demonstrated his anger by turning his office upside down.
His return to power in 1982 was marked by both public and secret agendas. While he publicly worked for economic stability and international peace, he simultaneously used his international contacts to influence political situations and security policies covertly. This would eventually lead to his demise...