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'''Jérôme Louis Heldring''' was a Dutch journalist and columnist for ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'', where he between 1968 and 1972 he was editor-in-chief. Heldring was one of the best known [[conservative]] thinkers an leading foreign policy analyst and columnists in the Netherlands<ref>http://www.groene.nl/1999/45/jb_karskens.html</ref>.
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During the [[Cold War]], he advocated for European unity, but that it must be dependent on strong [[transatlantic]] ties. "I never found the [[Cold War]] terrible, I even always waged it with great pleasure," he wrote in late 1990.<ref>https://spectator.clingendael.org/nl/publicatie/method-madness-de-eeuw-van-jl-heldring-1917-2013</ref> He attended the [[1969 Bilderberg meeting]].
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==Background==
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The patriciate Heldring family includes many merchants and ministers. J. L. Heldring's great-grandfather was [[Ottho Gerhard Heldring]], pastor and foreman of Het Réveil  and the founder of the Ottho Gerhard Heldringstichting, a foundation that still manages a well-known judicial youth Institution in Gelderland. His grandfather was [[Balthasar Heldring]], a businessman, banker and publicist.
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Heldring was born on 21 december 1917 in Amsterdam as the son of the Protestant entrepreneur [[Ernst Heldring]] (1871-1954) and the French Marie Constance Bungener (1889-1924) as the fourth of six children. Ernst had been director of the shipping company Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (KNSM) since [[1899]]. Less than a month before Heldring's seventh birthday, his parents were injured in a collision in [[Rome]]; his mother died after a few weeks from her injuries. The father found his unmarried sister Olga willing to move in with him to help with the children's upbringing. Father Ernst often took the children on foreign trips, to [[Saint Moritz]] and in the [[1930s]] almost every year, often with a ship of the KNSM.<ref>Hugo Arlman, ''De eeuw van J.L. Heldring (1917-2013): een biografie'', 2018, ISBN 9789028282018, p. 32-36</ref>
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==Education==
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In [[1930]] Heldring began his secondary education at the Barlaeus Gymnasium. In the years 1933-1935 he was a supporter of the [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands]] (NSB)<ref>Hugo Arlman, ''De eeuw van J.L. Heldring (1917-2013): een biografie'', 2018, ISBN 9789028282018, p. 50</ref>
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Heldring studied law in [[University of Leiden|Leiden]] from [[1936]] to [[1941]]. He was a member of the [[MSV Minerva]] and contributed, sometimes poems, to the corps magazine Virtus Concordia Fides.
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==Career==
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After obtaining his degree, Heldring worked for three years at the publishing house Brill, after which he joined the ''Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant'' (NRC) as a foreign editor in [[1945]]. From [[1949]] to [[1953]] he worked at the [[Netherlands Information Bureau]] in [[New York]] (from 1951 as director), after which he returned to the NRC. In [[1968]], he became the editor-in-chief of the NRC, which merged with ''Algemeen Handelsblad'' in 1970 to form ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]''. He stayed on as editor-in-chief until [[1972]].
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Heldring participated in the renowned dinners of [[Ernst van der Beugel]] at his home in The Hague, where he brought many members of the Dutch establishment in contact with prominent Americans and Europeans. The dinners included many influential people from the worlds of politics, journalism, academia, business and industry as well as royals like the [[Juliana Wilhelmina|Dutch Queen]] and [[Prince Bernhard]]. In this way van der Beugel in a sense facilitated a smaller, more intimate version of Bilderberg, or as Jérôme Heldring liked to describe it: "a salon".<ref>https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2942637/view</ref>
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[[Ernst van der Beugel]] wrote to [[David Young]] (Assistant to [[Henry Kissinger]]) in 1970: "He knows Henry because he has met him several times at my house and in [[Boston]] and I know that Henry has always been very much impressed by his intelligence and knowledge"; and "I learned that my friend Jérôme Heldring, whom you have met at the dinner in my house, will spend three days in [[Washington]] notably May 25th, 26th and 27th. Jérôme Heldring is in my opinion beyond any shadow of a doubt the most intelligent and influential journalist in Holland. He is chief-editor of the ''Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant'' and has an absolutely first-class mind."<ref>Albertine Bloemendal, ''Reframing the Diplomat: Ernst van der Beugel and the Cold War Atlantic Community'', note 164</ref>
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From 1972 to 1982 Heldring was director of the [[Netherlands Society for International Affairs]] (NGIZ), to which the editorship of The Internationale Spectator (1972-1985) was attached.
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In the 52 years between 1960 and 2012, he wrote 4,400 episodes of his column ''Dezer dagen'' (These days). On April 3, 2012, NRC editor-in-chief [[Peter Vandermeersch]] reported that Heldring was discontinuing his weekly column.<ref>http://www.nrc.nl/hoofdredacteur/2012/04/03/een-journalistiek-monument-legt-de-pen-neer/</ref>
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Person.png Jérôme Heldring  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(journalist)
Portret van J.L. Heldring, 1969.jpg
BornJérôme Louis Heldring
21 December 1917
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died27 April 2013 (Age 95)
The Hague, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Member ofDutch Round Table, LSV Minerva
PartyNSB
Chief editor of NRC Handelsblad from 1968 to 1972, connected to the paper from 1953. Transatlantic conservative, but warned that the peace dividend was a lie and the west had failed to develop to that dividend at all in 2012.

Employment.png Neuwe Rotterdamsche Courant/Editor-in-Chief

In office
1968 - 1970
Succeeded byJérôme Heldring, André Spoor
Merged with NRC Handelsblad in 1970

Jérôme Louis Heldring was a Dutch journalist and columnist for NRC Handelsblad, where he between 1968 and 1972 he was editor-in-chief. Heldring was one of the best known conservative thinkers an leading foreign policy analyst and columnists in the Netherlands[1].

During the Cold War, he advocated for European unity, but that it must be dependent on strong transatlantic ties. "I never found the Cold War terrible, I even always waged it with great pleasure," he wrote in late 1990.[2] He attended the 1969 Bilderberg meeting.

Background

The patriciate Heldring family includes many merchants and ministers. J. L. Heldring's great-grandfather was Ottho Gerhard Heldring, pastor and foreman of Het Réveil and the founder of the Ottho Gerhard Heldringstichting, a foundation that still manages a well-known judicial youth Institution in Gelderland. His grandfather was Balthasar Heldring, a businessman, banker and publicist.

Heldring was born on 21 december 1917 in Amsterdam as the son of the Protestant entrepreneur Ernst Heldring (1871-1954) and the French Marie Constance Bungener (1889-1924) as the fourth of six children. Ernst had been director of the shipping company Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (KNSM) since 1899. Less than a month before Heldring's seventh birthday, his parents were injured in a collision in Rome; his mother died after a few weeks from her injuries. The father found his unmarried sister Olga willing to move in with him to help with the children's upbringing. Father Ernst often took the children on foreign trips, to Saint Moritz and in the 1930s almost every year, often with a ship of the KNSM.[3]

Education

In 1930 Heldring began his secondary education at the Barlaeus Gymnasium. In the years 1933-1935 he was a supporter of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB)[4]

Heldring studied law in Leiden from 1936 to 1941. He was a member of the MSV Minerva and contributed, sometimes poems, to the corps magazine Virtus Concordia Fides.

Career

After obtaining his degree, Heldring worked for three years at the publishing house Brill, after which he joined the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (NRC) as a foreign editor in 1945. From 1949 to 1953 he worked at the Netherlands Information Bureau in New York (from 1951 as director), after which he returned to the NRC. In 1968, he became the editor-in-chief of the NRC, which merged with Algemeen Handelsblad in 1970 to form NRC Handelsblad. He stayed on as editor-in-chief until 1972.

Heldring participated in the renowned dinners of Ernst van der Beugel at his home in The Hague, where he brought many members of the Dutch establishment in contact with prominent Americans and Europeans. The dinners included many influential people from the worlds of politics, journalism, academia, business and industry as well as royals like the Dutch Queen and Prince Bernhard. In this way van der Beugel in a sense facilitated a smaller, more intimate version of Bilderberg, or as Jérôme Heldring liked to describe it: "a salon".[5]

Ernst van der Beugel wrote to David Young (Assistant to Henry Kissinger) in 1970: "He knows Henry because he has met him several times at my house and in Boston and I know that Henry has always been very much impressed by his intelligence and knowledge"; and "I learned that my friend Jérôme Heldring, whom you have met at the dinner in my house, will spend three days in Washington notably May 25th, 26th and 27th. Jérôme Heldring is in my opinion beyond any shadow of a doubt the most intelligent and influential journalist in Holland. He is chief-editor of the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant and has an absolutely first-class mind."[6]

From 1972 to 1982 Heldring was director of the Netherlands Society for International Affairs (NGIZ), to which the editorship of The Internationale Spectator (1972-1985) was attached.

In the 52 years between 1960 and 2012, he wrote 4,400 episodes of his column Dezer dagen (These days). On April 3, 2012, NRC editor-in-chief Peter Vandermeersch reported that Heldring was discontinuing his weekly column.[7]


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/19699 May 196911 May 1969Denmark
Hotel Marienlyst
Elsinore		The 18th Bilderberg meeting, with 85 participants
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References

  1. ↑ http://www.groene.nl/1999/45/jb_karskens.html
  2. ↑ https://spectator.clingendael.org/nl/publicatie/method-madness-de-eeuw-van-jl-heldring-1917-2013
  3. ↑ Hugo Arlman, De eeuw van J.L. Heldring (1917-2013): een biografie, 2018, ISBN 9789028282018, p. 32-36
  4. ↑ Hugo Arlman, De eeuw van J.L. Heldring (1917-2013): een biografie, 2018, ISBN 9789028282018, p. 50
  5. ↑ https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2942637/view
  6. ↑ Albertine Bloemendal, Reframing the Diplomat: Ernst van der Beugel and the Cold War Atlantic Community, note 164
  7. ↑ http://www.nrc.nl/hoofdredacteur/2012/04/03/een-journalistiek-monument-legt-de-pen-neer/
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