Der Weg was launched in Buenos Aires as a monthly magazine in 1947.[2] The founding publishing company was Dürer Verlag which was owned by Eberhard Fritsch who also edited Der Weg.[3][4] Over time it became a radical right-wing magazine and functioned as a forum for the advocates of Neo-Nazi, fascist and conservative philosophies.[2] Their goal was to revive Nazism.[4] The contributors of the magazine which enjoyed the privileges granted by Argentine President Juan Perón included well-known far right figures who were either former Nazi officials or were from other countries such as Per Engdahl, Helmut Sündermann, Johann von Leers, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Peter Kleist, Anton Zischka, Hans Fritzsche, Hans W. Hagen and Maurice Bardèche.[5][6] The magazine also featured messages of Haj Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and was the major media outlet for holocaust deniers.[5][7]
There were many correspondents of Der Weg which at its peak, had an international circulation of 25,000 copies.[2] It was distributed not only in South America, but also in Germany and Austria where it reached former Nazis.[6] The magazine went bankrupt and folded in 1957.[2] One of the reasons for its shutdown was the end of Juan Perón's presidency in 1955.[6]