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Title: Project for the Exposure of Hidden Institutions


CRAIG-OXLEY - October 9, 2005 03:30 PM (GMT)
Project for the Exposure of Hidden Institutions (PEHI)

Written: Joël van der Reijden (mail)
Date: August 9, 2005


The purpose of the Project for the Exposure of Hidden Institutions (PEHI) is to put together the entire spectrum of hidden organizations and secret societies. Most of you who visit this site have probably heard of the more well-known 'secret societies' like the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bohemian Grove, and the Skull & Bones student society. Two other well known 'secret societies' are Bilderberg and the Trilateral Commission. The thing is, when you really research these institutes you find that members often disagree with each other, there's considerable infighting, and most members don't seem to be privy to a lot of information from the black world. This is the reason I always wondered how people went from the above organizations straight to the very undefined concept of the 'Illuminati'. Of course, I can see something very strange is going on. For some reason it's possible to suppress information about humanities past, the UFO phenomenon, the supernatural, high profile assassinations, or the true cause of many terrorist attacks. Rather than focusing on one tiny subject, PEHI will attempt to answer how all the above is possible and which persons and institutes are responsible for it.

This site will be fundamentally different than most. We don't need another rewrite combined with another religiously biased opinion, which doesn't stroke with any of the evidence. We need names of institutions, names of members, and as much background information about both as possible. We need organized digital membership lists in which all this information is available for any purpose at any time. Biographies should be included and must be updated continually in all of these lists as new information becomes available. I can already guarantee you that when this is done on all the globalist societies, one by one, we will see patterns in the leadership and we can pick out those people that need to be investigated still further. If there are any 'puppet masters', this is the only way to pick them out and to have a rock solid foundation of research no one can dispute.

General oversight

At this introduction page I will give you an idea of what I'm working on at the moment. It's not meant to back up every claim with a list of sources. This is something that will be done at the 'in depth' section of the website.

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Above I have organized a lot of the most influential privately funded discussion forums in the world. Already it is clear that a few interests dominate the scene. The first one is the infamous Rockefeller family. This family played a major role in setting up and / or maintaining most of the American-based institutions: the Americas Society, the Asia Society, the Japan Society, the CFR, and the Trilateral Commission. As far as I know, they also funded the Atlantic Institute for International Affairs and the Williamsburg Meetings, and probably a lot more. They themselves, or their proteges, are represented in almost every organization you see on the left. They funded many other less important organizations, which will be included in an upcoming 'Rockefeller family timeline'. Another major influence appears to be the Rothschild family. Of course, just as the Rockefellers, this has been repeated endlessly, but I personally had a hard time finding any indisputable evidence that backs up this claim. A lot of research still needs to be done, but here's what I know for sure: Today's chairman of Le Cercle has been a 15 year Rothschild veteran. A previous chairman of Le Cercle had a very dubious father who was one of the most important (hidden) Jews to have built up the state of Israel, side by side with the Rothschilds.

The chairman of The European Institute is also a 15 year Rothschild veteran, again the only person of the board directly involved with the Rothschilds. The Rothschild Foundation is one the prime sponsors of the 1001 Club-affiliated Club 21, which funds and manages the so called 'Peace Parks' Foundation. On the board of directors of the Club 21 sits a Rothschild director, who is a son of a former Rothschild associate. The foundation of the chairman of the European Institute is involved with this club to a lesser extent. The same goes for the Rockefellers by the way. Other interesting coincidences I noticed is the fact that the only Brit I have come across that has been invited to the Bohemian Grove camp Mandalay is a representative of the Rothschild and Murdoch interests. These last two are close friends. The only Brit I found that has been invited to the Sun Valley meetings turned out to be another very close associate of Jacob the Rothschild. Jacob de Rothschild has been the president of the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research and still is it's honorary president. The exact extent of the influence of the institute I do not know. All I know is that it has been described as 'very influential', that until recently it used to be called the 'Institute for Jewish Affairs', that it is closely affiliated with Chatham House (RIIA), and that the Israeli ambassador pays them a visit once in a while. Another interesting fact is that the Rothschild Foundation donated the money to build the Israeli Supreme Court and the Knesset. Coincidentally, the Supreme Court has a large pyramid with an eye sticking through its roof. What is a very interesting with the Rothschilds is that indeed they seem to do almost everything through a front man. But personally, I have no reason to believe they cannot be touched. For example, in 1981 Mitterrand came to power and immediately nationalized the Rothschild bank. Guy the Rothschild (and Le Cercle who had been trying to prevent Mitterrand from coming to power) wasn't very happy about it. From that time on, Rothschild started focusing on his main U.S. company, New Court (now Rothschild Inc.), which was located in Rockefeller Center at the time. There are other indications that the Rothschilds are very influential, but not the ultimate 'puppet masters' For instance, some of them were captured or killed by the nazis. Others successfully fled. In 1996, Amschel Rothschild was found dead in Paris, just after he was selected to take over the Paris branch of family. It's a very strange affair and although his aunt and closest friends vehemently denied he was anything near depressed, nobody objected when the death was labeled a suicide. Looking at some of the statements of the Paris investigators there's every indication that Amschel was murdered. It doesn't seem to make much sense that his own family did it. Then they wouldn't have appointed him in the first place. So who was responsible? One other interesting tidbit that actually shows their influence again is the fact that Bill Clinton allowed Sir Evelyn de Rothschild to spent his wedding night in the White House! I still need to do a lot of research on this family before I can post a 'Rothschild family timeline' with all the documentation, but what has been written above is completely documented.

One thing that often seems to pop up is the close relationship between the British Royal family and the Rothschild family. If the Rockefellers mainly represent the American interests, the Rothschilds mainly the Zionist interests, then the Royal family is the spider in the British interests.

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These three important institutions have absorbed the leadership (or the founders) of all the organizations below it. In all of these high-level discussion groups the Royal family members aren't just figureheads. It has been stated repeatedly that the Royal family has made large investments in many of the largest British multinationals. This may not be proven, but it's actually quite understandable when you have such a huge amount of money laying around. Again, the British royal family members don't seem to be the ultimate 'puppet masters'. Prince Philip and his son Charles have very different personalities. Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was killed by an 'IRA bomb' in 1979, seems to have been assassinated by some right-wing Le Cercle-like interest. Two suspects were arrested even before the bomb went off, one of them was later convicted of the murder and sentenced to life. According to Diana's butler, the Queen mother warned him after Diana's death: "Nobody, Paul has been as close to a member of my family as you have. There are powers at work in this country about which we have no knowledge." Who or what was she referring to when she advised Paul to lay low?

Another institute with a lot of power is the Vatican. The Knights of Malta, Opus Dei, and the Jesuits are all operating from out of the the Vatican and are heavily involved with the intelligence agencies of the West. I found many of them in the secret intelligence group Le Cercle. Especially the Order of Malta has a very close relationship with the Monarchs of Europe. It's worldwide head, Andrew Bertie is a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and attends many of the royal weddings. The full influence of these organizations isn't known, but a large amount of the Knights of Malta and Opus Dei figures have been involved in serious scandals over the years. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) is a descendent of the Knights Hospitaller, the organization to which many of the Templar assets were transferred. It's Protestant version is the Order of St. John, headed by Queen Elizabeth II, which is far less controversial. These two groups are the main interests represented at Le Cercle, which I rate among the most secret organizations we know of today.

You also have some royal and industrial families in mainland Europe that seem to have quite a bit of influence on the globalization process.

By the way, did you know that the Ordo Draconis is actually a real organization with royal and noble families in it? You don't have to believe it from some second hand source, just visit the website from the royal house of Stewart and look at their European Council of Princes section. You'll find a page about their involvement in the Ordo Draconis. And did you know that they believe in so called 'dragon genes'? I wrote a little bit about it here, which is a small elaboration on statements that were made in the article on Le Cercle.

So, as you can see, there's plenty of stuff to investigate. This introduction page is only meant to give an idea of where my personal research is going. Below you can find the names of some of the more important institutions people need to be aware of. Some of them are very secretive. Others are quite well-known, although knowledge usually doesn't extent beyond the name itself. In time, every single organization will be discussed on this site. I left out many of the smaller, regional ones. If you start adding all the world's think tanks and meeting clubs, the list will be at least 5 times as long. And why bother writing them down when most of their chairmen and presidents can be found in maybe a handful of the most important institutions below?

Existence proven

It's hard to categorize a lot of the institutions below, because you don't always know who's primary purpose they serve. Generally, I tend to look at the country the institute was founded in and who's heading it. As for America, keep in mind that the Carnegie, Rockefeller, Ford, and other foundations have funded a huge amount of very influential non-governmental think tanks. The Brookings Institution, the Aspen Institute, the Foreign Policy Association, and the RAND Corporation are examples of this.

United Kingdom
Anglo-Arab Organization
British Invisibles (IFSL)
Chatham House (RIIA)
Corps of Commissionaires
Crown Agents
Fabian Society
Group 13
Hakluyt
Livery Companies
Multinational Chairman's Group
Order of the Garter
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Privy Council
The Round Table network
United Grand Lodge
U.K. Intelligence l

United States
Alfalfa Dinners
Americas Society
Asia Society
Bohemian Grove
Business Roundtable
Council for National Policy
Council of Foreign Relations
Japan Society
JASON Group
Group Kroll Associates
MITRE Corporation (not-for-profit)
RAND Corporation (not-for-profit)
Renaissance Weekend
Sun Valley meetings
U.S. Council on International Business
U.S.-Russia Business Council

Anglo-US (and / or European) interests
1001 club
Atlantic Councils
Atlantic Institute for International Affairs
Bilderberg
British-American Project (BAP)
China-EU Business Summit
Club of Rome
DAVOS
EU-Japan Business Dialogue
EU-Russia Industrialists' Roundtable
European Round Table
European Business Summit
European Institute
Forum Europe
Friends of Europe
Group of Thirty
International Chamber of Commerce
Le Cercle
Oil Club
Open Russia Foundation
Pacific Basin Economic
Pilgrims Society
Pugwash Conferences
Safari Club (shut down 25 years ago)
Stay-Behind networks (should be gone now)
The Ditchley Foundations
Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue
Trilateral Commission
TUCETU
WBCSD

Israel
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
AIPAC
B'nai B'rith
CPMAJO
Herzliya Conference (IPS)
Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR)
World Jewish Congress
Israeli Intelligence

Vatican
Jesuits
Knights of Malta
Opus Dei

Muslim world
Muslim Brotherhood

Other religious
European Council of Princes
Ordo Draconis (Sarkany Rend)
Scientology

Questioned fraternities
Princeton's Cap & Gown
Yale's Scroll & Key
Yale's Skull & Bones
Yale's Wolf's Head


If you are interested in a list of all the international Institutes of International affairs I suggest you click here.


Existence not proven (from my own viewpoint)

Bormann Organization / Group Martin Bormann was Hitler's most trusted aide and has never been captured. Some believe he oversaw the transfer of most of the Nazi capital into some 750 corporations in Germany, South-America, and the U.S. He received help from someone like Allen Dulles (SMOM, OSS chief, Pilgrims Society member, later CIA director). The purpose was to establish a future 4th Reich. It's quite obvious that this is linked with the Ratlines and the recruitment of Nazi general Reinhard Gehlen in the aftermath of WWII. I suggest you check Paul Manning's 1981 book 'Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile' and the person who took over his work, Dave Emory. It seems that Paul Manning and his publisher have been punished severely for putting out the book.

Chateau des Amerois The castle was owned by Prince Philipp von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and later by the Solvay family. The Solvay family is one of the leading industrial families of Europe (producer of medicines, plastics, and chemicals like fluor). In their 1996 book, Fritz Springmeier and Cisco Wheeler (very unsure what to think of their information) referred to it as the 'Mothers of Darkness castle'. This obscure castle does indeed exist and has been named in late 1996 and early 1997 by at least one 'X' survivor of the Dutroux affair as a place where nasty things happened. Different witnesses who described child torture, child rape, child molestation, child hunting, and child murder have been declared 'mad', but only after all the original investigators were suddenly replaced. There were also multiple claims of sex parties that were held in different castles. It didn't matter that the witness accounts included many verifiable corroborative details and helped solve a couple of previous child murders. The cover up was so obvious that 300,000 Belgiums went to the streets to protest against the way the investigation was conducted. At least 3 families of the victims have been convinced there is a massive cover up and at least 20 crucial witness have 'committed suicide'. It seems to be very hard to get access to these X-files. Maybe that has to do with the fact that many senior officials have been named as participants in the above crimes, including members of the royal family and at least one former European Commissioner (name hasn't been made public). At the moment, I don't see how Springmeier or Wheeler could have gained access to these secret hearings, but we'll see where this story goes in the future. I'll also check out the place the first time I'm getting near it. The chateau is not named in the usual lists of Belgium castles. Pictures and references are in very short supply.
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Club of the Isles Could easily be the 1001 Club or possibly the Multinational Chairman's Group, because they share many of the same interests. Executive Intelligence Review mentioned it a couple of times. I asked them about the club, but they don't seem to have that much additional info either.

Committee of 26 This group is mentioned in Simon Regan's book 'Who killed Diana?'. The author was informed about this group through his intelligence contacts, including the one who advised him to look into Le Cercle. I quote from his book: "My own security contacts, including the Baroness, had also told me about a highly mysterious organization called the Committee of 26, which is apparently based in Bristol, in England’s West Country. I have never heard of this and can find no other official reference in any file. But it is apparently a super-secret "liaison desk" between the highest echelons of British and American agencies and has the "co-operation" of the French. I was told it was "Old Guard" and worked unilaterally. That is, it was a kind of uncontrolled "super-agency" which answered to no one. I cannot show that this agency even exists... I trust the Baroness, but she was unable to give me any feasible further "chapter and verse." David Icke in his book 'The Biggest Secret' wrote: "Why Bristol? It is a former Knights Templar port and its name has evolved from Barati, the Phoenician goddess. It just so happens that an elite unit of British Intelligence called the Committee of 26 is based there and they use the runway at the British Aerospace complex to fly British and foreign agents in and out of the country... In that period in the 1980s, not only in Bristol, there were strange deaths galore of people at the cutting edge of development in the ‘defence’ industries. "

Committee of 300 The group former MI6 agent John Coleman talked about back in 1992. It's very interesting if you compare the name with the 'Committee of 26' from totally different sources. I read chunks of the book, looking for evidence of its existence, but couldn't find it. I have organized the list of names (google's recent spelling correction is a god sent) and have been able to copy a significant amount of biographies from prominent and less-prominent members from other hidden organizations John Coleman has never talked about. I guess that's a good thing, but as I just said, this doesn't prove anything. I also have trouble believing 'the Olympians' control everything from China to South-Africa. Looking at the names, it's just like all the other hidden organizations, i.e. a high level discussion group.

Group 13 & I3 These two are said to be assassination teams from Britain and the U.S. Although there is no conclusive evidence, I am quite certain that both exist. You can find some information about Britain's Group 13 here and some information about the NSA's I3 here. The supposed head of Group 13 turned out to be someone who's background cannot be fully traced, not even by the British Parliament. This person and his allies also infiltrated the boards of many arms companies. When a company, like Astra, isn't useful anymore, they just give themselves huge salaries and run the company into the ground.

Knight's Templar (CIA) In his 1977 book 'The Night Watch', former CIA officer David Atlee Phillips wrote on page 123: "...that small circle of well-bred, highly educated adventurers who were known to some in the CIA as the 'Knights Templars' - Allen Dulles, Frank Wisner, Kermit Roosevelt, Tracey Barnes, Dick Bissell, and kindred spirits. Other CIA veterans have confirmed the existence of similar associations within the agency, with names like the "Century group" and the "Gold Key group". The first three have been known members of Le Cercle. Of the first two we know they were involved in recruiting Nazis in the wake of WWII. Kermit Roosevelt helped de Marenches in setting up the Safari Club and led Operation Ajax which brought the Shah to power. I find it very interesting all these small hints to Templar organizations within intelligence groups as Le Cercle, the Committee of 26, and now the CIA.

Tavistock Network Said to be a worldwide mind-control network. Haven't studied it and don't really have an opinion about it either. The Tavistock Institute is located in London. You saw it in July 2005 when a bomb on a London bus splattered blood and debris on its facade. John Coleman talked about it. Kay Griggs also mentioned it.

The Brotherhood / The Firm Mentioned by Kay Griggs, wife of marine colonel George Griggs. According to Kay, her husband usually referred to the loose network he was part of as 'the Brotherhood' or 'the Firm'. She was also talking about a Zionist clique centered in New York City, which had the unofficial name 'the Joint'. Kay describes how there is a network of transnational criminals involved in all kinds of nasty stuff. This includes drug running, illegal arms trade, sexual perversion, mind control, assassinations, and the conducting of terrorism when deemed necessary. A short article with all the names she mentioned will be put up on this site. You can find the full 8-hour video here.

Did you notice that almost every single group we don't know that much about is related to intelligence? We can only guess how much more has been hidden from the public completely

Part 2, UFO organizations

If someone thinks the UFO phenomenon is a non-issue, I suggest you take a look at some of the mainstream newspaper articles I gathered here. Whatever it is, the phenomenon is real and it is very likely that secret institutions have been set up to study it.


IPU stands for the Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit, which, supposedly, was set up after the February 1942 Battle of Los Angeles incident. In a 1980 document released through a FOIA request, the Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit was part of the Scientific and Technical Branch of the Counterintelligence Directorate. It was dissolved during the late 1950’s and allegedly never reactivated. Their files were surrendered to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI). You can find scanned documents and a lot of additional info on Majesticdocuments.com.

MJ-12 is said to be a highly secret intelligence agency set up for the purpose of investigating the UFO phenomenon. At the same time they kept all the information from the public. The project was started after the July 1947 UFO wave, followed by a crash in Roswell. Together with the birth of MJ-12 the National Security State was born. Almost anyone who has claimed to have inside information on the group has said that MJ-12 still exists today, although it changes its name once in a while. Many have also added that the group has been privatized, which is a subject that sounds very familiar. There is a large amount of documentation on Majestic 12, although these documents won't be accepted, simply because they are too extraordinary to believe. According to Stanton Friedman, most of the later documents are fake, but the earlier ones stand up to careful scrutiny. You can find scanned documents and a lot of additional info on Majesticdocuments.com. It is said that certain JASON studies have been conducted for MJ-12. The existence of the JASON Group is beyond dispute and an article about them will appear soon.

Then there are some societies I won't go into, because they are too 'far out' when there is a complete lack of any evidence they exist. If you're interested in Tamar, Moriah, the Cult of the Serpent, the Grand Druid Council, the Order of the Quest, the Keepers of the Dawn, or something similar like that, I suggest you do an internet search. I also skipped the Priory the Sion, because I haven't got a clue what to believe about it.

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Novusordo - February 7, 2006 07:08 PM (GMT)
Yup, amazing website... probably the most informative and straight talking websites out there and it massively expanded my knowledge on the conspiracy.

true-lilly - September 29, 2006 02:36 AM (GMT)
One of the 'Not Proven', should make it up the list, as it's only the constant murders of witnesses that has allowed the proof to, literally keep being buried.

I also have to add the whole Alien/Reptilian Agenda, is designed to substitute the FACT with a 'dis-crediting fairystory'.

Please read on and understand the High Power and Influence, behind,
The History of PAEDOPHILE ACTIVISM;

I've been getting alot of grief at The Forum lately, since focusing on the Australian Catholic connection, to the bringing about of Their NWO.
What does the following indicate to a thinking mind?

Happening in 'General Chatter', right now;
This "person" endlessly 'slandering' Christian faith, has also been endlessly 'slandering' me.
I ask people to consider the following post, in reply to the new law that makes victims of SRA (Satanic Ritual Abuse), "CRIMINAL PAEDOPHILES and so "Unreliable Witnesses", before deciding to believe anything this 'person' writes.

The core message of us two 'opponents' should help folk recognise, which 'path' to follow and which is 'unto death'.
* * * * * * * * * *

In SRA, children are forced to engage in ritual as part of the 'break and re-make', mental/spiritual torture, used to control the minds of victims.

Children also act out their abuse with other children, and often it's only through this behaviour being noticed, that their own abuse is discovered.

This law is just one of the number of changes that will make the victims (WITNESSES!), "criminals of the worst kind", and so"unreliable witnesses".

There's also the 'Signs of the Times' pushing of 'ponerology', the current NON-science, that declares children who have suffered at the hands of Evil, have Evil "Hard Wired" in themselves from the experience, and so can't be trusted to tell the truth.

I've made continuous warnings over the last 8 years, that these movements were on the way, and it's why I started the thread in conspiracies; "FOLLOW THE PAEDOPHILES FOR CONSPIRACIES THAT HURT US ALL".

It's also why a certain number of posters have worked hell for leather to attack, libel, abuse and accuse me of all manner of 'evils' my posts have NEVER claimed.
Worked great for having folk ignor those warnings untill, GEE, just what I said would happen, THE VICTIMS OF THE WORST OF CRIMES, BECOME LABLED THE "EVIL" CRIMINALS!

And someone here even used my stand against the (not any more) Secret Agenda of, "Signs of the Times", 'conspiracy' (PROMOTING) site, as testimony AGAINST my character...ummm...figure it out guys; "They" know damn well why my voice HAD to be drowned out with 13 shades of character assassination, and I've been giving you all that reason from the start.

Now please consider this;

History of PAEDOPHILE ACTIVISM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pedophile_activism
* 1 The beginnings: Magnus Hirschfeld's WHK and Bernard's Enklave kring
* 2 1970s: Bernard's book Sex met kinderen and 1970s pedophile activism movement in Western Europe
o 2.1 Sex met kinderen and its consequences
o 2.2 1979 petition demanding legalization
o 2.3 Finale
* 3 Late-1970s and onwards: PIE, NAMBLA, and the beginning of decline for the movement
* 4 Notes and references
o 4.1 Notes
o 4.2 References
The beginnings: Magnus Hirschfeld's WHK and Bernard's Enklave kring

Psychologist and sexologist Dr. Frits Bernard (see bibliography) has stated that he and others formed the Enclave kring ("Enclave circle") in Den Haag, the Netherlands in the 1950s. [1] They built upon pre-1940 member information of the surviving Dutch branch of German Magnus Hirschfeld's sexologist Wissenschaftlich-Humanitäres Komitee (WHK) (Scientific-Humanitarian Committee) provided by former WHK member Arent von Santhorst (see interview with Bernard led by ethnologist and political scientist Dr. Joachim S. Hohmann [2]). Bernard, through this Dutch WHK connection, built upon contacts he had established in 1940 for the same purpose with Dutch WHK president, donzel Dr. J. A. Schorer and sexologist Dr. Benno Premsela. Bernard apparently was aware that the German WHK along with its international organization Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, ("Institute for Sexuology"), had published articles on adult-minor sexual interactions prior to 1933. [1] However the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 prevented any further co-operation until the end of World War II [1] (one of the very first German occupation regulations in the Netherlands was public declaration of enforcement of German Penal Code sections 175 regarding same-sex activities and 176 regarding adult-child sex interactions in Verordnungsblatt Nr. 81 dating July 31st 1940 [3]), WHK members von Santhorst and Bob Angelo (alias Niek Engelschman, later a pedophile activist) had destroyed all Dutch WHK documents to prevent Nazi investigations [2], and member information was re-constructed after the war by von Santhorst in order to form the Enclave kring. [2]

The Enclave kring, as built upon the pre-war Dutch WHK model, defined itself as a 'movement' consisting of 'institutions and organizations' [1] serving purposes such as: 'to break down prejudice about the issues of erotic contacts and relationships between minors and adults, and to provide information and advice as well as to initiate a direct assistance program'. [1] A publishing company of the same name serving these purposes was founded in 1958. [1] According to Bernard [1], the Enclave kring developed into an international organization (gaining support in Western Europe, New York, Japan, and Hongkong, and Bernard himself made lecture tours in some of these places [1]), and results of these efforts of the Enclave kring included more positive feedback about pedophile activism in various publications independent from the Enclave kring such as the Dutch Vriendschap ("Friendship", published since 1859), German Der Weg zu Freundschaft und Toleranz ("A way to friendship and tolerance"), Danish Amigo, and Dutch Verstandig Ouderschap ("Reasonable parenthood") by the 1960s.[1]

1970s: Bernard's book Sex met kinderen and 1970s pedophile activism movement in Western Europe

Sex met kinderen and its consequences

In 1972, Bernard published the book Sex met kinderen ("Sex with children", published not by the Enclave kring but the independent Dutch sexual reform organisation NVSH). [1] The book outlined the history of the Enclave kring and international research in adult-child sexual interaction, partly spawned by the activism of the Enclave kring, partly independent from it, up to that point. According to Bernard citing historian Dr. E. O. Born, this book 'had an [public] effect throughout Europe and abroad'. [1] It laid the foundation for the 1970s pedophile activism movement in Western Europe (among other sources for the significance of Sex met kinderen see [1] or German excerpt of Baurmann's criminological study published by the German Federal Criminal Police Office in 1983 (English translation of its original conclusions summary) where Baurmann supported Bernard's 'preliminary and cautious' conclusions).

In the 1970s, most organized pedophile activity was centered in the Netherlands and to a lesser degree in Western Europe. Here, a number of researchers, among them Bernard, social psychologist Theo Sandfort, lawyer and politician Edward Brongersma and psychiatrist Frans Gieles, wrote a significant number of papers on the topic, both from theoretical and practical standpoints. A number of papers were produced discussing the effects of adult-child sexual interactions. The data for these papers came mainly from analyzing pedophiles, but also from adults and young people who, as children or adolescents, had been involved in sexual relationships with adults. In a 1988 interview [4], Bernard said that up to that point he himself as part of his psychological work, also as an authorized expert witness in a number of court cases, had talked to and analyzed 'more than a thousand pedophile adults and about three-thousand children and adolescents who had had [sexual] contacts with adults'.

1979 petition demanding legalization

On June 22nd 1979, a petition along with a letter of the same content was sent to the Dutch minister of justice and simultaneously was brought before the Dutch parliament, both petition and letter demanding legalization of mutual sexual activities between children and pedophile adults. This petition was authored by the Dutch Society for Sexual Reform (NVSH), the Coornhert League for Penal Law Reform, the Humanitarian Confederation, and 'radio priest' A. Klamer. It was signed by a number of social welfare and public mental health organizations, including[3]

* the General Probation Association,
* the Netherlands Association for the Integration of Homosexuality (COC),
* the official Netherlands Feminism Association,
* unanimously the executives of the Labor Party (the party with the greatest number of members),
* unanimously the executives of four smaller political parties that then had representatives in the Dutch Lower House (which were the Democratic Socialist party, the Pacifist Socialist party, the Democratic party, and the Radical party),
* unanimously the executives of the junior department of the Liberal party,
* unanimously the executives of the junior department of the Labor party,
* unanimously the executives of the junior department of the Political contacts for minors (official name of the junior department of the Conservative party),
* a large number of university professors, physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, educationalists, teachers,
* the General Teachers Association,
* the Protestant Teachers Confederation,
* a number of more or less famous private people.

As Jan Schuijer writes, "apparently alarmed by the success of the petition" the section of child and youth psychiatry of The Netherlands Society for Psychiatry publicly opposed the demands for decriminalization saying it would undermine parental authority. [5] Note that psychiatry mostly deals with psychopharmacology and that psychiatrists by definition are medical doctors dealing with physical aspects, not to confuse with psychologists, psychoanalysts, and psychotherapists dealing with mental aspects.

Finale

In 1980, the COC, the largest gay association in the Netherlands, publicly declared pedophilia a gay issue [6] [7], and that gay liberation would never be complete without liberation of children and pedophiles. From 1979 through 1981, the very last positive progress of pedophile activism in the Western world was achieved when the Dutch Protestant Foundation for Responsible Family Development (PSVG) sold and distributed tens of thousands of copies of a booklet entitled Pedophilia originally illustrated with photos in and to Dutch elementary schools. [8]

Late-1970s and onwards: PIE, NAMBLA, and the beginning of decline for the movement

In the late 1970s, the center of activity briefly shifted to the United States and Britain with the 1974 formed Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) in Scotland (later based in London), and the 1978 formation of the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) in Boston. Both of these groups achieved relative notoriety in the early 1980s due to a public outcry against them. In aforementioned 1988 interview, Bernard credited this to severely aggressive and radical behaviour of pedophile activism outside of continental Europe [4], while on the other hand regretting significant ignorance in sexual matters in general in the US.[4] The PIE capitulated to public pressure and disbanded in 1985, however NAMBLA continued to exist.[9]

On February 5th 1987, Bernard appeared as special guest invited by NBC Television on the Phil Donahue live show (regularly broadcasted via 250 TV channels in the US and Canada) and freely advocated pedophile activism for one hour straight, supported by a 23 year old male who as a child had been involved in a sexual relationship with an adult. [4] This was significant as 1987 was a date when pedophile activism already was increasingly under public attack compared to the 1970s situation in Western Europe.

In the 1980s, a number of other pedophile advocacy groups were created. The most significant of these were MARTIJN (1982), situated in the Netherlands, and the Danish Pedophile Association (DPA) (1985). This was followed in the early 1990s by the formation of Ipce (then the "International Pedophile and Child Emancipation," IPCE), an umbrella organization for pedophile activist groups. Although MARTIJN and Ipce continued to function, DPA disbanded in early 2004 due to socio-political pressure and lack of support from other parties.

Post-1982, the situation in continental Western Europe (ignorant of the 1977 public campaigns against child pornography led in Anglo-American countries) in an activism context did not appear as heated as it did meanwhile in English-speaking countries. Formerly active pedophile activist organizations did not get significant negative public press that would stick in collective memory but just seemed to lose interest in maintaining their public activities any longer so the issue mostly retreated from public awarement. Furthermore, Bernard (born in 1920) retired from his occupation as a psychologist, as an expert witness, and from all of his offices in international organizations in 1985. [4] Even earlier, the number of NVSH members drastically decreased below that of 10,000 (at times it had had up to 240,000 members) yielding a serious financial crisis. [8] A reason to be skeptical concerning Mrazek's claim that Sandfort's 1987 study was "politically motivated" just because members of the NVSH had supported it.

Meanwhile, changes in executive began to take shape. In spite of the fact that in the Netherlands increasingly emerging feminist and victim organizations as well as juvenile police units still supported decriminalization in 1982 [5], Dutch police (such as Hans Heesters of the Amsterdam police's youth and moral bureau) and law officials were increasingly educated in the USA by the FBI on "FBI methods of tracking down the supposed makers and collectors of child pornography" (virtually and effectively "guidelines [that] target those who engage in sexual contacts with underage minors"). [5] In 1989, then-resident Dutch minister of justice Korthals Althes publicly stated that weekly meetings on these matters with the FBI and British government had been established since 1985. [8] Since 1984, the US Congress and the US Senate (via the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs which at that time led by Republican William Roth used to forge and disseminate such allegations through US and international press channels) had continuously accused the Netherlands of ranking "among the most important exporters of child pornography to the US" and that children would be publicly auctioned in Amsterdam for prostitution and pornography but all these allegations proved "unsustainable" "after a serious investigation", the final report (published in August 1986) of Workgroup child-pornography established by minister of justice Altes himself. [5] [8]

During the same time, public morals concerning sexual matters were affected negatively by the discovery of HIV and AIDS, reverting social achievements of the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. "Pedophile emancipation is no fun for me anymore. The virus has destroyed everything", wrote German activist Wolfgang Tomasek in 1988. [10]

In 1994, the International Lesbian and Gay Association was granted consultative member status within the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and soon the United States (including President Bill Clinton himself) publicly threatened to cancel its annual financial contributions of c. 100 mio US-Dollars to the UN because ILGA had four pronouncedly pedophile activist member groups: NAMBLA, Martijn, US-based Project TRUTH, and German Verein für Sexuelle Gleichberechtigung (VSG, "Association for Sexual Equality"). As a result, the UN status of ILGA was suspended, ILGA expelled all four organizations, and suddenly German Bundesverband Homosexualität (BVH, "National Homosexuality Association") called for international protests on ILGA for expelling these groups in spite of the fact that BVH never before had been observed as sympathizing with pedophile activism. [11] [12] [8]

The primary medium for pedophile advocacy turned in the mid-90s to the Internet. In 1995, BoyChat, a message board for "boylovers", was established. In 1997, participants on BoyChat and other online resources formed Free Spirits, an umbrella organization with the mission of raising money and providing secure Internet hosting services. The Montreal Ganymede Collective was formed in Montreal by Free Spirits members in 1998 as a forum for "boylovers" to meet in the real world. In early 2001, the first "boylove" broadcast media source, Sure Quality Internet Radio, was founded by Jeffrey Gold in Florida, USA.

In Germany, the Krumme 13 organization, founded in 1993 and dissolved in 2003, stirred up massive (although mostly negative) press coverage in the years 2001 through 2005. In 2005, krumme13.org won a penal court case that a textual depiction of a love relationship between an eleven-year-old boy and a thirty-year-old man in the Pedosexual Resources Directory was not child pornography.

On May 31, 2006, Naastenliefde, Vrijheid & Diversiteit, a Dutch political party aiming to abolish the legal possibility to initiate legal prosecution of sexual activities with a child aged 12-16 by a legal suit (which based upon the current Dutch AoC laws is an indispensable legal necessity in order to legally persecute these particular acts), was founded by three pedophile activists.

Notes and references
Notes

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Dr. Frits Bernard (Autumn 1987). "The Dutch Paedophile Emancipation Movement". Paidika: The Journal of Paedophilia 1 (2).
2. ^ a b c Hohmann, Joachim S., Bernard, Frits (1980). Hohmann, Joachim S. Pädophilie heute ("Pedophilia today") (in German). Frankfurt/Main, Germany: Foerster Verlag, 65. ISBN 3-922257-10-0.
3. ^ a b Brongersma, Edward (1988). “Schutzalter 12 Jahre? - Sex mit Kindern in der niederländischen Gesetzgebung ("Age of Consent 12 years? Dutch legislation on sex with children")”, Leopardi, Angelo Der pädosexuelle Komplex ("On the topic of pedosexuality") (in German). Frankfurt/Main, Germany: Foerster Verlag, 212. ISBN 3-922257-66-6.
4. ^ a b c d e Leopardi, Angelo, Bernard, Frits (1988). Leopardi, Angelo Der pädosexuelle Komplex ("On the topic of pedosexuality") (in German). Frankfurt/Main, Germany: Foerster Verlag, 297ff. ISBN 3-922257-66-6.
5. ^ a b c d Jan Schuijer (1990). "Tolerance at arm's length: The Dutch experience". Journal of Homosexuality 20: 218.
6. ^ Theo Sandfort (1990). "Boy Relationships: Different Concepts for a Diversity of Phenomena". Journal of Homosexuality 20.
7. ^ Cameron, Paul (1993). Child Molestation and Homosexuality (HTML).
8. ^ a b c d e Bernard, Frits (1997). Pädophilie ohne Grenzen ("Anti-authoritarian pedophilia") (in German). Frankfurt/Main, Germany: Foerster Verlag, 36. ISBN 3-922257-836.
9. ^ A 2005 newspaper article quoted an undercover police officer as saying that, in 1995, NAMBLA had about 1,100 members. Soto, "FBI Targets Pedophilia Advocates," San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 18, 2005.
10. ^ Tomasek, Wolfang (1988). “Verständnis für unsere Gegner? - Aids und die Unterdrückung der Pädophilie ("Sympathy for our opponents? - Aids and oppression of pedophilia")”, Leopardi, Angelo Der pädosexuelle Komplex ("On the topic of pedosexuality") (in German). Frankfurt/Main, Germany: Foerster Verlag, 202. ISBN 3-922257-66-6.
11. ^ Expulsion of organizations marked as pedophile from ILGA (HTML).
12. ^ Vereniging Martijn (HTML).
References

* Hohmann, Joachim S. ed. (1982). Pädophilie heute ("Pedophila today", in German). Foerster Verlag, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
* Leopardi, Angelo ed. (1988). Der pädosexuelle Komplex ("On the topic of pedosexuality", in German). Foerster Verlag, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
* Protestantse Stichting voor Verantwoorde Gezinsvorming, (1981). Pedophilia. PSVG, The Netherlands.




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