Editing Brill Publishers (section)

===Post-war Brill, 1945–present===
[[File:EJBrill.jpg|thumb|E. J. Brill (''{{lang|de|Collection Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum}}'')]]After the war, the Dutch [[denazification]] committee determined the presence of "enemy money" in Brill's accounts. Folkers was arrested in September 1946, and deprived of the right to hold a managerial post.{{sfn|van der Veen|2008|p=111}} The company itself, however, escaped the aftermath of the war relatively unscathed; after some negotiation its fines were fixed at 57,000 guilders.{{sfn|van der Veen|2008|p=115}}

Brill's path in the post-war years was again marked by ups and downs, though the company remained faithful in its commitment to scholarly publishing. The late 1980s saw an acute crisis due to over-expansion, poor management, as well as general changes in the publishing industry. Thus, in 1988–1991 under new management the company underwent a major restructuring, in the course of which it closed some of its foreign offices, including Cologne. Its London branch was already closed by then. Brill, moreover, sold its printing business, which amounted "to amputat[ing] its own limb".{{sfn|van der Veen|2008|p=144}} This was considered painful, but necessary to save the company as a whole. No jobs were lost in the process. The reorganization saved the company, which has since expanded. As of 2008, Brill was publishing around 600 books and 100 journals each year, with a turnover of 26 million euros.{{sfn|van der Veen|2008|p=153}}

In October 2023, it was announced that the German publisher [[De Gruyter]] would acquire Brill for €51.1 million, forming the new company De Gruyter Brill, by the second quarter of 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last=Page |first=Benedict |date=12 October 2023 |title=De Gruyter acquires Brill for €51.5m |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/de-gruyter-acquires-brill-for-515m |access-date=22 January 2024 |work=The Bookseller}}</ref>