The Persecution
of
Germar Rudolf

Should expert witnesses be sent to jail if they contradict eyewitness testimony? Normal  legal proceedings demand that no witness be prosecuted unless it can be shown that he intentionally mislead the court. Also, if physical evidence presented by an expert witness contradicts eyewitness testimony, the physical evidence prevails.
But in Germany this is not so when the Holocaust is at issue. If the findings of an expert witness contradict eyewitnesses, the expert will be sent to jail. Here is a case study of how that works.


 


On Persecution

  • Auschwitz Forensics
  • Rudolf's First Crime
  • The Second Crime
  • More Thought Crimes…
  • Seizure of Property
  • Political Asylum in the U.S.?
  • Outlawed in Germany
  • Flaws of German Legal System
  • Media witch hunt of Rudolf
  • About true and false perceptions
  • On Civil Rights

  • Censorship in Germany
  • Civil Rights in Germany
  • Internet Censorship in Germany
  • Germany – a Summer Nightmare
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    he list below explains in detail the history of persecution as endured by Germar Rudolf. The first item gives an introduction into the underlying topic -- "Holocaust forensics", if you wish. The next five items go through Germar's persecution chronologically. The webpage with a documentation on Germar's attempt to gain political asylum in the U.S. is currently the most important of them. These items are followed by three essays on various aspects of Germar's perseuction -- with focus on social, legal, and media persecution.

    Auschwitz Forensics
    Doing forensic research on crime scenes of the so-called Holocaust is nothing new. This is a paper by Germar Rudolf addresses two questions: Should the alleged monstrous crime claimed to have been committed in Auschwitz be subject to careful scrutiny by means of thorough forensic analysis? What forensic examinations of the purported crimes scenes at Auschwitz have been conducted thus far, and with what findings? How are we to assess the results?

    Rudolf's First Crime
    Between 1991 and 1993, Germar Rudolf wrote an Expert Report on Chemical and Technical Aspects of the Gas Chambers of Auschwitz on behalf of a defence team that requested this report from him. The report was published in 1993 by one of the defendants Rudolf was asked to testify for. However, the defendant also included some comments by himself as a preface, and he also added a description of his own trial in the appendix of this report. In 1994/1995, Rudolf was prosecuted for this work and finally sentenced to 14 month in prison without probation, because, so the court, preface and appendix had turned the expert report into a political opinion not covered by German free speech laws. This 'allowed' the court to sentence Rudolf for his scientific findings.
    On a more philosophical level, Rudolf compiled a speech in his defense as his final plea at the end of this trial: About true and false perceptions. The manuscript for this speech, however, was confiscated by the Police during Rudolf's third house search.

    The Second Crime
    Summary of the trial against the publisher of the anthology Dissecting the Holocaust (in German: "Grundlagen zur Zeitgeschichte"), edited by Germar Rudolf, which ended with the book's confiscation and destruction. Two mainstream historians testified on behalf of Rudolf to confirm that his work is scientific. There was no historian claiming the opposite. The court, however, was unmoved by this. G. Rudolf fled abroad a few weeks before the trial started. The testimony by German Historian Dr. Joachim Hoffmann in favor of Rudolf can be accessed here: Grundlagen zur Zeitgeschichte (Foundations of Contemporary History): Expert Report.

    More Thought Crimes…
    A list of known criminal proceedings started by several German courts against Germar Rudolf after he left Germany in early 1996, plus several more "thought crimes" he might be prosecuted for in Germany without his knowledge.

    Seizure of Property
    In early 2004 the German authorities decided to confiscate all of Rudolf's property and demand that he pay 55% of all the money he ever received since 1996. The basis of this decision is that the German authorities consider 55% the all the books Rudolf offers for sale as illegal, hence 55% of his turnover is supposed to be illegal, too, and has to be paid to the German authorities.

    Political Asylum in the U.S.?
    Although having dissident views on the Holocaust is no crime in many European countries, legal contracts of the European Union demand that even those countries not outlawing such views have to extradite non-citizen offenders to Germany. Having no recourse to due process and being hunted by the British police in late 1999, Rudolf left Europe and applied for political asylum in the USA. The U.S. administration, however, wants to deport him back to Germany under the most brutal violation of U.S. immigration law and due process.

    Outlawed in the Federal Republic of Germany
    A well documented history of the social and legal persecution of Germar Rudolf and his family, from the early denunciations and legal prosecutions to the destruction of his career, his social environment, and finally his family.

    Flaws of the State Under the Rule of Law
    Stunning shortcomings of the German legal system as experienced by Germar Rudolf, which allow massively politically distorted show trials as they are impossible in the Anglo-Saxon legal tradition. Important to judge the reliability of German court verdicts in political trials.

    The Role of the Press in the Case of Germar Rudolf
    A summary and critical discussion of one-sided, biased, or outright inventions about Germar Rudolf and his work by the mainstream media in Germany and elsewhere.


     

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