Germar Rudolf
Brief Background
s almost everybody else, Rudolf believed in the veracity of the “official” version about the Holocaust when he was a young man. But this changed in 1989, at age 24, when he accidentally learned about the now famous Leuchter Report, which lists forensic evidence putting into doubt the existence of homicidal gas chambers. Rudolf subsequently started making his own investigations.
A Because he had an academic degree in Chemistry, he was eventually asked to prepare a forensic expert report by a defense team of a defendant who was one trial for “Holocaust denial.” Rudolf agreed, and in turn for having all his expenses paid he agreed to have his expert report published in due time. In 1991 and 1992 Rudolf was summoned to several trials by various defense teams. But since the “Holocaust” is considered “self-evident” by German courts, no evidence ever offered by any defense team trying to refute certain historical claims will be accepted. Thus, even Rudolf as an expert witness was rejected.
In 1993, the defendant he had an agreement with published his expert report with a somewhat hot-headed political preface. In the following years and as a result of this, Germar Rudolf lost his job three times, was denied his final PhD exam, was kicked out of his apartment twice, and put on trial for “Holocaust denial” himself, where he was not even allowed to introduce his own work – the weapon of crime – in his defense. Sentenced to 14 months in prison for his expert report and several other court cases pending for his scientific historical writings, he left Germany in 1996 and started a publishing company in England, mainly focusing on dissenting historical material and the violation of civil rights in Germany. (See the persecution section of this website for details.)
In 1999, the German authorities, with the help of the British government, started extradition proceedings against Rudolf. Even though nothing Rudolf did is considered a crime in England, European law does not grant him the right of due process in England, once he had been sentenced in Germany. English media falsely portrayed Rudolf of a “new, dangerous breed of Neo-Nazi” and called for a “man hunt” for him by the local population. Fair game as Rudolf was, he fled to the United States, where he applied for political asylum.
Rudolf's asylum case in the USA may prove pivotal both for the entire U.S. immigration law in particular as well as for the proceedings of due process in general. (more on this asylum case)BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Curriculum Vitae
Date of Birth: October 29, 1964 Place of Birth: Limburg/Lahn (Hessen)
Marital status: re-married, 2 + 1 children
Military service: October 1st, 1989 – September 30th, 1990; Basic military service at a Luftwaffe anti-aircraft unit; last rank: private 1st class.
University education:
- University of Bonn: October, 1st, 1983 - September, 28th, 1989; Courses of studies in chemistry with main topics in nuclear and electrochemistry; diploma thesis in electrochemistry, diploma certificate summa cum laude.
- University of Stuttgart / Max-Planck-Institute for solid state research: October 1990 – September 1993; Scholarship of the Max-Planck-Society; course of studies for PhD degree for natural sciences; researches in inorganic chemistry, solid state physics, and theoretical crystallography; finished PhD thesis with best recommendations of the supervisor Prof. Dr. Dr. H.G. von Schnering; cancellation of scholarship by Max-Planck-Society in June 1993 for political reasons; to avoid rejection of his thesis by the University of Stuttgart for political reasons, Rudolf withdrew his application for his final PhD examination.
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