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Documents on Persecution

This is a list of documents in relation to my persecution by the German society in general and the German authorities in particular. Most of them were introduced or produced during my asylum case in the U.S. Some of them are from a later time, though.

Selection of pivotal documents of the Rudolf case

Caution! Between 1994 and 2002, I carried the last name of my ex-wife Scheerer. Hence my name appears as such in many of the documents listed below.

Complete, commented list of documents submitted to the INS

Presented as evidence for politically motivated persecution in the case of Germar Scheerer, A-#: 78660016, September 10, 2001

  1. “Rudolf Report”, Verdict Stuttgart 17 KLs 83/94 (240 pp.)
    Verdict against Germar Scheerer for publishing a commented version of his “Expert Report on the formation and detectability of cyanide compounds in the ‘gas chambers’ of Auschwitz” (German text, OCR-processed)
  2. a & b: Deutsche Gesetze, 1994/1999, pp. 73f., 100a&b / 20, 27, 46f., 75ff., 96ff.
    German Penal Law with which G. Scheerer was charged and sentenced (German originals: 2a, 2b)
  3. “VffG 1/98”, StA Munich 112 Js 11282/98 (2 pp.)
    Notification of start of prosecution for issue 1/1998 of G. Scheerer historical journal “Vierteljahreshefte für freie Geschichtsforschung” (Quarterly Journal for Free Historical Research) (Original German document)
  4. “VffG 2/98”, Amtsgericht Munich 812 Gs 16/98 (11 pp.)
    Notification of start of prosecution for issue 2/1998 of G. Scheerer historical journal “Vierteljahreshefte für freie Geschichtsforschung” (Quarterly Journal for Free Historical Research) (Original German document)
  5. Zentralrat der Juden, 22. June 1993
    Letter of National Council of Jews in Germany pressing Scheerer’s employer to hinder him from acting as an expert witness. (Original German document)
  6. “Grundlagen”, StA Tübingen, 4 Ls 15 Js 1535/95 (21 pp., in translation list of evidence, pp. 14-16, omitted)
    Charges against Scheerer by public prosecutor for editing the book “Grundlagen zur Zeitgeschichte” (Dissecting the Holocaust) (Original German document)
  7. “Grundlagen”, Arrest warrant notification Mende, 188/95M02 M/RH /D5425 (1 p)
    Notification by Scheerer’s defence lawyer that an arrest warrant against Scheerer was issued because he failed to appear at the trial against him for having published the book “Grundlagen zur Zeitgeschichte” (Dissecting the Holocaust) (Original German document)
  8. Subpoena to Serve Prison Sentence, 1241 VRs 34417/93 b (1 p)
    Scheerer has to go to jail (Original German document)
  9. Kosiek, criminal investigation “Vorlesungen”, May 3, 2000 (1 p)
    Criminal investigations against Scheerer for authoring the book “Vorlesungen zur Zeitgeschichte (Lectures on Contemporary History, it will be published in English by Theses & Dissertation Press probably in 2002) (Original German document)
  10. “www.codoh.com”, StA Stuttgart, 4 Js 17767/97 (2 pp.)
    Criminal investigation against Scheerer for distributing dissenting historical books via an US Internet address. (Original German document)
  11. Focus no. 33, Aug. 14, 2000, p. 22 (2. pp.)
    Number of prosecuted “Though crimes” as officially stated by the German Federal Bureau of Investigation (Bundeskriminalamt), published in a German mainstream news magazine (Original German document)
  12. Divorce Scheerer vs. Scheerer, District Court Böblingen, Ref. 13F 1314/99 (6 pp.)
    Destroyed marriage due to persecution (in order to protect my ex-wife’s privacy, this document has been removed.)
  13. “Appell der 100”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 17, 1996, p. 12 (1 p.)
    100 Academics and others protest in Germany’s most prestigious news paper against book burning and restrictions of free speech, mainly triggered by the case Scheerer/”Grundlagen zur Zeitgeschichte” (Original German document)
  14. a&b Wolfgang Schäuble, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 24, 1996, p. 41 (1. p) (a: translated excerpt b: full version of article, untranslated)
    Former German Minister for the Interior admits that German censorship law against historical dissidents is “nonsense” and legally “problematic”. He concedes that because of Germany’s historical experience [of massive censorship and violation of human rights during the Third Reich] any open and free discussion of this historical experience must today be outlawed by means of censorship and violation of human rights. (Original German document)
  15. Biography Wolfgang Schäuble, German Parliament, (1 p.)
    www.bundestag.de/mdb14/bio/schaewo0.htm (Original German document)
  16. Biography Ernst Nolte, Munzinger-Archiv GmbH, online.munzinger.de/ (5 pp.)
    Germany’s most prominent and “controversial” Historian. (Original German document)
  17. “Expert Report on the formation and detectability of cyanide compounds in the ‘gas chambers’ of Auschwitz”, version Nov. 2, 1992 (114 pp.)
    Original version of the work for which Germar Scheerer was prosecuted (not including the comments added by others)
  18. Grundlagen zur Zeitgeschichte, pp. 15-39 (published translation: Book “Dissecting the Holocaust”, #35)
    Introducing article to the book which Scheerer edited in 1994 under the pseudonym Ernst Gauss, and for which he was also prosecuted. It proofs Scheerer’s attitude towards “Jews” and National-Socialism. For English version see #35 (Original German document, as PDF: 4 MB)
  19. a) Kosiek Letter Nov. 17, 2000 & b) Letter May 2, 2001
    Dr. Kosiek, chief editor of Grabert Verlag, Tübingen, which published “Grundlagen zur Zeitgeschichte” (#18), was the initiator of the “Appeal of the 100” (see #13), which later became an “Appeal of the 300”, “Appeal of the 500”, “Appeal of the 1000”. This statement shows the broad support my book received among Germany’s academics for freedom of speech issues. (Original German documents)
  20. IGFM Kemper, Oct. 30, 1996
    A German Human Rights Association shows its solidarity with the “Appeal of the 300” (Original German document)
  21. IGFM Scheerer, Oct. 30, 1996
    The same German Human Rights Association as in #20 openly declares that fighting for human rights for historical dissenters would lead to massive persecution against this Human Rights Association itself, which probably would destroy it, so they decided not to support anybody. (Original German document)
  22. R. Kammerer, A. Solms, Das Rudolf Gutachten, Cromwell Press, London 1993, 120 pp. (updated version of #17, published in July 1993) (German original)
    This publication was ordered seized and destroyed by County Court Böblingen, Ref. 9(8) Gs 228/97, see my original application for Political Asylum, p. 19, Part C4, 6. This was certainly accompanied with a new criminal investigation against me. There are only minor differences to the version in #17, see the separate Declaration Germar Scheerer about differences of the version compared with version in #17 (#22a) 
  23. European Union, “Convention relating to extradition between the Member States of the European Union – Explanatory Report, May 26, 1997
    Showing that European Countries are no safe haven for Scheerer (41997Y0623(01); removed from EU website, replaced with newer, more severe law: see here for current law)
  24. Affidavit Dr. Costas Zaverdinos
  25. Affidavit David Botsford
  26. David Botsford, “Freedom of Expression, Dissenting Historians, And The Holocaust Revisionists”
    (German translation)
  27. Human Rights Watch, “Germany for Germans”, 1995, pp. 70, 77
    Human Rights Association stating that German censorship laws are much too “sweeping”, and can endanger human rights, especially by “suppressing dissenting … movements”.
  28. Affidavit Mark Weber
  29. Affidavit Greg Raven
  30. Affidavit Prof. Dr. Arthur R. Butz
  31. Affidavit Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wittkowski
  32. Affidavit Prof. Dr. Ernst Nolte
  33. Affidavit Prof. Dr. Englund
  34. Norman Finkelstein, “The Holocaust Industry” (online here)
    American University Professor Norman G. Finkelstein describes in detail, how Jewish individuals and pressure groups invent, distort and exaggerate stories on the Holocaust in order to gain political and financial advantages, if not to say: they blackmail not only Germany, but also Austria, Switzerland, many eastern European countries and other nations in order to extort money and material goods from them. Under German law, this is a much more severe crime than the one Scheerer committed.
  35. Ernst Gauss (Ed.), “Dissecting the Holocaust”
    Updated and enhanced translation of “Grundlagen zur Zeitgeschichte” (see 18). Introducing article by Ernst Gauss (i.e., Germar Scheerer/Rudolf) showing his attitude towards “Jews” and National-Socialism. (Online available is now the 2003 English edition.) Also, appendix 3 gives an excellent and well-founded overview about censorship in modern Germany (Anton Mägerle, “Censorship in Germany? Never! Unless…”).
  36. Affidavit Germar Scheerer, Analysis of the Verdict Against Germar Scheerer, Landgericht Stuttgart, Az. 17 KLs 83/94
    Analysis of the trial and verdict re. publication of Scheerer’s “Expert Report” (#17)
  37. Affidavit Roger Garaudy (French original)
  38. Affidavit Claus Nordbruch
  39. Claus Nordbruch, “Die selbsternannten Tugendwächter im Visier”, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12 June 1999 (German original)
  40. Letter Prof. Dr. Ernst Topitsch 9. Jan. 2001
    Panic reaction of a mainstream historian in face of German persecution (German original)
  41. Law about dissemination of youth-endangering writings
    Books and other media, like website, which are indexed by the German authorities, may no longer be offered in public. Violations are punished with up to one year imprisonment. (German original)
  42. Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften, 12. May 1998, Ref. Pr. 273/98 UK/Schm (German original)
    indexing of website www.vho.org, owner and webmaster of which is Germar Scheerer, who keeps on publishing this website, thus violating German censorship law threatening him with up to a year in prison
  43. Request for censoring www.vho.org by City of Frankfurt/Main, 51.16 schu, 27 April 1998  (German original)
  44. Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften, Pr. 388/97, Vierteljahreshefte für freie Geschichtsforschung 1(2) (1997)
    Germar Scheerer is both editor and publisher of said journal, who keeps on offering and selling this issue in public, thus violating German censorship law threatening him with up to a year in prison (German original)
  45. Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften, Pr. 387/97, Vierteljahreshefte für freie Geschichtsforschung 1(1) (1997)
    Germar Scheerer is both editor and publisher of said journal, who keeps on offering and selling this issue in public, thus violating German censorship law threatening him with up to a year in prison (German original)
  46. Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften, Pr. 563-564/98, Vierteljahreshefte für freie Geschichtsforschung 1(3&4) (1997)
    Germar Scheerer is both editor and publisher of said journal, who keeps on offering and selling this issue in public, thus violating German censorship law threatening him with up to a year in prison (German original)
  47. Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften, Pr. 17/2001 Br/Schm, Riese auf Tönernen Füßen
    Germar Scheerer is the publisher of this book, and since he keeps on offering and selling it in public, he violates German censorship law which in turn threatens him with up to a year in prison. (German original)
  48. Riese auf Tönernen Füßen, published by Castle Hill Publishers (Germar Scheerer)
    Scholarly book criticizing Raul Hilberg’s standard work on the Holocaust, published in April 2001 at Theses & Dissertations Press in English (Jürgen Graf, The Giant on Feet of Clay) (German original)
  49. Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften, Pr. 18/01 Br/Schm, Das Konzentrationslager Stutthof
    Germar Scheerer is the publisher of this book, and since he keeps on offering and selling it in public, he violates German censorship law which in turn threatens him with up to a year in prison. (German original)
  50. Das Konzentrationslager Stutthof, published by Castle Hill Publishers (Germar Scheerer)
    Scholarly book about the concentration camp Stutthof, will be published in June 2001 by Theses & Dissertations Press in English (Jürgen Graf, Carlo Mattogno, The Concentration Camp Stutthof) (German original)
  51. KL Majdanek, published by Castle Hill Publishers (Germar Scheerer)
    Germar Scheerer is the publisher of this scholarly book about the concentration camp Majdanek. In early 2000, it was indexed by the German Office for Youth Endangering Writings (see my original application for Political Asylum, p. 19, Part C4, 13). Since Scheerer keeps on offering and selling it in public, he violates German censorship law which in turn threatens him with up to a year in prison. This book will be published in late 2001/early 2002 by Theses & Dissertations Press in English (Jürgen Graf, Carlo Mattogno, Concentration Camp Majdanek) (German original)
  52. “Kardinalfragen zur Zeitgeschichte”, StA München II, 11 Js 5428/97 (2 pp.)
    Prosecution of said publication for “incitement to hatred” and “stirring up the people” (German original)
  53. Kardinalfragen zur Zeitgeschichte, Vrij Historish Onderzoek, Berchem 1996
    Collection of essays by Germar Rudolf, published by himself under false editorship. (German original)
  54. Auschwitz: Nackte Fakten. Edited by Germar Scheerer
    This book was ordered seize and destroy by the County Court Böblingen, Ref. 9(8) Gs 228/97, see my original application for Political Asylum, p. 19, Part C4, 7. Parallel to that, it was indexed by the German Office for Youth Endangering Writings (see there). Since Scheerer keeps on offering and selling it in public, he violates German censorship law which in turn threatens him with up to a year in prison. (German original)
  55. Steffen Werner, Die 2. babylonische Gefangenschaft, Grabert, Tübingen 1991, confiscated by order of County Court Tübingen, Ref. 15 Js 1608/93
    Germar Scheerer distributes this book, hence violating Germany’s law against stirring up the people (punishable with up to five years imprisonment).
  56. “Karlsruher Kommentar zur Strafprozeßordnung”, on “Staatsschutz” and book burning, (5 pp.) (German original)
  57. Der Spiegel, 4 Dec. 2000, Title
    German mainstream weekly admits that “Nazi Hunt” in Germany resembles hysteria (German original)
  58. “Staatsanwalt bremst Professoren”, Abendzeitung (Munich), 7. March 1998
    Mainstream media report on book burning in Germany of a memorial anthology on behalf of deceased famous German historian, because of a footnote in Latin (!) allegedly denying the existence of gas chambers. (German original)
  59. “Bücher auf den Scheiterhaufen”, Zur Zeit (Vienna), 27. Feb. 1998
    Mainstream media report on book burning in Germany of a memorial anthology on behalf of deceased famous German historian, because of a footnote in Latin (!) allegedly denying the existence of gas chambers.(German original)
  60. Press Clippings Dr. F. Toben (10 pp.)
    About the jailing and sentencing of an Australian website owner in Germany for his historically incorrect website content: “Fight was worth stay in prison”, The Advertiser (Australia) 16 Dec. 1999, p. 35; “Jailed historian revises nazi denial”, The Australian, 16 Dec. 1999, p. 4; “Blame it on the valkyries”, The Mail Times (Australia), 11 Dec. 1999; “Toben: a war of words in the battle for history”, The Age (Australia), 13 Nov. 1999, p. 28; “German Court Sentences Australian Holocaust Skeptic”, The Journal of Historical Review 18(4) (1999) (4 pp.); “Push to free jailed Holocaust revisionist” , The Age (Australia), 12 Nov. 1999, p. 1; Various Press Clippings from Australia on the Fredrick Toben case.
  61. “Germar Rudolf Joins Journal Advisory Committee“, and “Suppressing Debate about Auschwitz: The Rudolf Case, Irving’s Lost Libel Suit and the Future of Revisionism“, The Journal of Historical Review 19(5) (2000) (39 pp.) (PDF-Version, 11.4 MB)
    Involvement of G. Scheerer in revisionist organization, and an assessment of his trial as well as his role during the 2000 London libel trial of David Irving against Deborah Lipstadt et al.
  62. “Inside the Bunker”, Esquire Magazine, February 2001, (10 pp.)
    Report of a Jewish journalist about the “revisionist movement”
  63. “German ban on Holocaust Denial Upheld”, Los Angeles Times, 27 April 1999, p. A7
    Revisionism is illegal in Germany
  64. “Denying the Holocaust is a crime even in mail”, Reuter Press release, 9 Mar. 1996
    Revisionism is a crime in Germany even when uttered in private letters only
  65. “Lock Up the Holocaust Deniers?”, New York Times, 12 Oct. 1998
    Plead for freedom of speech for Revisionists
  66. “Bundestag passes Law Designed to Combat Organized Crime, Rightwing Extremism”, The Week in Germany, 23 Sept. 1994
    German Embassy USA: Outlawing Revisionism as part of a combat against right wing groups, thus categorizing Revisionism as a political crime
  67. “Combating Right-Wing Violence and Hate Crimes in Germany, Germany Online (German Embassy USA, 4pp.)
    German Embassy USA: Outlawing Revisionism as part of a combat against right wing groups, thus categorizing Revisionism as a political crime. (Source no longer at web location originally downloaded from.)
  68. Press Clipping about German activism against political right wing
    “Two hundred thousand demonstrate in Berlin against neo-Nazi terror”, wsws.org, 11. Nov. 2000; “German Media Spotlights Racism”, Radio Nederland, 11 Aug. 2000; “East Germany’s Ailing Economy Breeds Extremism”, ibid., 22. Aug. 2000; (last two sources no longer at web location originally downloaded from.)
  69. “German government moves to ban neo-Nazi party”, wsws.org, 11 Nov. 2000
    Critical left wing discussion of authoritarian measures of German Government against German right wing parties.
  70. “Giving the Devil his Due: Holocaust Revisionism as a Test Case for Free Speech and the Skeptical Ethic”, Skeptic magazine, 2(29 (1994), pp. 58-70 (here: 3 pp.)
    Plead for freedom of speech for Revisionists by an opponents of Revisionism (excerpt)
  71. “Assassins of Memory”, (1992), extract (3 pp.)
    Political and sociological essay about Revisionism by a self-declared enemy of Revisionism
  72. “Public Prosecutor Investigate Rightwing Institute’s Suitability for The Net”, The Week in Germany, 23 Feb. 1996 (German Embassy)
    US and Canadian Revisionists activities on the Internet are prosecuted by German law enforcers
  73. “Constitutional Court: Denial of Holocaust is Not Protected as Free Speech”, The Week in Germany, 29 April 1994 (German Embassy)
    German Constitutional Court: Revisionism is illegal in Germany
  74. “The public debate on right-wing violence in Germany”, wsws.org, 28. Aug. 2000
    critical left-wing discussion of massive German restrictions of civil rights
  75. Affidavit Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Karsten Meier (German Original)
  76. Affidavit Prof. Dr. Hans Friedrich Gorki (German Original)
  77. Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 30, 2000
    Conservative German Professor for Political Sciences Werner Pfeifenberger is driven into suicide by political persecution (see #40 for the impact this has on German historians) (German original)
  78. BPjS Aktuell 4/2000, Indexing list (only cover page translated)
    List of indexed and prohibited literature and online texts by the German Government. Only first page translated. Items offered by Germar Scheerer for sale in 2001 and/or online are marked. (German original of 2000, with the list). We also added here the list 1/2001 in html-format with links to items as offered online/for sale today by G. Rudolf. Hop to them by pressing the tabulator key.
  79. Expert Report, CV & Bibliography, by Dr. Claus Nordbruch
    52 pp. + 6 pp. CV + Invoice. (German translation)
  80. Decision of Chemnitz Public Prosecutor
    official definition of term “Nazi”: everybody who is politically on the right (German Original)
    a) & b) Interchangeable use of terms right winger, r.w. radical, r.w. extremist and Nazi in German media; threat of professional prohibitions on the basis of political views. (German original a & b)
    c) Singing Germany’s national anthem & flying the flag is something for “Nazis”
  81. Network Solutions, Inc., registration entry of www.vho.org
    Proof of ownership of this website
  82. Webpages from www.vho.org posting and/or offering prohibited material
    according to the German authorities’ listing in #78 (as of early 2001, www.vho.org does no longer offer products of the Belgium company V.H.O. for sale); see also links set in item #78
  83. Threat of University Stuttgart to reject PhD theses for political reasons (German original)
  84. Response of Germar Scheerer to #83, withdrawal of application (German original)
  85. §244 of Strafprozeßordnung / German Penalty Proceeding Rules
    dismissal of evidence in case of self-evidentness (German original)
  86. Right wing crimes in the years 1998-2000 in Germany acc. to German authorities
    amount of prosecuted “thought crimes” in Germany; Revisionism 2000 = Germar Scheerer (German original of 2000)
  87. Press articles on the case of Judge Rainer Orlet
    Persecution of a judge for not having sentenced a revisionist severely enough (German originals)
  88. Censorship Webpages of G. Scheerer dedicated to “break the backbone of German censorship” List of Links to censored Literature (in PDF as filed)
  89. Law for the Carrying of Academic Degrees
    Introduced 1939 by Adolf Hitler, still valid today (German original)
  90. J. Hoffmann, Stalin’s War of Extermination
    words of critique by a German mainstream historian against raging censorship in Germany
  91. Affidavit by Dr. Herzogenrath-Amelung regarding the trial against Scheerer, #1
  92. U.S. State Department on Human Rights Violations in Germany 2000
    Freedom of speech is restricted when it comes to the Holocaust, p. 4
  93. CV and Expert Report Dr. Günther Herzogenrath-Amelung (German original)
  94. Interpretation of Academic Dignity, Withholding of Academic Degrees
    Administrative Court Mannheim, IX 1496/79, 18. March 1981 (German Original)
  95. German Association of Journalists, Press release March 14, 1994
    complaint about increasing censorship in Germany (German Original)
  96. Lack of Freedom of Speech, Technique of Censorship in Germany
    Free German Association of Authors, 15. June 1996 (German Original)
  97. Case of Censorship and Book Confiscation, intervention by Civil Rights Organization (German Original). Humanistic Union, 17 May 2000
  98. Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Annual Report – 1998, pp. 51f.
    Revisionism in general and Germar Scheerer in particular as political enemy of the German State
  99. Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Annual Report – 1999, pp. 73f.
    Revisionism in general and Germar Scheerer in particular as political enemy of the German State
  100. Christ Hastings, Jessica Berry, “Germany neo-Nazi fugitive is found hiding in Britain”, The Sunday Telegraph, Oct. 17,1999
    Report about man-hunting Germar Scheerer in England in 1999/2000
  101. Board of Deputies of the British Jews, “German Neo-Nazi Fugitive”, BOD Press Release, Oct. 19, 1999
    Report about man-hunting Germar Scheerer in England in 1999/2000
  102. Douglas Davis, “Neo-Nazi fugitive from Germany found in Britain”, The Canadian Jewish news, Oct. 21,1999
    Report about man-hunting Germar Scheerer in England in 1999/2000
  103. James Clarke, “Fleeing neo-Nazi uses base in Hastings”, Hastings & St. Leonards Observer, October 22,1999
    Report about man-hunting Germar Scheerer in England in 1999/2000
  104. Christ Hastings, Jessica Berry, “Germany pursues Rudolf extradition”, The Sunday Telegraph, Oct. 31,1999
    Report about man-hunting Germar Scheerer in England in 1999/2000
  105. Christ Hastings, Jessica Berry, “Neo-Nazi accused of ‘racial hatred’ goes on the run”, The Sunday Telegraph, Jan. 16, 2000
    Report about man-hunting Germar Scheerer in England in 1999/2000
  106. James Clarke, “Escaped Neo-Nazi still hiding in Hastings”, Hastings & St. Leonards Observer, March 31,2000
    Report about man-hunting Germar Scheerer in England in 1999/2000
  107. British House of Commons, 22 May 2000, on Germar Rudolf in Britain
    Report about man-hunting Germar Scheerer in England in 1999/2000
  108. Declaration by Andrew Allen, Oct. 17, 2000
  109. Graeme Atkinson, “Auschwitz liar hides out in Britain”. Searchlight, December 1999
    Report about man-hunting Germar Scheerer in England in 1999/2000
  110. Webpage of German Information Service
    (Same as #67; accidentally filed twice; source no longer at web location originally downloaded from.)
  111. Kim Murphy, “Danger in Denying the Holocaust?’, Los Angeles Times, Jan. 7. 2000
    Fair mainstream media report on Germar Scheerer and revisionism