Sylvia Stoltz, the former attorney for
Ernst Zündel, has been convicted
for Holocaust denial in the once democratic Germany.
Shockingly, Stolz, who was hired to defend Zündel, who has
been imprisoned in Germany for Holocaust denial now finds herself sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.
In addition she has been banned by the court from practicing law for five years.
Sylvia Stolz
Stolz represented Zündel in his first trial in Germany,
which collapsed after she was banned from the proceedings.
Zündel was deported from the United States in 2003
for alleged immigration violations. Zündel was intially
sent to Canada. The Canadian government arrested Zündel upon his arrival
and held him until March 2005 when a judge ruled that this peaceful
man posed a threat to national and international security.
Following
this ruling, Zündel found himself deported to Germany.
Zündel's second trial ended in February, 2007 with his conviction
for denying the Holocaust. He was sentenced to the maximum
of five years in prison.
Germany, a country which frequently violates basic human rights,
has made it virtually impossible to defend oneself against
"Holocaust denial" charges. Defense of a Holocaust denier or even
judging in one's favor could result in persecution of the attorney
or judge involved.
During Zündel's trial, Stolz called the Holocaust "the biggest lie in
world history." Rather than showing Zündel and
Stolz wrong based on solid historical information, the Judge has
used the draconian German legal system to stifle free speech.
In his sentencing, the judge said that she had used the
trial to deny the Holocaust and to spread revisionist ideas.
Truth is not a defense in Germany.