By David Merlin ∙ December 11, 2022
Although many have questioned the wisdom of prosecutions related to National Socialist crimes so long after the events, the German government has stepped up a campaign of prosecution of elderly people who were marginally involved in the operation of German detention camps. An example is the months long trial of Josef Schuetz. Schuetz was Lithuanian-born…
By David Merlin ∙ February 8, 2021
Letter to the to Iceland's Althingi.
By David Merlin ∙ February 7, 2021
The Reykjavík Grapevine Hafnarstræti 15101 ReykjavíkIceland[email protected] Attention. Ms. Andie Sophia Fontaine Regarding: Expansion of Article 233 of the Penal Code to historical discussion: Dear Grapevine: I am writing on behalf of a Californian based association, the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust, (CODOH). We are an international group open to all people interested in correcting errors in history through scholarship and debate. We are…
By David Merlin ∙ May 26, 2019
The Holocaust has been reduced to a series of memes which are constantly repeated in the media; mysterious trains moving through the night, chimneys belching flames from human cremations, Anne Frank, articles that include a line like “Mr. Nagel had lost his youth and most of his family to the Holocaust…” Beneath this propaganda shell, the…
By David Merlin ∙ October 4, 2018
I read Tuesday that four men were arrested early in the morning on charges that they traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia last year to incite a riot and attack counter-protestors. This is a violation of Federal criminal statute, 18 U.S. Code Section 2101, which makes it a felony to cross or telephone across state lines to organize, promote, encourage,…
By David Merlin ∙ September 30, 2018
Operation Finale is officially a box office flop, with box office receipts falling well below the production budget. The movie was advertised heavily. A large number of theaters were lined up. Critics were as respectful as possible. All with dismal results. The average box-office revenue per theater for September 17 was a pitiful $85.90 Domestic Total as…
By David Merlin ∙ September 30, 2018
Le Pen received 34% of the vote in France's 2017 presidential election but the media labels her as "Far Right." More to the point, her election success has made her the target of the French government (Far Left by the standards of most Americans.) Adopting a favorite tactic of the Soviets to discredit dissidents, Le…
By David Merlin ∙ September 28, 2018
The mayor's race for Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (pop. 38,000) has heated up with the candidacy of Michael Santomauro. Although Santomauro's main issues are limiting traffic, halting excessive development on the Island, and controlling improper use of governmental funds, he has also made a much-needed stand in favor of free speech. His website is here. He is opposing the…
By David Merlin ∙ September 26, 2018
Nothing shows the sick state of the current German government better than a video posted on Facebook by the German Embassy in Brazil explaining the "culture of remembrance" over the Holocaust in Germany. Heiko Maas, the world leader of the assault on Internet Freedom, features promenently in the video. The video claims that Germans "don't hide from their past,"…
By David Merlin ∙ August 15, 2018
The kidnapping of Eichmann on May 11, 1960 spawned numerous books and movies but, it was really well short of spectacular. Over 30 Mossad agents were involved with three agents accosting and overpowering the 54-year-old Eichmann as he came home one night late from work. Eichmann had made it easy for the kidnappers. He followed a…
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