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By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
[The document is a printed form with a few blanks filled in by typewriter.] Copy Reference no. 8430 Cs 112 Js 11637/96 (Please indicate reference in all correspondence! IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE! JUDGEMENT of the Lower District Court of MunichIn the criminal case against Carlos Whitlock PORTER For Incitement to Racial Hatred Based…
By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
[Note: The Appeal was filed by fax at 2:00 A.M. on 14 April 1997.] [Excerpts] [name of lawyer withheld] 3 June 1997 As agreed, I have examined the files in your case and am able to report my general opinion as follows: On 16.8.1996, you sent a letter written in German — whether you were…
By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
Richter UlrichLandgericht Muenchen IJustizgebaeudeNymphenburger Strasse 16D-800335 Muenchen Spa, 1 July 1997 Landgericht MuenchenAz. 18 Ns 112 Js 11637/96 Fax: (089) 55 97 43 54 BY REGISTERED MAIL AND FAX Judge Ulrich! With regards to your subpoena of 22 May: Without prejudicial admission, waiver, and with all due reserves: I do not recognize your jurisdiction. I…
By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
Richter UlrichLandgericht Muenchen IJustizgebaeudeNymphenburger Strasse 16D-800335 Muenchen Spa, 1 September 1997 Landgericht MuenchenAz. 18 Ns 112 Js 11637/96Fax: (089) 55 97 43 54 BY REGISTERED MAIL AND FAX Judge Ulrich! Without prejudicial admission, waiver, and with all due reserves. With regards to your summons translated into English and dated 22 August 1997:If you really want…
By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
Note: On 3 November, the defendant received a judgement from the State Court of Munich dated 23 October 1997 acknowledging receipt of the defendant's demands for evidence and for clarification of the charges against him, accompanied by his express refusal to appear, but without comment. [Excerpts] …The subpoena was then delivered to the defendant on…
By Electronic Frontiers Italy, American Civil Liberties Union, Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet ∙ April 23, 1997
April 23, 1997 Chancellor Helmut KohlAdenauerallee 14153113 BonnGERMANY Dear Chancellor Kohl, The undersigned organizations, members of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign, are writing to express concern about the prosecution of Felix Somm, German representative of CompuServe, for the transmission of allegedly illegal materials over the Internet. The news reports we have received indicate that Mr….
By CODOH ∙ February 26, 1997
On February 26, a CompuServe official was indicted for providing access to objectionable materials on the Internet. German prosecutors indicted Felix Somm, the Managing Director of CompuServe operations in Germany and Central Europe, for allegedly distributing “illegal pornography” and “other materials.” This marks the first case in which an indictment was rendered against a service…
By CODOH ∙ February 10, 1997
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell A German court has sentenced Hans-Christian Wendt, a 25 year-old journalist to one year in jail for spreading “neo-Nazi propaganda.” The court found Wendt, a member of the “Die Nationalen'' group, guilty of inciting racial hatred. In its judgment, the court used typical rhetoric branding Wendt…
By U.S. Department of State ∙ January 30, 1997
Germany The Federal Republic of Germany is a constitutional parliamentary democracy with an independent judiciary; citizens periodically choose their representatives in free and fair multiparty elections. The head of the Federal Government, the Chancellor, is elected by the lower house of Parliament. The powers of the Chancellor and of the Parliament are set forth in…
By CODOH ∙ December 12, 1996
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell A judge in Munich has ruled that Carlos Porter has violated the German law against defamation and desecration. Mr. Porter has been fined 6,000 DM for writing and distributing his revisionist analysis of the Nuremberg trials, Not Guilty at Nuremberg. The total fine amounts to 6,000…
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