(No) Freedom of Expression

There is the ideal of free speech, and then there is reality: censorship, persecution, and prosecution of dissidents.

German-American Jailed for Writing Letter

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell On August 8th, the thought-police arrested a German-American human rights activist for thoughtcrime. Hans Schmidt was arrested at the Frankfurt/Main airport enroute to his home in Florida. Schmidt's crime – having written something in his newsletter, USA-Bericht / GANPAC Brief, which offended certain individuals. Hans Schmidt…

A form of collective insanity is now sweeping Germany

Germar Rudolf, the “mystery speaker” who was scheduled to address the Twelfth annual Institute for Historical Review Revisionist Conference, (Sept. 3-5, 1994), explained why he was regrettably not able to attend in the following statement, which was read to the Conference by Master of Ceremonies Greg Raven: Usually the whole audience is eager to learn…

The Censorship Trial of Ernst Zündel: 1985 (1986)

When the Bill of Rights was attached to the United States Constitution by those men responsible for founding the American Government, the ideals of freedom of conscience and political liberty were institutionalized for the citizenry in a way hardly imagined by any other people in history. Among those rights, none has proved more valuable to…

Epilogue

[Note: Ernst Gauss was a nom de plume that Germar Rudolf adopted after his persecution by the government of Germany. The political situation in Germany in 1994 resulted in Rudolf's need to hide his true identity. The following paper was part of the original German edition of Dissecting the Holocaust, and as such it was…

The Case of Walter Lüftl or

1. Introduction In Germany, in the early spring of February 1992, many Austrian and German newspaper dailies[1] reported the resignation of the President of the Federal Austrian Chamber of Engineers, Walter Lüftl, who stepped down from his prestigious position after voicing doubts about the Holocaust. Things calmed down fairly quickly in Germany, while in Austria…

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