Charlie Kirk
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Nous sommes Charlie

By Germar Rudolf ∙ September 13, 2025

I didn’t know Charlie Kirk. I never watched, let alone attended any of his podcasts or debates, and I have not read a single piece of his writings. In fact, until a few days ago, I didn’t even know his name. As far as I could figure out, he did not use his right to free speech to deny anyone else this essential civil liberty, or any other human right.

Freedom of speech is the core of our human existence. Our ability to exchange ideas peacefully, to have a free marketplace of ideas, where all kinds of ideas can be spread, debated, and tested, and where ultimately the best ones can prevail, is the very foundation of our civilization. It is what sets us apart from the savage animal kingdom.

The emphasis is on a peaceful exchange of ideas.

We at CODOH have a principle written out on our “About Us” page:

Our guiding principle is that freedom of speech is unlimited, as long as it does not advocate, promote, justify or condone the violation of anyone’s civil rights and right to self-determination in the past, present or future – for those who work to deny others their civil rights or right to self-determination cannot expect to have their own civil rights or and right to self-determination protected.

Murder is the ultimate violation of a person’s civil right to exist. There is no tolerance at CODOH for anyone who advocates, promotes, justifies or condones the violation of Charlie Kirk’s civil right to exist – or anyone else’s, for that matter. Or worse even, for those who perpetrate such ultimate violations. Because here at CODOH, we reject and decry any criminal action as defined by the criminal codes of the United States, for any purpose.

Learning what Charlie Kirk’s views were, I disagree with quite a few of them, but I would have fought to preserve his right to express his views – and for his right to keep existing, and thus remain a good father to his children and a good husband to his wife. My heart goes out to them. I can feel their pain.

Going forward, I would hope that more organizations adopt principles as we have at CODOH, because civility is the prerequisite for civilization.

Here is Charlie, talking about his discovery of the libertarian Austrian School of Economics:

  • Germar Rudolf was born on October 29, 1964, in Limburg, Germany. He studied chemistry at Bonn University, where he graduated in 1989 as a Diplom-Chemist, which is comparable to a U.S. PhD degree. From 1990-1993 he prepared a German PhD thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in conjunction with the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Parallel to this and in his spare time, Rudolf prepared an expert report on chemical and technical questions of the alleged gas chambers of Auschwitz, The Rudolf Report (now titled The Chemistry of Auschwitz). He conclude in it that "the alleged facilities for mass extermination at Auschwitz and Birkenau were not suited for the purpose as claimed." As a result he had to endure severe measures of persecution in subsequent years. Hence he went into British exile, where he started the small revisionist outlet Castle Hill Publishers. When Germany asked Britain to extradite Rudolf in 1999, he fled to the U.S. There he applied for political asylum, expanded his publishing activities, and in 2004 married a U.S. citizen. In 2005, the U.S. recognized Rudolf's marriage as valid and seconds later arrested and subsequently deported him back to Germany, where he was put in prison for 44 months for his scholarly writings. Some of the writings he got punished for had been published while Rudolf resided in the U.S., where his activities were and are perfectly legal. Since not a criminal under U.S. law, he managed to immigrate permanently to the U.S. in 2011, where he rejoined his U.S. citizen wife and daughter. He currently resides in Upstate New York.

    Read more about him here.

Bibliographic information about this document: Inconvenient History, 2025, Vol. 17, No. 3
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