***An Interim Message from the World's Most Politically Incorrect Couple***

[irimland@zundelsite.org]

********* An Interim Message from the Zundelsite**********

Message to all good people on the Right - and even some good people 
on the Left - from the world's most Politically Incorrect Couple:

February 13, 2003

Here is the background on the brutal arrest and detention of my 
husband, Ernst Zundel, on a minor immigration violation by agents of 
the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) and local Law 
Enforcement.  Specifically, Ernst is said to have missed an 
immigration hearing in the spring of 2001.  All the relevant 
information about this arrest - I call it a law enforcement 
kidnapping! - is on my website, http://www.zundelsite.org 

My husband is presently in jail, about to be deported to his native 
Germany.  There are many things I could say - but most importantly, 
good people need to coalesce for public action and awareness.

I would like you to publicize this story in any way you can.  I would 
like you to do it responsibly and courteously.  It is not in our 
interest to conduct ourselves in such a way as to create a negative 
image of who we are and what we do.  We leave that to our enemies.

I am encountering resistance at every government level to find out 
what happened and where to register our outrage.  I was trying to 
find out who gave the order for Ernst's arrest and have not been able 
to get a reply.   Right now, this is the most important task. 
Neither my husband, nor I, nor local law enforcement officials have a 
copy of the warrant of Ernst's Arrest!

As you contact media, government representatives, public action 
groups, immigration officials, Free Speech advocates etc., please ask 
the following questions and send me your feedback at 
irimland@zundelsite.org

Please familiarize yourself with both the content and the sequence of 
what happened - so that you can respond in an informed and 
responsible way.

We are working on several strategies.  I was told two days ago by a 
very nasty person in the Memphis INS office that Ernst will be 
deported "just as soon as Germany will take him".

Therefore, publicity about this case NOW is CRUCIAL!

The most urgent questions to be asked are:

*     Who ordered this arrest?  Who signed the arrest warrant?  Who 
signed the deportation order?

*     Is it customary to arrest a person on an alleged minor 
immigration violation by five (!) agents?

*     What are the procedures to prevent deportation to Germany where 
Ernst would be convicted and imprisoned?  What are the steps?  Who 
should we contact? 

*     What happened to the First Amendment guarantee?  Are people in 
America still free to speak their conscience?

Some contacts and links are given below:


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Background Information on the arrest of my husband, Ernst Zundel
From:  Ingrid Rimland Zundel, Ed.D.

February 13, 2003

Ernst Zundel is a globally known activist speaking on behalf of the 
maligned and vilified World War II German generation, insisting on 
fairness and historical truth.  His enemies - and he has many!  like 
to call him nasty names - a mild one being "Holocaust denier." 

Ernst has battled the Holocaust Lobby for decades and is the man 
responsible for the "Leuchter Report" - a scientific report based on 
a forensic investigation of Auschwitz that puts an end to the claim 
that "...the Germans gassed six million Jews." 

Ernst has very powerful and money-loaded enemies.  He has survived 
three documented assassination attempts - an arson (1995) and two 
parcel bombs (1984 and 1995).  In all three cases, Jewish individuals 
or groups have taken credit for these terrorist acts.

Ernst is a lifelong pacifist who scrupulously obeys the law.  He has 
lived in Canada since the age of 19 and in the USA for the past three 
years.

Ernst is a German national.  He applied for Canadian citizenship 
twice, which was twice denied.  He was not given any reason.  This 
means that he is still a German citizen. 

In Germany, "Holocaust Denial" is against the law.  You can get up to 
five years in prison for "... defaming the memory of the dead." Many 
people are in prison for "Holocaust Denial" and thousands have been 
prosecuted.  There is a vicious law in Germany that prevents people 
from presenting the facts or even speaking of facts as they know them 
and have checked them out. 

I know that this latest arrest is meant to deport Ernst to Germany on 
a technicality where he will be charged, sentenced and imprisoned 
without being allowed a defense.  Even witnesses and attorneys are 
charged and punished for aiding a defendant charged with "Holocaust 
denial". 

Once Ernst is convicted and imprisoned, somebody will make sure the 
key is thrown away. 

I fear that even worse could happen and that his very life will be in jeopardy.

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I am a naturalized US citizen of German background.  I met Ernst in 
1994 and we married in January of 2000.  We purchased a home in 
Tennessee and have lived here quietly since the summer of 2000, 
trying to build a new life for ourselves.  Ernst left Canada only 
after a Human Rights Tribunal ruled that "...Truth is not a defence." 

After we married, we applied for permanent resident status for Ernst 
in the summer of 2000.  From the beginning, we engaged an 
experienced, knowledgeable immigration attorney who carefully 
followed procedures.  Given my husband's high profile, it was and is 
in our interest to cooperate with INS authorities in any way we can. 

We have lived at the same address for more than two years.   My 
husband has an American Social Security Number, a Tennessee driver's 
licence, and a work permit.  He has been immunized and fingerprinted, 
as requested by INS rules. 

We were told that the next step would be a personal hearing before an 
immigration judge, but that this could take as long as 36 months. 

In May of 2001, we received a request for an immigration hearing. 
Our attorney could not make it, and he requested a re-scheduling.  A 
copy of this request exists.  It is dated May 23, 2001.

At the time, our attorney wrote to INS: 

"I am in receipt of your appointment letter for the interview 
concerning the application for Adjustment of Status of Mr. Zundel. 
Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend this service and am 
requesting that it be rescheduled...my schedule conflict(s) and I am 
respectfully requesting rescheduling of this appointment."

There was no reply from INS. 

Our attorney wrote again on May 6, 2002, one year later, this time 
sending the letter certified.  I have a copy of this letter and a 
copy the return receipt;  the original is kept at our attorney's 
office.

This time, our lawyer wrote:

"Please be so kind as to reschedule the interview that was cancelled 
last year on June 12, 2001.  It has been quite some time and surely 
this matter can be advanced for personal interview."

Again, there was no reply from INS.

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My husband and I were not overly concerned, since we had been told 
that procedures could take as long as 36 months.  We simply awaited 
instructions.

Last Wednesday, February 5, 2003, two law enforcement officials and 
three INS agents showed up and bullied Ernst to sign a document that 
stated that he agreed to be deported.  I only found out later what 
kind of document it was.  It was a deportation order, "...signed and 
sealed and unappealable."  Yesterday, I learned that this letter was 
not dated, and that the date was added after the arrest. 

Ernst asked what would happen if he did not sign this document. 

He was told:  "Then we'll arrest you." 

"And if I sign the document?"

The answer was:  "Either way.  We are here to arrest you."

I stood next to him.  I don't know if he signed this paper or if he 
just noted that he was under duress and protested the manner in which 
this violation of his rights as a man married for three years to a US 
citizen was handled. 

The agents asked him to empty his pockets and lean against a truck to 
be frisked, as though he were a common criminal.  Next they put 
handcuffs on him and took him away. 

Media reports now tell me that he was arrested because he "overstayed 
his visa."  That is not the original reason given to us verbally at 
the time of the arrest.  We believe that our enemies are switching 
tactics, now that they realize a paper trail of our cooperation with 
INS exists.

To this day, I have not been given any copies of any documents of any 
kind or written justification for this arrest.  No one from either 
the INS has called me and told me what will happen next.   I feel 
that what happened to my husband was akin to a kidnapping with the 
assistance of the law.

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With much difficulty and many runarounds I finally found out that 
Ernst is being held in the detension facility in Blount County, a 
jail that is located about an hour from where I live.  Ernst has 
since been able to call me once a day.  No one has contacted him or 
told him directly what would happen next, not even his immigration 
attorney.  I must assume that roadblocks are being put in his way. 

I was allowed to see Ernst once, last Saturday, after unbelievable 
obstacles and many unnecessary bureaucratic hassles.  I believe that 
my husband is being given the "Diesel Treatment" within the prison 
facility itself whereby he is moved from unit to unit so that his 
visiting hours get cancelled, postponed or mixed up in administrative 
procedures. 

I don't know what will happen next.  A spokesperson in the Louisiana 
Regional INS office - I believe her name is spelled "Maow" - told 
reporters that, "in layman's terms, Ernst Zundel is out of legal 
immigration status", that he "might" get a hearing before a judge "if 
it is appropriate", and that "he could be removed without going to a 
judge."

That is an ominous statement! 

Because of my husband's high political profile and the enormous power 
of the Holocaust Lobby in America, I fear that his enemies plan to 
whisk him out of the country to Germany just as fast as they can.

If they succeed, a conviction for "Holocaust denial" in Germany is a 
foregone conclusion. 

What does that mean?  As a German national, not only would he get 5 
years in jail, he would be prevented from returning to America for 
ten years because he would have a "criminal" record for Holocaust 
denial!

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Please do all you can!  Remember that faxes and letters are more 
powerful than e-mail.

If you can send financial help, please do.  Go  to www.zundelsite.org 
for instructions.

I am providing a few internet links for a start.  If you search, you 
will find many others.  Please be creative and do all I can - but 
again I ask you to conduct yourselves in such a fashion as to bring 
credit to our cause. 

Here are some links and numbers:

*     Michael Garcia, US Immigration Commissioner
Phone number is 202-514-1900
Fax number is 202-307-9911 
(This is probably the most important number at this time.)

*     Immigration and Naturalization Service - general contacts
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm

*     Senate Directory
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

*     Congressional Directory
http://capwiz.com/nea/dbq/officials/directory/directory.dbq?command=congdir

A good start for getting responsible media and action groups involved is

*     http://www.infowars.com/
*     columnists at http://www.antiwar.com/
*     First Amendment Cyber Tribune at http://w3.trib.com/FACT/
*     http://www.thornwalker.com:16080/ditch/

GOOD LUCK!  LET'S GIVE IT OUR ALL!

And thank you very much!