ZGram - 6/2/2003 - "Yesterday's Zundel Rally"
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ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny: Now more than ever!
June 2, 2003
Good Morning from the Zundelsite:
It was certainly nice to wake up to some good news for a change!
This just came in from Paul Fromm who sponsored and coordinated
yesterday's Zundel Rally. And this is only the beginning - trust me!
By the way, again I haven't heard from Ernst for more than three
days. It always worries me when there is silence. I hope he will
call me today.
I am keeping the write-up below intact, but I want to add a word of
caution. Paul Fromm is giving out the address of Ernst's prison.
Ernst has asked me repeatedly not to give out the prison address
since his enemies pose as his "friends" and write filthy and violent
letters which the prison authorities (and others) can use to make
life difficult for Ernst.
If you write, identify yourself clearly and refrain from
irresponsible statements. Please! It does not help to behave the
way our enemies are known to behave, and the way they would like us
to behave.
Here is an account of what happened yesterday - and if you write,
tell Paul also how much you appreciate his efforts - and support him
if you can! paul at paulfromm.com
[START]
"FREE ERNST ZUNDEL, POLITICAL PRISONER," PROTESTERS DEMAND IN TORONTO
REXDALE -- Over 50 people from across Ontario rallied today
outside the Metro West Detention Centre here to protest the continued
detention of German-born publisher Ernst Zundel. Protesters demanded
an end to secret hearings that have marked part of all his previous
detention hearings. They called for freedom for the man whom Paul
Fromm, Director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression,
labelled "a political prisoner."
The demonstration, with more than a dozen large Red Ensigns,
the flag of the old pre-New World Order Canada, snapping in the
breeze, began with the launching of a small kite. The kite, made in
the form of a Canada Goose, soared in the crisp wind and displayed
its message: "Hi Ernst."
The demonstration, organized by the Canadian Association for
Free Expression, Canada's leading free speech advocacy group, drew
supporters from other groups around Southern Ontario. Representatives
were present from the Canadian Heritage Alliance, the Northern
Alliance, the Nationalist Party, HF Niagara and the Freedom Party.
Speaking to the protesters outside the prison, Paul Fromm
reminded thanked them for being there to bear witness. "We're not
going to let this peaceful writer and thinker rot in a Canadian jail
and be mistreated," he pledged. "The eyes of the world are upon you,"
he shouted in the direction of several wary guards who stayed a good
distance away.
Fromm explained the degrading conditions the jailers had kept
Mr. Zundel in when he first arrived on May 16. His toiletries
--toothbrush, soap, towel -- were kept in the grimy hall outside his
cell. He'd have to ask for them each time he wanted to use them. "In
a place that is now shut down to all visitors because of SARS (Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome), such filthy treatment is degrading and
dangerous." Mr. Zundel was denied the use of a razor for his first
five days there: "Maybe tomorrow," he'd be told by guards. He was
allowed one phone call in the first 48 hours. For the next three
days, requests to make a call drew the standard, "Maybe tomorrow,"
answer. Most of Mr. Zundel's legal papers were also kept in the
public hall outside his cell where they had gotten wet and damaged.
He was allowed to have one sent in at a time.
On May 21, Mr. Fromm protested to prison authorities and
Minister of Public Safety and Security Bob Runciman. Conditions
improved somewhat. Mr. Zundel is now allowed more regular phone calls
and all his legal papers are now inside his cell.
Still conditions are demeaning, Fromm explained. "Mr. Zundel
is not permitted to have a pen or highlighter, despite having to mark
up and co-ordinate piles of legal documents several feet thick. All
he's allowed is a stub of pencil, like the one you'd use to mark a
bowling score."
"They're trying to break him and get him to say, 'I give up.
Send me back to Germany.' We're here to say, 'No you won't' to
Canada's corrupt political establishment and the minorities they
serve," Fromm vowed.
Wolfgang Mueller, who has done invaluable translation work in
the detention hearings, spoke briefly in German for our overseas
Internet audience. Melissa Guille, head of the London Branch of the
Canadian Heritage Alliance, also declared support for the cause of
Mr. Zundel's freedom.
"We don't care whether the press covers this protest or not,"
Fromm told cheering supporters. "We have our own media and that's the
Internet. People will see photos, video and audio of this protest
around the world by tonight," he promised.
The protest ended in a spirited rendition of "Hope" a new
song and the protest's theme led Blago Simeonov, a talented musician
from Bulgaria, whose lively song ended the protest on an upbeat note.
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Friends of free thought, Ernst Zundel really needs your help.
>
> 1. If you live abroad, write to the Canadian Embassy in your
>country and demand Zundel's release and humane treatment.
>
> 2. If you live in southern Ontario and wish to visit, call
>ahead to Security: 416-675-1806 Ext. 4220. You must be on Zundel's
>approved list. He didn't know he was supposed to submit a list of
>visitors he'd like to see. You can also get directions, when you
>call.
>
> 3. No matter where you live, why not send a card or letter to
>encourage Ernst Zundel. Write Prisoner Ernst Zundel, c/o Metro West
>Detention Centre, 111 Disco Road, Rexdale, ON., M9W 1M3.
>
> 4. We also need your financial support for Mr. Zundel's defence.
>
> We have a number of delicate colour-pencil sketches by Ernst
>Zundel done in prison. Each is dated and signed. Each is a nature
>study. Mr. Zundel has long been a paint and sketch artist. He had
>returned to his love of art before the U.S. I.N.S picked him up and
>deported him.
>.
> If you send us a cheque for $100 or more, we'll send you one
>of these collector's items, a thank you sketch by political prisoner
>Ernst Zundel.
>
> Mail your donation today to CAFE Box 332, Rexdale, ON., M9W
>5L3, Canada or e-mail us your VISA number and expiry date. On your
>cheque or an accompanying piece of paper, note: "For Zundel Defence
>Fund."
>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
With less than 36 hours warning, the protest had received
letters of support from around the world, from Australia, Germany,
England, Scotland, France, Portugal and from people in 8 U.S. States
and four provinces.
Here are brief excerpts from the support from around the world.
"Bravo, Paul. Please give my warm regards to Doug (and to Mr
and Mrs Zundel whom I've not met). 'Yours in comradeship' (as say
Brit veterans - eyewitnesses in Palestine 1945-48)" -- Michele Lady
Renouf, London, England
"The great Scottish poet, Robert Burns, once said, 'Here's
freedom to him who would speak, Here's freedom to him who would
write, For there's none ever feared that the truth should be heard,
Save he who the truth would indict.' True then as it is today. Free
Ernst Zundel, and remember, the TRUTH WILL OUT. Jim Burns, Glasgow,
Scotland.
"The Canadian governments unjust treatment of Ernst Zündel
gives rise to
great concern. It reminds me strongly at the real conditions we have in
Germany now. A small minority of zionists, organized in "Zentralrat der
Juden in Deutschland", watches carefully every spoken and written word
concerning the so called "Holocaust". According to the laws in force you
will never get the chance for a fair trial. No judge would dare to
counteract the orders of the zionist lobby. So Mr. Zundels fate would be
definitely prison for a long time without a chance to be released on
parole - thats only for criminals like murderers, drugdealers and so on.
You would be surprised to find out that there is no pardon to expect -
e.g. many eyewitness, old people of eighty and more years were sent to
prison only because they stated in written or even oral form I didn`t
hear, experience or see anything like that during the war as stated by
the many Jewish "testimonies" even if they contradict the known
principles of science. So please dear Canadians be on the watch and try
to do everything as to prevent something similiar to the real conditions
in Germany. Fight for the freedom of speech before it is too late.You
will do something real good for all those people suffering under the
present conditions. Who knows maybe the fate of Mr. Zundel will be ours
too if we dont fight agaist it in time.
All my best wishes for Mr. Zundel and his wife.
God will be with you." -- Heinz-Otto Lehmann, Wilhelmshaven - Germany
" It seems that Canada has joined the unholy Germany where there are
by now uncounted political prisoners languishing in jail for not
agreeing with the history preached since the end of the Second War.
Ernst Zuendel is held hostage without a proper reason.He is a man of
peace and it is a travesty of justice [if there is any semblance of
justice left in this country] to hold him in the most inhuman
imprisonment." -- Helmut Becker, B.C., Canada.
"This is to register my dismay that someone would be
prosecuted/persecuted for his historical research. This
prosecution/persecution must not be considered as against one man
but human kind and liberty per se. But one man is now taking the
brunt. Irnst Zundel. Is it not ironic that those who charge Zundel
are the most guilty of that which they accuse him? " -- Robert P.
Kelso Professor (Ret.) U.S.A.
"Free Zundel, the freedom fighter!
Free Canada and the world from zionazis." -- Tomasz Iwanowski,
Mississauga, Ontario
"I believe that the man Ernst and the woman, Ingrid have a vision to
see their beloved land once again freed from more insidious chains
than communism. They work tirelessly to this end.
Ernst is a dangerous man because he has ideas that could bring the
holocaust shrine to the ground, that the world would see it for the
atrocity and hollow, rotten structure that it is. They fear this,
who love and live off the shrine. They are afraid that their hatreds
and deceptions might be revealed. And they will be!
Ernst is the tool now. He is being forged in the disreputable jail
that has become his home, being honed for perhaps a larger battle, a
greater purpose, and he is not alone. We are with him. We in the
states, in Texas. We are with you, Ernst Zundel, and I personally
appreciate you. Thank you for taking such a stand. Thank you for the
spirit of freedom we all believe and need for Germany. If Germany is
freed, then we will all be freed because the ugly shrine of the
holocaust will have shattered, come down like the Iron Curtain did.
Thank you for hanging tough. We salute you." -- Diane King, Cushing,
Texas
"What in the world is going on in Canada? The Canadian
government's mistreatment of Ernst Zundel is appalling to say the
least! Mr Zundel is a pacifist who has been a victim of terrorist
attacks, not a perpetrator! The Canadian governments actions
resemble those of Stalinist Russian, rather than that of a free
democratic judicial system. You Canadians should spend your time
and energy finding and exposing the real cause to Mr Zundel's
problems than terrorizing this innocent pacifist.
The whole world is watching and your actions will speak for
future generations to see. Perhaps George Orwell was correct when
he wrote his fictional account of Big Brother - perhaps his
visionary insight was into the Canadian (and US) government being
run by the paranoid few who were compelled to suppress free
speech and the truth it exposes.
The whole world is watching!" -- Heinz H. Bartesch, San Rafael, CA
" I request that Ernst Zündel immediately be released from
unwarranted detention, because he was persecuted for his ideas. WE
ARE NOT A COMMUNIST STATE, where we can't express our mind, are we?
Mr. CODERRE MUST ACT N O W ! D O W N with PERSECUTION and
SUPPRESSION!" -- Louis Horvath 56 Hungarian Freedom Fighter.
Toronto, Ontario
" I support this courageous and decent man wholeheartedly!" -- Linda
Ashenbach, Lorain, Ohio
"Zündel is a dangerous man only because his thoughts might liberate
millions of Germans, including myself, from the self serving
assertion made by Jews called the "Holocaust". From the millions
and millions of people who died before, during and after the second
World War, only a much inflated number of Jews matter, the rest of
the victims are forgotten. Is this how you want history to be
written?
If you value free speech, the foundation of any civilized
society, then you will not want to ship Ernst Zündel to a country
like Germany where the laws in force today are still those
established over half a century ago to suit the victors, including
Soviet Russia. These laws were not made for the German people. For
example, to this day there is no "free speech" permitted for
Germans, the main reason for the efforts to send Ernst Zündel back
to the country of his birth! I am also appalled at the way the
Canadian government and some of its agencies have treated one of its
own long-term residents. Ernst Zündel has never harmed anyone!
Ernst Zündel has no criminal record! Ernst Zündel has never been a
burden to the Canadian taxpayers! Ernst Zündel is a good man! He
was also a devoted husband and family man! Please make every
effort to free Ernst Zündel. He is already a 64 years old and may
not have many more years left. Please enable him to go home to his
loving wife in the foot hills of the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee
and allow him to live out the rest his years in peace." --
Friedrich Adam Fayetteville, GA
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Pictures of the rally are now online. ALSO, about 15 minutes of
video and 18 minutes of audio are on-line, which people can download
and see how the protest went.
http://www.zundelsite.org/zundel_persecuted/mwdc_rally_pictures.html
Please spread the word so people can go and see the largest "Free
Zundel" protest yet!
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