ZGram - 10/1/2003 - "EZ: Prisoner of Conscience Series starts today!"

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ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

October 1, 2003

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

I am changing my strategy.  Rather than recycling articles from other 
sources on the Net that you can get on your own with a little 
digging, I am going to let Ernst speak to you directly from prison.

You will get to know Ernst Zundel as a complex, versatile, kind and 
highly sensitive activist for Truth in History who has never been the 
hateful monster the mainstream media made him out to be. 

I will do more.  On the Zundelsite, www.zundelsite.org I will 
juxtapose Ernst's forward-looking ideas and solutions to our 
problems-riddled world to the hateful voices of his enemies.  People 
will be able to see and compare who the real haters are  - and draw 
their own conclusions about what's really going on.

This ZGram is to let you know some of his thoughts on art and music 
in our Western/Christian era.  Let me just add that while Ernst has 
been fascinated by and deeply involved in the study of Christian art 
and Christian music, I would not call him, and he would not call 
himself, a "traditional" run-of-the-mill "Christian".  As in every 
other area of intellectual exploration, Ernst has his own ideas of 
what Western Christianity is and is not, what it used to be and what 
it has become, how it impacts on our Aryan psyches positively and 
negatively. 

Stick to us.  You will learn something about the nature of 
demonization for political purposes - something in which our enemies 
excel.

Here is the first installment, excerpted and edited /
Ernst Zundel in a letter to a friend and likewise politically 
demonized victim, Malcolm Ross: 


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Ernst Zundel:  Prisoner Of Conscience in Cell # 5:

Dear Malcolm, Bill and All:

Let me answer your letter of 1 August 2003 and that lovely Eagle 
Card.  I have been asking Ingrid to keep an eye open for a "Soaring 
Eagle" because the art gallery Ingrid and I were on the verge of 
opening is called SOARING EAGLES GALLERY. 

At first, Ingrid resisted the idea - but eventually, I think, just so 
I stopped lobbying her, she gave in.  Now that we have a hand-carved, 
wooden Soaring Eagle sitting proudly atop our gallery sign by a major 
highway, she agrees it looks magnificent.  That's why I want to thank 
you especially for the card, because it gives me reference material.

The Eagle is the heraldic bird of America, Germany, Austria and 
Imperial Russia.  Thus there is a bond among brother nations and a 
good starter for some interesting conversations with American 
tourists who will come to our gallery and book shop where we will 
display Ingrid's books - and some others, of course.  I also hope to 
offer CDs, tapes and videos at Soaring Eagles of the most beautiful 
hymns of Christendom sung by vocalists who have the voices of angels, 
accompanied by harps and other uplifting instruments.

I had gone to numerous Southern Gospel conventions to hear different 
vocalists in person - and tentatively had picked a girl's voice.  She 
is about 30 years old, from Wisconsin.  A beautiful voice!  I had 
also listened to some local men sing for me.  Within a week from the 
time of my arrest, I had an appointment with a small company locally 
that has state-of-the-art microphones and mixing consoles staffed by 
sound engineers.  My sudden arrest put a temporary stop to that. 
Only temporary!

This is something I wanted to do all my life - and those darned 
[Holocaust] trials sidetracked me!  Whatever might happen to me, 
wherever they ultimately ship me, I will try to produce at least some 
of the things I told you about. 

I had a fairly extensive sheet music collection, 100 to 200 hymn 
books, and a Bible collection going back almost 400 years which I had 
bought from all over the world during my travels.  They were in 
several languages, some were leather-bound.  The 1995 arson claimed 
them all!

Once I am free again, I am sure that with the help of friends I will 
put the word out to help find for me the most inspiring hymns of 
Christendom which flow nicely and can be sung easily, and we will 
cause a revolution in the Gospel Music market!  I am highly offended 
by the raucous noise which passes as modern Christian music.  I don't 
know who is responsible for it, but it is a disgrace to the 
Christians of the world!  I did not find a single tape - and I bought 
hundreds over the last ten years in Christian book-and-music stores - 
which I did not find offensive! 

"Teuflisch"  is the word for it in German!  [The word translates as 
"devilish" or "demonic"] 

I have the same beef when it comes to small, frameable Christian 
theme pictures or even images of Christian postcards, wall plaques 
etc.  There was only a small series in our local, large Christian 
book-,  poster-, postcard- and music store - and, I kid you not, it 
was a stark, black-and-white image of Christ, looking like Charles 
Manson!  It's true!  It looked so grotesque, I protested to the store 
owner.  She was incredulous!

As my "revenge", I chose a famous copper-engraving print of the 
famous German medieval engraver and artist, Albrecht Dürer.  There is 
a large original Dürer collection in the National Gallery in Ottawa. 
The title of it is, in translation, "The Consternation of Christ", 
which shows Christ with a beautifully drawn, evocative but, of 
course, pained expression wearing his crown of thorns.  I proceeded 
to hand-color copies with my brushes and airbrush, and once I get 
back, I will put them in a prime spot in my gallery!  We will start 
the counterrevolution right there - in music and art!

I also made some startling graphics with my airbrush in glorious full 
color, based on one of my very popular 1960s graphic prints - three 
ethereal crosses floating in space.  Regardless of where they ship me 
ultimately, I will produce a series of these paintings. 

If I can get released on bail and can even spend a few months still 
in freedom in Canada, I will make new masters here, have them printed 
by my contacts and have them hanging in my gallery in less than two 
months after my release - and have them marketed on the Internet to 
boot!  And that will be only for starters!

So you see - the Soaring Eagle might be caged for the moment, but my 
spirit is free!


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TO MY ZGRAM READERS AND SUPPORTERS:

HELP KICK-START THIS SERIES, MEANT AS A FUND-RAISER TO HELP FREE ERNST ZUNDEL. 

FOR ANY DONATION OF $10 or more, you will get a frameable copy of a 
sketch produced in prison.  

Checks, cash, or money order are okay.  I am working on the credit 
card situation since PayPal kicked me off after I raised $9,000 in 
just a few days for a full-page ad in a major Washington paper. 

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