Free Speech Zundel Protest Demonstration in Front of German Embassy in Sweden

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Free Speech Zundel Protest Demonstration in Front of German Embassy in Sweden


On Saturday the 7th of July Nationalsocialistisk front (NSF), 
"National Socialist Front", held a protest demonstration outside the 
German embassy in Stockholm, demanding the release of historian and 
publicist Ernst Zündel. Ernst Zündel is imprisoned in Germany where 
he's serving a 5-year sentence, which was also preceded by 4 years in 
custody while waiting for his trial.* The crime committed justifying 
such a harsh punishment is Ernst Zündel having published books 
presenting new scientific evidence regarding certain events of the 
Second World War.**

Despite bad weather and oppression from the police, the demonstration 
assembled just under 200 friends of free speech.

By 2pm the procession of demonstrators began marching, lined up in 
columns with banners in the front, from the gathering point at 
Östermalmstorg towards the German embassy, with chorus shouting "FREE 
ZÜNDEL - MARTYR FOR THE TRUTH". Many curious pedestrians stopped 
along the route to watch the march.

When arriving outside the German embassy the police had sealed off 
the area with a fence and a large number of police where present. The 
standard-bearers lined up before the fence, while a public address 
system was set up, making sure no one in the vicinity would miss what 
was going on.

Three international representants were present during the 
demonstration, from Denmarks National Socialist Movement (DNSB), 
Nordisches Hilfswerk, and Russian National Unity (RNU). Together with 
leaders from NSF they walked past the police fence, to deliver a 
written protest to the German Embassy, demanding Ernst Zündels 
release.

The first speaker to then adress the public was Daniel Höglund, from 
Nationalsocialistisk front (NSF). Daniel spoke of how the Swedish 
"hate speech" law is used only to silence the national opposition in 
Sweden and the many juridical outrages Ernst Zündel suffered from 
American, Canadian and German goverments. He also spoke about how 
historical revisionism gains more and more influence despite the 
authorities witch-hunt on those who dare speak the truth.

Next was the representative from DNSB, Torben Have, who described how 
a certain ethnic group always seems to stand above laws which apply 
to other ethnic groups. He also spoke about how this same ethnic 
minority controls a disproportionate part of the media in the western 
world.

The last speecher was Stephan Günther, from Nordisches Hilfswerk in 
Germany, an organisation that's working to strengthen the bonds 
between German and Nordic nationalists. Günther spoke about the 
extremely difficult situation German nationalist are presented with, 
and described how the authorities through juridical terror and 
persecution are trying to silence the growing national opposition.

The demonstration marked the end of a campaign called "Free Speech is 
threatened" that NSF has held since three months back. During the 
campaign close to 400 000 leaflets have been spread all around Sweden 
and public meetings have been held, all to enlighten the masses of 
how so-called "free speech" [is manifested] in reality, and how the 
democratic government persecutes and imprisons nationalists who do 
not conform to the opinion approved by the state.

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Letter to the Embassy of Germany (in German):
http://www.den-svenske.com/txt/EEluuFVuVlUyljZVEF.shtml

Read more about the campaign: http://www.nsf-frihet.org/english.asp

See the campaign site:
http://www.nsf-frihet.org

[Note:  This press release has been very slightly edited for grammar.

*  This is a mistake.  Ernst Zundel has been sentenced for five 
years, in addition to the two years served in a Canadian prison/

** He did not publish "books".  He published a booklet, written by 
one Richard Harwood, titled "Did Six Million Really Die?" and a 
4-page pamphlet Ernst himself authored, called "The West, War, and 
Islam."  These two publications unleashed a legal persecution now 
well into its third decade which, in the last four years alone, has 
landed him in five prisons on two continents.]