Zundel Update: Appeal Denied!

zgrams at zgrams.zundelsite.org zgrams at zgrams.zundelsite.org
Mon Sep 17 18:22:57 EDT 2007


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Breaking story Š




On 12 September 2007, the German Bundesgerichtshof, a sort of appeal 
court, has rubberstamped the treason against the German People - that 
they have absolutely no right to hear the truth about their history. 
The judgment stands as Judge Meinerzhagen pronounced it shamelessly 
while sentencing Ernst Zundel:

« It is of absolutely no relevance whether the Holocaust happened or 
not.  Denying it is a punishable offense.  That is the only thing 
that matters to the Court ! »  (Source :  Berliner Tageszeitung, 2 
Feb 2007)

Five years for speaking the truth - as documented by forensic science 
- about the Holocaust !

Let it be said that the defense submissions appealing the harsh 
Mannheim sentence consisted of more than 800 carefully crafted pages 
of legal arguments.

The Bundesgerichtsamt's reply consisted of one-and-a- half pages of blah-blah !

Since I am archiving for history the many facets of this epic 
struggle between the Germans and the Jews, I thought it is 
appropriate to share with you Ernst's thoughts on having reached this 
milestone.

In a letter to a fellow activist in France, his dear friend, Dr. 
Robert Faurisson, Ernst wrote in part:


Ernst Zündel
JVA Mannheim
Herzogenriedstr. 111
68169 MANNHEIM

24 August 07

Dear Dr. Faurisson !

I know it is August and most of France is on holidays, so forgive the 
intrusion, and no need to reply. (Š)

I wanted to write one more time, because at the moment it is a bit 
like the quiet before the storm we experienced as peasants before a 
thunderstorm would hit in Summer before we could get the hay in, or 
harvest the grain, potatoes etc. !

There always was a kind of heavyness, a kind of foreboding in the 
air, and after two or three lightning strikes and sharp thunder 
clasps, the sluice gates of heaven opened up - lukewarm rain would 
fall plentifully. There would rise steam from the meadows and forests 
- and the air would smell heavenly ! Only a peasant would be able to 
appreciate what freshly-watered soil smells like !

Thus, after the stresses and the strains, the constant struggles and 
battles and cajoling of the lawyers to try to get them to undertake 
certain initiatives, now a certain calm is setting in. I was ordered 
to pack and remove my court-related documents from my cell,  A 
certain realization is setting in that the end phase is [at hand]!

The most amazing, dedicated, quietly competent lawyer [of the 
Mannheim trial] was Dr. Schaller. A delight to work with ! I had 
invited him to Canada to observe the appeal of one of my trials, 
liked him, and we remained in contact ever since. Although unwell, he 
consented to help me. I was delighted, for there is no one who takes 
the time to weigh every word, who has the enormous background 
knowledge, which is a real asset in these cases ! And he is cultured, 
with good manners. This has meant that I could draw on his knowledge 
and rely on his topics and documents, which he had assembled over a 
53-year-spanning career.

Thus justice was done to the cause before history, even if little 
justice was done to me by my detractors and persecutors, which 
usually happens in these types of cases throughout history.

There are, now that the case is before the Bundesgerichtshof, two 
more relatively simple hurdles to take : the Bundesverfassungsgericht 
and then the European Court of Human Rights.

If the finances last, we will go there, in order that NO Germans can 
say that they did not have a chance to confront and examine their 
history. That does not mean that I expect justice will be done - it 
is important historically, in the context of the German nation ! And 
Karma.

It is also important to me as a person and a son of Germany, that I 
stood the ground and did not (Š) make foul, unethical compromises in 
order to get a lesser sentence, for we say in English : « Where there 
is no accuser, there will never be a judge ».  Important issues, in 
order to be examined, need a forum.  Since normal academic forums are 
usually barred or denied to certain subjects, courtrooms are a 
substitute - a poor one but, still, they are a forum nevertheless.

I was fortunate to have understood that early enough. And I was even 
more fortunate in [having lived] in an Anglo-Saxon legal system 
dominated Canada, [in a country where] enough of the old Anglo-Saxon 
legal traditions still existed but were under assault even then by 
the graduates of Marxist dominated universities and law schools.

Thus, in the beginning I was the beneficiary of fortunate cultural 
circumstances. I understood those trends - that's why I was so 
furious at Mrs. Marshall - in that preliminary hearing in June of 
1984, to have not pulled out all stops with that guy Fried, [a 
prosecution witness,] for instance, because I realized we would never 
get a chance to grill that old German-hater again.  He, like Hilberg, 
Vrba, Urstein and others are now dead ! WE have their testimonies !

How fortunate I was to have been the instrument, to have especially 
found you, and our excentric Ditlieb, to have found a man with the 
courage of Christie - and the quiet dedication of Keltie and Barbara !

If ever there was a DREAM-TEAM, we were it !

We have a good library [in prison] with surprisingly interesting 
books on esoteric and historical topics I did not have the time to 
study in Canada. Here I read at least one or two books a week. (Š)

So you can see I will come out of prison wiser than when I came in.


With much respect. Ernst Zündel

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This just inŠ:


The Associated Press / Monday, September 17, 2007

German court rejects far-right activist Zundel's appeal against 
incitement conviction

BERLIN: A German federal court said Monday that it has rejected an 
appeal by far-right activist Ernst Zundel against his incitement 
conviction for denying the Holocaust, which resulted in a five-year 
prison sentence.

Zundel, who was deported from Canada in 2005, was convicted by a 
Mannheim court in February on 14 counts of incitement for years of 
anti-Semitic activities, including denying the Holocaust - a crime in 
Germany - in documents and on the Internet.

The court handed him the maximum five-year sentence.

The Federal Court of Justice said it had thrown out Zundel's appeal 
in a Sept. 12 ruling.

In a statement, the court also said that judges in Mannheim were 
right not to deduct time Zundel served in pre-deportation custody in 
Canada from his sentence. It said that was not formal 
"pre-extradition detention for the criminal proceedings here."

Zundel and his supporters have argued that he was a peaceful 
campaigner being denied his right to free speech. As well as Canada, 
Zundel has in the past lived in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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