Protection of the Constitution report 1996
1. Definition and function of Revisionismus
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Moral
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The Revisionismus draws a Geschichtsbild of the National socialism, the research scientific by the acknowledged results over the time of the Third Reich deviates. It deals with politically motivated attempts, to relieve the Ns - regime of his moral debt to say nothing of to absolve completely. Distinguished becomes between a more narrow and further understanding of Revisionismus: More last includes all rechtsextremistischen attempts of the excuse and Verharmlosung of the historic National socialism - from the Leugnung of the debt at the outbreak of the secondary of World War over relativizing comparisons between the Ns - crimes and the procedure of the allies in certained cases (e.g. - " Auschwitz and Dresden " -) to there for the one-sided Hervorhebung of alleged performances of the Third Reich (e.g. building the car -
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Beside the striven for moral discharge of the historic National socialism the Revisionismus within the rechtsextremistischen of warehouse comes up to the function a thematic Bindeglieds between the different directions. With it the split rechtsextremistische can be brought scene at least partially in inhaltliche match.
2. Revisionistische propaganda in the further sense
Revisionistische contributions are found in the most different rechtsextremistischen publications. So it is called about in the organ of the country association Thuringia it - " Nationaldemokratischen party of Germany " - (NPD):
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Propaganda against
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- " The exclusive responsibility thesis against Germany is a political propaganda fairy tale and no historic truth. " -
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In the quarter magazine - " Germany in history and present " - is held responsible Poland for the outbreak of the secondary of World War:
- " On the contrary is known, that polnischerseits consisted a prurience in German country already long before the secondary World War. (...) The Polish expansion was prepared therefore by long hand and joined with German hate. " -
(- " Germany in history and present " - 2/96, S.26)
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Relativierung
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An event, which is procured always for the Relativierung of German war crimes, is the air raid on Dresden at the 13./14.Februar 1945. In it - " Germans weeks - Zeitung/Deutscher indicators " - (DWZ/DA) sounded a headline to this theme: - " Dresden -kein summits of the inhumanity? - The Holocaust at the German Kulturmetropolë38 ). Here an identification was undertaken in the choice of words explicit with the mass destruction of the Jews. |
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Topic:
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Publications formed a thematic emphasis on the occasion of the 50.Jahrestages the at the 1.Oktober 1946 terminated Nuremberg main war criminal process. To it it belonged about
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Revisionistische drives |
Right-wing extremists used revisionistische themes also for their drives. So the earlier attorney and former Rechtsterrorist sprayed Manfred ROEDER(67) at the 9.Juni in Erfurt the panels of the wandering display - " war of extermination - crime of the armed forces 1941 to 1944 " - with the words - " lie " - and - " rush " -. He/it was condemned by the district court Erfurt to 4.500DM fine. The judgment is not yet final. At the 22./23.Juni ROEDER published in different regional newspapers in Hesse and Thuringia indications with the headline - " 95 thesises to the Lutherjahr " -. Therein he/it turned against an exclusive responsibility of the German to the secondary World War and against alleged attempts, to burden the German people through - " Geschichtsmanipulation " - for all times a collective compunction. |
ROEDER is since end 1995 again strengthens publicly actively and appeared more frequently than speakers at events rechtsextremistischer organizations. Them 1971 by him/it founded - " Germans citizens action e.V. " - (DBI) accomplishes annually in Schwarzenborn (Hesse) a - " Freundestreffen " - and publishes regularly the publications - " German of year sages " - and - " Germans citizens action e.V. - worldwide " -.
3. Revisionistische propaganda in the more narrow sense
3.1 Dissemination in the inland
Since the Leugnung is criminal the Holocaust in Germany, right-wing extremists hold back here with corresponding public remarks.
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Leugnung
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The explicit Leugnung the Holocaust resulted frequently in anonymous writings at persons of the public life and at private or public arrangements. In a leaflet with the headline - " Wiesenthal as liars exposes! " - become with remarks like - " However caution of German! The Jews lie further! " - both Simon Wiesenthal, the Nazifunktionären former because of his engagement at the search after as concept of the enemy of the right-wing extremists counts, as well as the entirety of the Jews verunglimpft42 ). |
Because of the Leugnung the Holocaust were condemned among others following Revisionisten:
Prison term for WALENDY |
The rechtsextremistische publishers Udo WALENDY (69) was condemned at the 17. Mai by the district court Bielefeld because of incitement in four outputs of his meanwhile discontinued font series - " historics facts " - to a prison term of 15 Monaten without proof. The judgment is not yet final. | |
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High fine for GRABERT |
The publisher Wigbert GRABERT(55) was condemned at the 15.Juni because of incitement, offense and defamation of the memory of deceaseds by the district court Tübingen to a fine in an amount of 30.000DM (vgl. Kap.VI, Nr.1). |
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3.2 Activities of Holocaust-Leugnern in the foreign countries
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ZÜNDEL |
Propagandist worldwide leading revision Is is the German living in Toronto (Canada) gravity ZÜNDEL(57). To his Unterstützerkreis living deutschstämmige belong in Canada emigrants as well as political friends in Germany and other countries. These persons functions as multipliers for ZÜNDELs body of thought and support him/it with donations. ZÜNDEL is initiator the pseudowissenschaftlichen - " candlestick - Reports " -, which counts in the revisionistischen propaganda as - " evidence " - against the Holocaust. Over his - " Samisdat Publishers Ltd. " - -Verlag spreads he/it for many years rechtsextremistisches propaganda material. Constant themes are -neben the Leugnung the Holocaust - the war question of guilt, which Relativierung of German war crimes and them - " Umerziehung " - the German after the end of the secondary of World War. ZÜNDEL disposes of international links, e.g. to the organization - " Vrij Historically Onderzoek " - (V.H.O.), which ships from Berchem (Belgium) revisionistische books and video cassettes in different languages. |
ZÜNDEL publishes monthly it in German language appearing - " Germania - circular " - and ships books, pamphlets and other prints. Increasingly he/it uses also the Internet for the dissemination his revisionistischen propaganda, whereby the receiver circle has enlarged itself considerably. On ZÜNDELs Homepage in the Internet becomes among others it - " candlestick - Report " - and that - " Rudolf - expert opinion " - the Revisionisten Germar SCHEERER (s.u.) offered. In that in it - " Zündelsite " - discontinued essay the American Revisionisten marks WEBER(45) to the theme - " Auschwitz - myths and facts " - is called it among others:
- " Them ' revisionistischen' scientists do not contest, that a large amount of Jews was deported in the warehouse and that many died (...). The forcing proofs, which present them/it/her, show however, that Auschwitz was no destruction - center and that the history of mass homicides is in ' Gaskammern' a myth. " -
If Septembers end indicated the Bundesprüfstelle for jugendgefährdende fonts the Homepage - pages ZÜNDELs, on which the Holocaust is denied (vgl. Kap.X, Nr.2).
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OCHENSBERGER
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The Austrian revision Is Walter OCHENSBERGER(55) publishes since January beside his publication - " Top Secret " - also the revisionistische font - " Phoenix " -, which is shipped in the meantime again by Austria from to Germany.
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3.3 - " freedom of opinion - campaign " -
Followers the Revisionismus took them in Germany because of Leugnung the Holocaust resulted Beschlagnahmungen, indexs and convictions to the occasion for one - " freedom of opinion - campaign " -. You/They suggested, here am put a basic right to the disposition. Simultaneously they tried, which rechtsextremistischen to hide background of their activities. With their demand after backup it in the Constitutional Law anchor opinion - and science freedom pursued them/it/her the goal, not to win over a themenorientierte union strategy also - rechtsextremistische persons for their goals. Right-wing extremists gerierten itself thus as trues more democratically and more constitutionally achievements, to be able to step out from their social and political isolation.
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- " appeal it 100 " -
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The rechtsextremistische - " company for frees journalism e.V. " - (GFP) published e.g. in their Mitteilungsblatt - " free forum " - Nr.2/96 one - " explanation to the press - and freedom of opinion " -, which had been dismissed on their year general meeting at the 19.April. Therein the German justice is reproached, to go ahead against the agents of critical opinions to the contemporary history and the opinion -, to limit research - and freedom of instruction. At the 17.Mai a textgleicher appeared as indication in a large daily - " appeal it 100 - The freedom of opinion is in danger! " - and at the 19.Juli in a further daily an identical text - " appeal it 500 " -. Beside rechtsextremistischen academicians and journalists dealt it with the signers of these appeal majority with persons, who had appeared up to now not through rechtsextremistische remarks. |
Protection of the Constitution report 1996