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Ernst Zündel in a German courtroom, where
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How Associated
Press concocts its stories: An Object Lesson in
Lying Wednesday, February 17, 2010 From Ingrid Rimland - Mrs
Ernst Zündel VERY EARLY this morning I received a request
from an Associated Press reporter for some comments
on Ernst's pending release from prison. I told him
that I would answer questions if they were
submitted in writing, and if I could reply in
writing. The following exchange resulted: AP:
Why is this [Ernst Zündel's]
most dangerous phase of his life? My
response: My husband is the best-known Prisoner
of Conscience in Europe. He is highly respected
worldwide for having procured forensic and
historically documented evidence through several
headline-making trials involving expert witness
testimony that the traditional Holocaust claims
of premeditated, industrial-type genocide simply
do not check out. Nothing but nothing checks
out! Huge money and power ride on the orthodox
Holocaust story - and yet, among informed,
intelligent folks, the so-called "Holocaust" is
toast! Thanks to my husband's lifelong activism
to restore honor to his country and his people,
the Holocaust is now acknowledged widely as a
propaganda weapon. For that, he is ferociously
hated by a self-serving Holocaust Lobby. For
decades, Ernst Zündel's opponents have
tried to silence him by any means fair or foul.
He has survived three known assassination
attempts already - two by bombs and one by
arson. When those attempts failed, he was
politically kidnapped in broad daylight on
American soil for the sole purpose of silencing
his voice - we have evidence on official embassy
letterhead, for instance, that this was a
coordinated effort involving people at the
highest governmental levels in three, possibly
four, so-called "democratic" countries. I'm
asking you - what does it take to silence Ernst
Zündel for good? What does it take to pay
some punk to harm him? We fear that, at the very
least, he will be re-arrested on flimsiest
pretence and put back into prison for
life. AP:
Where does he plan to live (i.e. which
country)? My
response: We don't have any firm plans at this
time. My husband is a German citizen by birth.
He is entitled to a passport. Will he get it? We
expect huge diplomatic barriers to keep him
inside Germany where Freedom of Speech simply
doesn't exist. AP:
Is he banned from travel to the U.S. and
Canada? My
response: Not technically. He has never been
accused of any criminal involvement whatsoever
in either the US or Canada - he has not even
been accused, much less convicted, of any
so-called "hate crime." In fact, months before
he was kidnapped, the FBI investigated him and
recommended that his case be administratively
closed. All of his legal problems stemmed from
having offended the Holocaust Lobby. AP:
Are you going to be here for his release?
My
response: No, I will not set foot in Germany. It
is no secret to the sparrows in the sky that the
current German Government, to its disgrace and
shame, is utterly subservient to the Lobby. I am
the owner and webmaster of the Zündelsite,
one of the very first revisionist websites in
cyberspace. There still is a measure of Freedom
of Speech protecting me here in America, whereas
I would be risking immediate arrest if I stepped
on German soil. The Soviet Republic of Germany
is not exactly a safe place to visit for people
with unapproved views. Ask Bishop Williamson, a
British citizen. 
Within less than an hour, I received the following
write-up: Hi, thanks for the responses. I hope
you'll understand that I couldn't include
everything, but added your comments into the story
below. Allbest, Dave BERLIN (AP) --
Far-right activist Ernst Zündel will soon
be released from prison after serving his five-year
sentence for denying the Holocaust, a German
prosecutor said Wednesday. Mannheim prosecutor Andreas Grossmann
said Zündel, 70, will be released on March 1
after receiving credit for time served ahead of his
2007 trial. Zündel, author of "The Hitler We Loved and
Why," was deported from Canada in 2005. He was
convicted in February 2007 of 14 counts of inciting
hatred for years of anti-Semitic activities,
including contributing to a Web site devoted to
denying the Holocaust -- a crime in Germany. Prosecutors were able to bring charges in
Germany because the Web site was accessible there.
Zündel, who has also lived in Tennessee, and
his supporters had argued he was exercising his
right to free speech. Zündel is a German citizen so can go
wherever he wants in the country following his
release, Grossmann said, adding that he has
relatives in the Stuttgart area. Grossmann said he understood, however, that
Zündel is banned by the United States and
Canada from returning to those countries. Zündel's wife, Ingrid Zündel,
told the AP in an e-mail that he was not
technically barred from North America but that they
"expect huge diplomatic barriers to keep him inside
Germany where freedom of speech simply doesn't
exist." Born in Germany in 1939, Zündel emigrated
to Canada in 1958 and lived in Toronto and Montreal
until 2001. Canadian officials twice rejected his
attempts to obtain Canadian citizenship, and he
moved to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, until being
deported to Canada in 2003 for alleged immigration
violations. In February 2005, a Canadian judge ruled that
Zündel's activities were not only a threat to
national security, but "the international community
of nations" as well, clearing the way for his
deportation to Germany. Since his arrest, Ingrid Zündel -- who has
remained in the U.S. -- said she has been running
his Web site, so she cannot risk being present when
her husband is released. "I would be risking immediate arrest if I
stepped on German soil," she said. 
Seven
Years Behind Bars - longer than Pastor
Niemöller: Ernst Zündel will soon be
Free.
On
March 1 2010 Europe's best-known political
prisoner, Ernst Zündel, is scheduled to be
released from prison in Germany  
Our
dossier on Ernst Zündel
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