Resistance

GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORYCriterion1. Peaceful dissent, peacefully presented(esp. no justification or advocationof violations of civil rights ofothers)2. Not punishable in the vast majorityof nationsDefinition of a Political PrisonerGiven (unlike RAF)Germar RudolfNot punishable in 195 of 205 countries (unlikeRAF)3. Support by civil rights organizations ISHR, Uomo e Libertá4. Statements of solidarity fromstrangers (correspondence, visits, interventionsat authorities, demonstrations)5. Governmental attempts to suppresssuch statements of solidarity6. Statements of solidarity by prominentindividuals7. Statements of solidarity or criticismagainst prosecution by media & politicians,especially abroadAll four givenBan of demonstrations; negative socialprognosis due to contactsProfessors in support of asylum; criticismagainst prosecution of opponents (Aly, Hilberg,Lipstadt, Finkelstein)• Muslim world• England (Index on Censorship, Guardian)• Media in general in non-persecuting countries• German media8. Restricted right to a defense • self-evidence = ban of evidence• Prosecution of defense lawyers9. Persecuting nation’s refusal to recognizepolitical prisoners despite theGiven, in contrast to Czarist Russia 131above features10. Worse treatment than regular inmatesmany;automatic negative assessment ofZündel in Canada; non-recognition in Ger-defendant’s character, negative social prognosis,no early release on parole, securitymeasures (incl. fetters); punishment as “socialprophylaxis.” 132political prisoners, and the right column indicates whether and to whatdegree these criteria apply to me or to revisionists in general.The first criterion is at the same time the most important. Underpeaceful dissent I understand foremost that no unlawful violation ofcivil rights of others is justified or advocated. In my view this is the onlyreally essential requirement for a legitimate expression of an opinion,while pornography, depictions of violence, vituperation etc. are not dis-131 Cf. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago, vol. 1, Collins & Harvill, London 1974,pp. 457-459, 499f.132 Quote from A. Solzhenitsyn, ibid., p. 42.110