Resistance

GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORYing our nation. Second, it is both irresponsible and ridiculous tomake the weal and woe of a nation dependent on a ‘detail of history.’What is such a state to do when it turns out that the revisionistsreally are right? Is it supposed to dissolve itself? Or is it supposed toban the study of history and to jail all historians? It is easy to seehow far from the straight and narrow such erroneous views lead:someone who pretends to wish to protect this republic through theruthless defense of the standard Holocaust tales will, in the crunch,find himself forced to undermine the actual pillars of this state,which are freedom of expression, freedom of research, teaching andscience, and an independent justice system under the rule of law. Hethus becomes not the protector of a free and democratic fundamentalorder, but its greatest threat. […]The misconception about the foundations of the free and democraticbasic order of the Federal Republic of Germany also givesrise to another danger for this order. This danger lies in the circumstancethat the advocates of this misconception also declare as enemiesof the state such people who wish no evil on this state or its citizens,or who are even prepared to serve and benefit it. These peopleare demonized merely for the reason that they hold different opinionsabout certain aspects of contemporary history. Consequently,imaginary enemies are created. By means of inciting against them,loyal citizens of the state are practically forced into the role of enemy.In other words, the process creates the very enemy it pretends tofight. This self-generated enemy is then used to justify the escalatingrestrictions on the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Germanconstitution, as described. With the increasing scientific success ofrevisionism, this forcing of basically well-meaning citizens into anunwanted enemy role must lead to social polarization which is anythingbut beneficial to the internal peace of the Federal Republic ofGermany.To protect the status and reputation of our state, therefore, it ishigh time to strive for objective scientific dialogue, and to assign tothe Holocaust the role it deserves, namely as merely one stone in themosaic of history.”181