THE RUDOLF REPORT

GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORTMy report was ready for publication in spring 1992. The originaldocument prepared for the court was enlarged by numerous substantialadditions and the layout was improved. In summer 1992, the Germanpublishing houses Ullstein-Langen Müller and von Hase & Köhlershowed active interest in the project. Dr. Fleißner, head of the Ullstein-Langen Müller publishers, quickly got cold feet due to the controversialnature of the theme, despite initial agreement, but von Hase &Köhler wasted no time presenting me with a signed contract. The problemwith this contract was that it did not contain any specification as towhen the book should appear. This meant publication could have beenput off indefinitely while my hands were tied by my contractual agreement.When I pressed them to fix this they lost interest.Waiting for the DoctorSocial and legal repression was a hint that the theme was a hotone, even when it was handled in a dry, scientific manner. On the adviceof various people, I decided to postpone the publication of thedocument by a politically right-leaning publisher until after I had receivedmy PhD degree.In the European right-wing scene, the appearance of my reportwas awaited with increasing impatience throughout 1992; it was expectedthat my report would contribute decisively to a breakthrough ofhistorical revisionism.Various people began to prepare openly for the coming publication.I regarded these activities with mixed feelings and often needed topoint out that my doctorate would not be properly completed untilmany months hence.At the beginning of 1992, I reckoned that I could be in possessionof the much-desired degree in the fall. Because of the workload of mydoctoral supervisor Prof. von Schnering, however, I extended this periodseveral times. I ended waiting five more months to February,1993, until Prof. von Schnering began to proofread my dissertation.Various Distributions ActivitiesI came into conflict with German-Canadian revisionist ErnstZündel in this time, because in summer 1992, without my knowledge,he gave out copies of the report as prepared for the court in February,1992. In November, again without my knowledge, he went so far as to318