THE RUDOLF REPORT

GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORT11.3. Flaws of a State Under the Rule of LawIntroductionWhere politics and the Zeitgeist exert heavy pressure on justice,one must expect that unjust judgments will be handed down on purpose.For this there is no need either for a state with a constitutionwhich is openly contrary to the rule of law or a condition similar tocivil war. 1 With respect to normal prosecutions of criminals, the legalprocedures of nations observing the rule of law and those not observingthe rule of law are similar. Only in politically motivated prosecutionswill it show whether or not judges follow the rule of law, that is,whether they can be forced by trial procedures not to deviate fromthem. For some time there has been a discussion as to how far thecharacter of the Federal Republic of Germany as a nation observing therule of law has been endangered by certain phenomena of the Zeitgeist.One case in particular caused severe accusations from many sidesof the German society so that the political distortions within the Germanlegal system have indeed reached such a degree that even legalexperts are seriously troubled: In 1991, Günter Deckert, then leader ofthe German nationalistic party NPD (Nationaldemokratische ParteiDeutschlands), organized a convention where Fred. A. Leuchter, a U.S.expert for execution technologies, lectured about his technical andchemical research regarding the alleged ‘gas chambers’ of Auschwitz.Deckert translated his speech for the audience into German. He wassubsequently prosecuted for this and eventually sentenced to 12months on probation. Following a huge media-outcry and massive interventionof national as well as international politicians, Deckert wasput on trial again—at a different court with different judges—and sentencedto two years without probation. His first judge Dr. Rainer Orletwas threatened to be prosecuted for violating the law—his sentencewas considered to have been too mild—but was eventually only forcedto retire. 560 Deckert’s publication about this affair, 561 together with560 See G. Herzogenrath-Amelung: “Gutachten im Asylverfahren von Germar Rudolf”, VffG, 6(2)(2002), pp. 176-190, here pp. 180-182 (online: www.vho.org/VffG/2002/2/Amelung176-190.html).561 Günther Anntohn, Henri Roques, Der Fall Günter Deckert, DAGD/Germania Verlag, Wein-330