THE RUDOLF REPORT

11. HUNTING GERMAR RUDOLF11.4. Rudolf’s Thought ‘Crimes’11.4.1. The First Crime: Remer’s CommentaryReprinted below is the commentary of retired Major General OttoErnst Remer, which he included in his version of the Rudolf expertreport, as it was printed on pages 109a to 114 of the court decisionagainst Germar Rudolf. 573 After reading this chapter 11 so far, readersshould be in a position to judge whether this commentary was sufficientcause to sentence expert witness Germar Rudolf to 14 months’loss of freedom, had he been the author of the commentary, which hewas not, though the Great State Security Chamber of the District Courtof Stuttgart disregarded the evidence and said he was the author.On Jan. 19, 1996, the German Attorney General demanded thatGermar Rudolf should spend 14 months behind bars for nothing otherthan this commentary. The German Federal Supreme Court concurredwith this demand in a decision on March 7, 1996 (ref.: 1 StR 18/96).In addition to these judicial issues, there were other problems withRemer’s commentary. In his preface printed on the inside front cover,under the caption “To all friends, countrymen ...” he attacked our leadingpoliticians, media people and jurists harshly with the words,“These liars need to be driven from their spoils fortresses”. At thesame time, Remer mailed this version to exactly these leading politicians,media people and jurists. It is certain that to send such a piece ofwriting to these leading politicians, media people and jurists was entirelyuseless—though it must have cost many thousand DM.Remer attached a comprehensive five-page article on the October1992 trial, in which Remer himself had been sentenced to a 22 monthsprison term for denying the Holocaust and other things. This articlewas written by a close friend of Remer who had attended Remer’s trial.It basically summarizes the major events of this trials, like a descriptionof various pieces of evidence presented by the two defense lawyers,their rejection by the court, and the final pleadings of the publicprosecutor and Remer’s defence attorneys. The Rudolf Report had573 For this version, the text of Remer’s comments were retyped, trying to keep the layout asclose to the original as possible. The original German version of this is available online atwww.vho.org/D/Kardinal/Remer.html.345