THE RUDOLF REPORT

11. HUNTING GERMAR RUDOLFdo so were continually taken away. Even the standard literature on theHolocaust was confiscated.Only those who have themselves undergone the same thing canjudge the psychological stress caused to an innocent person throughundergoing years-long criminal prosecutions. In addition to these psychicburdens, there are the legal expenses to consider. Currently, theycan be calculated only with difficulty but, loosely estimated, they mustrun into a few hundred thousand Dollars. It is clear that at the close ofthe trial against him, Rudolf was financially ruined for the foreseeablefuture—quite apart from the fact that for the foreseeable future hewould be given no chance to meet these burdens through employmentin his profession, at least not within Germany.Fourth Step: DefamationAt the close of the labor court hearing of the case against the Max-Planck-Institute, the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) published its alreadymentioned false announcement on the Rudolf Report.Rudolf not only proved that the expert opinion cited in this announcementby the dpa was wholly fabricated – the MPG distanceditself from the announcement – but also that the report based on thephantom opinion is so false that no expert in the world would embraceit. But this does not hinder the media to spread the announcement farand wide and to use it as proof of the obvious falseness of the RudolfReport. 669 In the meantime, this false press release even appeared in themedia in foreign countries. 670 Since then, Rudolf has been defamed asa right-wing radical, 671 a right-wing extremist, 672 a Neo-Nazi 673 and abrown doctoral candidate. 674 His Report is always named in quotationmarks,and characterized as hack-work 675 or merely as a “false report”.676 Unfounded accusations of xenophobia 677 are accompanied by669 See chapter 11.5.Cf. also the article “The Role of the Press in the Case of Germar Rudolf” in this collection.670 For example, in the South African newspaper The Citizen, June 24, 1995, p. 8.671 dpa news release on March 28, 1994, published in the German daily newspapers on March 29,30, 31, 1994.672 Die Welt, April 5, 1995.673 Landesschau, Südwest 3, Dec. 27, 1994; Kreiszeitung – Böblinger Bote, March 29, 1995.674 Die Zeit, April 15, 1993, p. 44.675 Stuttgarter Zeitung, Nov. 23, 1994676 Die Welt, March 29, 1994.677 Stuttgarter Zeitung, Jan. 27, 1995413