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GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORT 299
with the conviction that the Holocaust is the moral pole star of our
world-view, with respect to which everything else must be oriented.
That was my own unconscious belief until I began to question the
standard historical version of the Holocaust. When these doubts surfaced,
I was confronted with the possibility that the pole star might turn
out to be only a meteor, that everything which had been held as fundamental
truth may in reality be false.
Motivations
Here then are the reasons I have dedicated myself to revisionism:
1. Because of my upbringing, I felt bad merely for doubting. I knew
something was wrong with a society when it instills guilt-feelings
in its members simply because they dissent. The Holocaust is the
one area, and almost the only area, where one is admonished to accept
facts blindly; not to think critically. But we are taught to question
practically everything else, even that which is kept in high regard,
such as the reality of God, or sexual intimacy. We are primed
to be docile subjects and kept fearful of any transgressions with respect
to the Holocaust. That angered me then and it angers me still.
2. Because of my doubts, my entire outlook on life became unstable. I
was no longer certain what was correct or incorrect, who lied and
who told the truth. The eternal conflict of good and evil was revived
in me. The question where the truth could be found concerning
the Holocaust was so important, that I knew I could only recover
my peace of mind by finding out for myself, personally, where
the truth lay. I wanted to rid myself of uncertainty one way or the
other.
3. There is no scientific area in which those who hold dissident opinions
are persecuted more mercilessly by the “ruling order” than
that of revisionism. That is probably why most people don’t want
to touch it, and most avoid it by convincing themselves that the
subject is not relevant to current problems. But for me, this draconian
persecution is the best proof there is that this is a crucial subject,
because the powers that be regard it as most important that
nobody touches this taboo. Comprehensive and critical research in
this area is therefore very important for scientific, political and social
reasons. 567
567 See also my paper “Wissenschaft und ethische Verantwortung,” in Andreas Molau (ed.),
Opposition für Deutschland, Druffel-Verlag, Berg am Starnberger See 1995, pp. 260-288.