Report on the Trial of Dirk Zimmerman (Germany)

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Below is a succinct report of a German trial which highlights the lack of basic freedoms for whites in the former West. The defendant, Dirk Zimmerman[1] — now a convicted “criminal” — sent a copy of Germar Rudolf’s[2] book, Lectures on the Holocaust,[3] (deemed “hate speech” and “Holocaust denial” by government officials and Jewish organizations), to three local public figures: the mayor of Heilbronn, Germany, one Lutheran minister, and one Catholic minister.

Zimmerman mailed the books, and then turned himself in for prosecution. He was sentenced to nine months in prison.

A Google News search turns up no reports at all about Dirk Zimmerman’s trial. Evidently the controlled media did not cover it.

Zimmerman is unusual because he has a moral core (see the link to his YouTube video clip, below). “Morality” for most people is conformity to externally imposed norms, no matter how evil they are or who imposes them. The judge and prosecutor in the case are good examples of garden-variety ”morality” in action.

Since most people are not moral, and today’s totalitarian rulers are evil, Zimmerman’s approach probably should not be attempted as a method to change society.

When Leftists occasionally tried such things it was altogether different. They had concrete power–money, media, academia, lawyers, considerable preexisting political clout, strong-arm men, etc.—backing them up. They were never twisting in the wind all alone. The odds were always carefully calculated.

Finally, it is telling that elites and governments in the former West hypocritically and moralistically condemn China and Islamic countries for censorship while engaging in blatant censorship of political, historical, and ethnic speech themselves.

Indeed, despite the vaunted First Amendment, Congress has passed [2], and the President will soon sign, a Jewish-backed federal “hate crimes” bill designed to advance the same criminal suppression of speech here.

The Dirk Zimmerman Trial (Germany)

by Markus Haverkamp

Today the long awaited trial against Dirk Zimmerman, who had sent a copy of Germar Rudolf’s Lectures on the Holocaust to the mayor of Heilbronn as well as to the Catholic and Lutheran minister of his community, took place. In short: He was tried before a magistrate’s court (Amtsgericht). The court room was absolutely packed, many visitors having to bring in chairs from other rooms in the building so that they could still get a seat. The supporters were all fabulously behaved — no laughing, sniggering, moaning, fidgeting, whispering, etc., absolutely nothing. All were well dressed. The judge — Frank Haberzettel — opened the proceedings at about 13.45. He first verified Dirk’s personal details, then the prosecutor read the indictment. The usual stuff: Rudolf’s book is full of anti-Semitism, he incites racial hatred, etc., etc. Zimmerman is endangering the public peace by distributing said book, and furthermore, Zimmerman wishes that the addressees spread this book. He demanded 9 months jail, no suspension of the sentence.

After Dirk’s defending counsel pointed out that they would not be bothering the court with motions to hear evidence, Haberzettel proceeded to question the accused. The questions were very direct:

Why had he sent the books?

Does he agree with the content of Rudolf’s book?

Has he read other, mainstream history books on WW2 history?

Why had he sent the books to these specific people?

In case he were convicted, would he continue along this path after having served the penalty for his crime? Etc., etc.

Dirk answered all questions truthfully, calmly and clearly, mainly pointing out that he doubts the veracity of the Holo story and demands the right to freedom of opinion and speech. The last question posed [would he re-offend?] was problematic, however, since Dirk was unwilling to lie. Haberzettel repeated the question numerous times, Dirk finding it difficult to answer truthfully without blowing all hope for an acquittal, yet at the same time finding it impossible to lie.

After the questions had been answered to the judge’s satisfaction, Haberzettel called in a witness — the police officer who had initially questioned Dirk. The officer told the court that Dirk agreed with the contents of the book, and that he had made a polite and decent impression on him. The statement given by the officer was interesting in that he corroborated everything Dirk had previously told the court. The witness also told the court that Dirk had crossed out the word “Deutsch” in the section of the protocol declaring the person’s nationality, and had replaced it with “Deutsches Reich.” Asked why he had done so, Dirk pointed out that “Deutsch” is an adjective and cannot correctly be used to describe nationality.

Then came the closing statements. The prosecutor highlighted the danger of denial and dissemination of such literature, referred to Rudolf’s book as a load of evil tosh, and described Dirk as a confused and twisted fanatic. The usual stuff. The defending counsel then made his final statement, saying that even though he thoroughly believes in the Holo, Dirk was a decent, polite chap who had done nothing wrong and that he must be acquitted. Finally, Dirk made his closing statement, where he showed that the prosecutor was lying when he said that Dirk asked the addressees of the book to isseminate it, something Dirk had not done, and also showed that being cast as a fanatic was absolutely ridiculous as he was only interested in freedom of speech. All in all a good, solid short speech that came from the heart.

Haberzettel then withdrew for 40 minutes to consider how to rule in this matter. At 15.35 he read out the verdict: 9 months jail, sentence will not be suspended. As reasons he stated that even though freedom of speech is granted, this does not extend to the Holo. There is no debating the Holo because it had taken place. Again the usual stuff. As for the severity of the sentence the judge pointed out that Dirk had not taken the “golden bridge” he had extended him, i.e. that Dirk had given the wrong answer to the final question: would he continue on this path in the future? Haberzettel said that Dirk’s social prognosis was indeed good, as he’s married, has two children and does not have a criminal record. And then literally: “Your criminal prognosis, however, is shocking, and I’m confident that we have not seen the last of you here.”

And that was that: for sending Rudolf’s book to three people, Dirk Zimmerman, father of two, no criminal record, in a steady job, was given nine months prison.

Notes

1. To hear Zimmerman briefly state his case, watch his four-minute video clip [3] on YouTube. The video has reportedly been posted repeatedly, only to be censored each time. Therefore, there is no guarantee that it will be online by the time you click on it.YouTube is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the powerful, quasi-monopolistic Internet giant Google, Inc., whose founders and controlling (Jewish) shareholders are billionaires Sergey Brin and Larry Page—one of whom (Brin) was born in the Soviet Union.YouTube’s “Safety Center [4]” enables anti-white monitors to alert the media powerhouse to “hateful content,” which it then removes. According to a December 2008 report [5] in the Jerusalem Post, YouTube is “officially partnered” with the Anti-Defamation League, a powerful racist organization that promotes censorship, in this effort. (See also this announcement [6] on the ADL’s website.)

2. Rudolf (born 1964), a brilliant and energetic German-born chemist and Holocaust revisionist, was deported by the United States government to Germany, where he was prosecuted for his writings and imprisoned from 2005-2009.

3. Original German edition: Vorlesungen über den Holocaust. Strittige Fragen im Kreuzverhör (Hastings, Eng.: Castle Hill Publishers, 2005).

TOQ Online, October 25, 2009