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NOAM CHOMSKY
the Gayssot Act and the release from prison of Vincent Reynouard!
The petition demanding the repeal of the Gayssot Act and the release from prison of the revisionist Vincent
Reynouard, launched on the Internet on August 6 at the initiative of the historian Paul
http://abrogeonslaloigayssot.blogspot.com
signature of the American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky.
"I understand that Vincent Reynouard has been condemned and jailed unde
is being circulated in protest against these actions
statement of September 5. Mr Chomsky had been in France last spring for a conference at the College de F
and various other events.
"I know nothing about Mr. Reynouard, but regard the Gayssot law as entirely illegitimate, inconsistent with the
basic principles of a free society as these have been understood since the Enlightenment
Chomsky pointed out that "this law in effect grants the state the right to determine historical truth and to punish
departure from its edicts, a principle reminiscent of the dark days of Stalinism and Nazism
Mr Chomsky ended his statement by lending his suppor
would like to register my support for the petition protesting the application of this law
any) case”.
Passed on July 13, 1990, the Gayssot Act forbids the "disputing (...) of the
against humanity as defined by Article 6 of the charter of the international military tribunal [known as that of
Nuremberg], annexed to the London Agreement of 8 August 1945. "
In 2007 the revisionist Vincent Reynouard, fath
to a year in prison for having written a 16
(Holocaust? Here’s what’s being hidden from you…) The following year that sentence wa
Appeal in Colmar, which also imposed a fine and damages amounting to a total of 60,000 euros. Mr Reynouard is
currently detained in the prison of Valenciennes.
Amongst the first of those to sign
Reynouard’s ideas but merely defend his right to express them, are:
Paul-Eric Blanrue, historian (France / Italy); Jean Bricmont, professor of physics at the
essayist (Brussels); Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala, humorist (Paris); John Bastardi Daumont, barrister (Nice); Chris Laffaille, writer,
journalist, former deputy editor of Paris Match
Vaquette, artist (Paris); Jean-Guy Allard, journalist, writer (Havana); Patrick Berger, doctor of physics, Université de Paris
Créteil, president of the Circle Zététique (Paris); Marco Pietteur, editor (Belgium); Bruno Roy
Napoleon: l’Enigme de l’Exumé de Sainte-Hélène
the nickname "Père Chat” (Paris); Jean-Claude Manifacier, professor, Université des Sciences de Montpellier (France); Alain
Marliac, honorary research director at the IRD, doctor of prehistory ; Max Cabantous, lecturer emeritus, Université de
Montpellier III (France); Michel Bizouard, honorary professor at the Université de Bourgogne (Jambles, France); Laurent James
writer (Marseille); Rashid Shahin, writer an
Géraldine Hilaire, actress (Chilly-Mazarin, France); Daniel McGowan, professor emeritus, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
(Geneva, New York); Syed A R Zaidi, professor of phi
economist (Egypt); George Salzman, professor emeritus of theoretical physics, University of Massachusetts (Boston); Caroline
Henaff, journalist (Paris); Diana Johnstone, journalist (Par
Marc Laudelout, director of the Bulletin Célinien
(Paris); Franck Abed, writer, essayist (Val d'Oise, France);
author (Toulon, France); Koffi Cadjehoun, writer (Nancy),...
The full list of signatories, including to date over a thousand names, will be put online by the end of this year on the webs
http://abrogeonslaloigayssot.blogspot.com
http://sarkozyisraeletlesjuifs.blogspot.com/
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___________________________________________________________________________Jean Bricmont and Mr Paul-Éric Blanrue September 8, 2010
NOAM CHOMSKY supports the petition for the repeal of
and the release from prison of Vincent Reynouard!
The petition demanding the repeal of the Gayssot Act and the release from prison of the revisionist Vincent
Reynouard, launched on the Internet on August 6 at the initiative of the historian Paul
http://abrogeonslaloigayssot.blogspot.com has now received some noteworthy support indeed with the
signature of the American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky.
Vincent Reynouard has been condemned and jailed under the Gayssot law, and that a petition
protest against these actions," wrote the tireless defender of freedom of expression in a
statement of September 5. Mr Chomsky had been in France last spring for a conference at the College de F
know nothing about Mr. Reynouard, but regard the Gayssot law as entirely illegitimate, inconsistent with the
basic principles of a free society as these have been understood since the Enlightenment
law in effect grants the state the right to determine historical truth and to punish
departure from its edicts, a principle reminiscent of the dark days of Stalinism and Nazism
Mr Chomsky ended his statement by lending his support to French historian Blanrue’s initiative:
would like to register my support for the petition protesting the application of this law
Passed on July 13, 1990, the Gayssot Act forbids the "disputing (...) of the existence of one or more crimes
against humanity as defined by Article 6 of the charter of the international military tribunal [known as that of
Nuremberg], annexed to the London Agreement of 8 August 1945. "
In 2007 the revisionist Vincent Reynouard, father of eight children, was sentenced by a court in Saverne (Alsace)
to a year in prison for having written a 16-page pamphlet entitled Holocauste ? Ce que l’on vous cache…
(Holocaust? Here’s what’s being hidden from you…) The following year that sentence wa
Appeal in Colmar, which also imposed a fine and damages amounting to a total of 60,000 euros. Mr Reynouard is
currently detained in the prison of Valenciennes.
first of those to sign the petition, who, let us recall, do not, in so doing, support Vincent
Reynouard’s ideas but merely defend his right to express them, are:
Eric Blanrue, historian (France / Italy); Jean Bricmont, professor of physics at the Université Catholique
nné M'Bala M'Bala, humorist (Paris); John Bastardi Daumont, barrister (Nice); Chris Laffaille, writer,
Paris Match (Paris); Albert Salon, doctor of letters, former ambassador ; Tristan Edern
Guy Allard, journalist, writer (Havana); Patrick Berger, doctor of physics, Université de Paris
Créteil, president of the Circle Zététique (Paris); Marco Pietteur, editor (Belgium); Bruno Roy
Hélène (Paris); Gérard Lecha, sociologist and writer, columnist for
Claude Manifacier, professor, Université des Sciences de Montpellier (France); Alain
r at the IRD, doctor of prehistory ; Max Cabantous, lecturer emeritus, Université de
Montpellier III (France); Michel Bizouard, honorary professor at the Université de Bourgogne (Jambles, France); Laurent James
writer (Marseille); Rashid Shahin, writer and journalist (Bethlehem, Palestine); Hiyam Haddad, university lecturer (London);
Mazarin, France); Daniel McGowan, professor emeritus, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
(Geneva, New York); Syed A R Zaidi, professor of philosophy (ret’d), University of Delhi (India); Dr Hamdy Abdo Elhinnawy,
economist (Egypt); George Salzman, professor emeritus of theoretical physics, University of Massachusetts (Boston); Caroline
Henaff, journalist (Paris); Diana Johnstone, journalist (Paris); Robyn Johannes, president of the Union of Atheists (Brussels);
Bulletin Célinien (Belgium); Jean-Yves Le Gallou, former MEP, director of the Fondation Polémia
(Paris); Franck Abed, writer, essayist (Val d'Oise, France); Patrice Authier, jazz pianist (Paris); Johan Livernet, journalist,
author (Toulon, France); Koffi Cadjehoun, writer (Nancy),...
The full list of signatories, including to date over a thousand names, will be put online by the end of this year on the webs
http://abrogeonslaloigayssot.blogspot.com. Signing will continue until then. Paul-Éric BLANRUE
http://sarkozyisraeletlesjuifs.blogspot.com/ http://abrogeonslaloigayssot.blogspot.com/
Please show your support and write to:
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_____________________September 8, 2010:
for the repeal of
and the release from prison of Vincent Reynouard!
The petition demanding the repeal of the Gayssot Act and the release from prison of the revisionist Vincent
Reynouard, launched on the Internet on August 6 at the initiative of the historian Paul-Eric Blanrue
has now received some noteworthy support indeed with the
Gayssot law, and that a petition
," wrote the tireless defender of freedom of expression in a
statement of September 5. Mr Chomsky had been in France last spring for a conference at the College de France
know nothing about Mr. Reynouard, but regard the Gayssot law as entirely illegitimate, inconsistent with the
basic principles of a free society as these have been understood since the Enlightenment," he added. Noam
law in effect grants the state the right to determine historical truth and to punish
departure from its edicts, a principle reminiscent of the dark days of Stalinism and Nazism."
t to French historian Blanrue’s initiative: "Accordingly, I
would like to register my support for the petition protesting the application of this law in this (or
existence of one or more crimes
against humanity as defined by Article 6 of the charter of the international military tribunal [known as that of
er of eight children, was sentenced by a court in Saverne (Alsace)
Holocauste ? Ce que l’on vous cache…
(Holocaust? Here’s what’s being hidden from you…) The following year that sentence was upheld by the Court of
Appeal in Colmar, which also imposed a fine and damages amounting to a total of 60,000 euros. Mr Reynouard is
o not, in so doing, support Vincent
Université Catholique of Brussels,
nné M'Bala M'Bala, humorist (Paris); John Bastardi Daumont, barrister (Nice); Chris Laffaille, writer,
(Paris); Albert Salon, doctor of letters, former ambassador ; Tristan Edern
Guy Allard, journalist, writer (Havana); Patrick Berger, doctor of physics, Université de Paris-Est-
Créteil, president of the Circle Zététique (Paris); Marco Pietteur, editor (Belgium); Bruno Roy-Henry, historian, author of
(Paris); Gérard Lecha, sociologist and writer, columnist for Le Libertaire under
Claude Manifacier, professor, Université des Sciences de Montpellier (France); Alain
r at the IRD, doctor of prehistory ; Max Cabantous, lecturer emeritus, Université de
Montpellier III (France); Michel Bizouard, honorary professor at the Université de Bourgogne (Jambles, France); Laurent James,
d journalist (Bethlehem, Palestine); Hiyam Haddad, university lecturer (London);
Mazarin, France); Daniel McGowan, professor emeritus, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
losophy (ret’d), University of Delhi (India); Dr Hamdy Abdo Elhinnawy,
economist (Egypt); George Salzman, professor emeritus of theoretical physics, University of Massachusetts (Boston); Caroline
is); Robyn Johannes, president of the Union of Atheists (Brussels);
Yves Le Gallou, former MEP, director of the Fondation Polémia
Patrice Authier, jazz pianist (Paris); Johan Livernet, journalist,
The full list of signatories, including to date over a thousand names, will be put online by the end of this year on the website
Éric BLANRUE [email protected]
http://abrogeonslaloigayssot.blogspot.com/ 06 79 20 27 43.
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Vincent ReynouardN° 33034
Mais d'arrêt de ValenciennesBP 80 455
F-59322 VALENCIENNES CedexFrance
__________________________________________________Honsik auch im zweiten Prozess verurteilt
Der Holocaust-Leugner versuchte einmal mehr seine Bücher vor Gericht zu rechtfertigen. Er scheiterte abermals:
zwei weitere Jahre Haft. LETZTES UPDATE AM 09.09.2010,
Honsik im Wiener Landesgericht: Es ging um die Bücher "Schelm und Scheusal" u. "Der Juden Drittes Reich".Der bereits im Vorjahr verurteilte Holocaust-Leugner Gerd
Honsik ist Donnerstagabend in einem zweiten Prozess zu
weiteren zwei Jahren unbedingte Haftstrafe nach dem
Verbotsgesetz verurteilt worden. Gegenstand der
stundenlangen Verhandlung am Wiener Straflandesgericht
waren zwei Bücher des 68-Jährigen. Richter Andreas Böhm
rechnete Honsik als erschwerenden Umstand an, dass er den
Nazi-Jäger Simon Wiesenthal "massiv verunglimpft" habe.
Die Verteidigung kündigte Berufung an, das Urteil ist somit
noch nicht rechtskräftig.
Honsik war schon im April 2009 für zahlreiche, im Zeitraum
1997 bis 2003 von ihm veröffentlichte Ausgaben der
Zeitschrift "Halt!" im Wiener Straflandesgericht schuldig
erkannt worden. Das Wiener Oberlandesgericht (OLG)
reduzierte allerdings die dafür verhängte Strafe von fünf auf
vier Jahre Haft. Daraufhin machte die Anklagebehörde in
einer separaten Verhandlung zwei Bücher Honsiks zum
Prozessgegenstand. Die inkriminierten Werke "Schelm und
Scheusal" und "Der Juden Drittes Reich" waren bereits Inhalt
der Anklage im vorangegangen Prozess gewesen, wurden
damals jedoch zur Vermeidung vonVerfahrensverzögerungen
ausgeschieden und nun zum Gegenstand eines neuen
Prozesses gemacht.
"Gasbetrug"
Die Staatsanwaltschaft warf Honsik vor, in diesen Büchern
den NS-Massenmord zu bestreiten, indem er etwa von einem
"Gasbetrug" spricht. Der Angeklagte habe zwar im Prozess
bestritten, was er geschrieben habe, er zweifle aber noch
immer die NS-Verbrechen an, im Konkreten die Existenz von
Gaskammern auf "großdeutschem Boden", und verlange eine
"forensische Untersuchung" des Holocaust. Darüber hinaus
sei er bereits mehrfach vorbestraft. Das alles führte die
Anklägerin als erschwerende Umstände an,
Milderungsgründe konnte sie dagegen keine finden.
"Lügner Wiesenthal"
In seinen Büchern sei es nicht um das Leugnen von NS-
Verbrechen gegangen, sondern um Kritik an Wiesenthal. Die
Kritik richte sich dabei aber "nicht gegen den Juden
Wiesenthal, sondern gegen den Lügner Wiesenthal".
Er, Honsik, sei auch kein Antisemit, sondern treten genau
dagegen auf und bedaure die Juden-Verfolgung. "So einen
Nazi werden Sie nie wieder finden", führte Honsik
"Milderungsgründe" an. Er sprach weiters von einem
"Schauprozess" und bezichtigte die "US-geführten Alliierten"
des "Völkermordes", der in eine "Befreiung umgedichtet"
werde. Der Staatsanwaltschaft sei es egal, dass die
"Alliierten 13,5 Millionen Deutsche am Gewissen haben", so
Honsik, der sein Schlussplädoyer mit einem Vers schloss.
Lange Zeit drehte sich der Prozess um unzählige Anträge des
Verteidigers Herbert Schaller, die allesamt abgelehnt
wurden. Der Anwalt beantragte u.a. die Einvernahme von
Bundespräsident Heinz Fischer zu Wiesenthal. Unter den
Beweisanträgen, für deren Beantragung der Verteidiger zwei
Stunden brauchte, fand sich auch die Verlesung des
Stichwortes "Lüge" aus dem "Brockhaus"-Lexikon.
Honsik musste zwischendurch seinen etwas betagten
Verteidiger zu Recht weisen, dass er nie für den Anschluss
eingetreten sei und keine diesbezüglichen Anträge nötig
seinen. Für Belustigung sorgte auch ein weiterer Dialog
zwischen den beiden: Während der Anwalt nach Unterlagen
für weitere Anträge suchte, fragte Honsik: "Herr Doktor, was
suchen Sie?" Schaller hielt ein Papier hoch und antwortete:
"Das hier. Haben Sie was besseres?"
http://kurier.at/nachrichten/2030818.php
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Holocaust denier's jail term uppedAustrian Independent, 10. 09. 10. - 12:00
An infamous neo-Nazi has had his prison sentence extended
over controversial statements in two books.
Gerd Honsik was sentenced to two years in prison by Vienna
Criminal Court judge Andreas Böhm yesterday (Fri).
The 68-year-old Austrian doubted the existence of gas
chambers at Nazi era death camps in his books "Der Juden
Drittes Reich" (The Jews’s Third Reich) and "Schelm und
Scheusal" (Prankster and Monster).
Honsik was convicted of breaking Austrian laws against
spreading Nazi ideology in his book "Freispruch für Hitler?"
(Acquittal for Hitler?) and sentenced to a year and a half in
prison in 1992, but fled to Spain, where he gained a
reputation as a leading far-right publicist.
He was extradited after being arrested near the city of Malaga
three years ago.
The neo-Nazi was then sentenced to five years in prison for
extreme-right statements in his magazine "Halt!" before
Vienna’s Higher Regional Court (OLG) reduced his prison term
to four years last March.
Claims made in his books were part of previous trials, but
prosecutors decided to press charges at that time to avoid
delays. They announced plans to call for another trial against
Honsik over the books’ contents in July.
Honsik wrote the Nazis’ mass murder could be doubted,
claiming there had been a "gas fraud". The publicist further
called for a "forensic examination" of the "alleged Holocaust".
He also referred to "experts and witnesses" claiming gas
chambers at the concentration camp in Dachau, Germany,
were "fakes installed subsequently".
Writing about the US army’s successful bid to free the
German Third Reich from the Nazis regime, Honsik wrote that
the "murders of the American Indians came to change the
German society overall and tell us how to live".
Asked by the judge whether the US troops came to abolish
democracy in Germany and Austria in 1945 as his books have
it, Honsik said: "You must know my definition of what
democracy means to discuss that."
He added the situation in the Nazi’s Third Reich empire was
"not ideally democratic".
An appeal by Honsik’s defending lawyer Herbert Schaller to
call Austrian President Heinz Fischer into the witness box was
rejected – as was his appeal to look up the term "lie" in the
Brockhaus encyclopaedia.http://austrianindependent.com/news/General_News/2010-
09-10/4534/Holocaust_d
Comment sent in by F Töben: What a shame this sentence
means we see a criminalisation of expressed opinions without
testing for truth-content the matters of facts asserted. The
concept 'truth' is the foundation of our civilisation and during
these so-called Holocaust trials 'truth' is cynically excluded.
This creates great injustices for individuals accused of
thought-crimes and is fatal for a society, for a nation.
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Gerd Honsik bleibt bei seinen AussagenDer Holocaust-Leugner muss sich erneut wegen NS-Wiederbetätigung verantworten. Zum
Prozessauftakt gab's Schreiduelle. 20 Juli 2010
Gerd Honsik
Schreiduelle und heftige Wortgefechte zwischen Richter
Andreas Böhm und Strafverteidiger Herbert Schaller standen
am Beginn eines neuerlichen Prozesses gegen Holocaust-
Leugner Gerd Honsik, der am Dienstag am Wiener
Straflandesgericht über die Bühne gegangen ist. Der 68-
Jährige muss sich neuerlich wegen nationalsozialistischer
Wiederbetätigung verantworten.
Die Anklagebehörde machte zwei Bücher Honsiks zum
Prozessgegenstand, weil das Wiener Oberlandesgericht (OLG)
vor vier Monaten die aufgrund von 1997 bis 2003 von Honsik
veröffentlichten Ausgaben der Zeitschrift "Halt!" verhängte
Strafe von fünf auf vier Jahre Haft reduziert hat.
"Blender, Geschichtsfälscher, Propagandamaschine"
Während die Staatsanwaltschaft den Angeklagten als
"Blender", "Geschichtsfälscher" und "Propagandamaschine"
bezeichnete, dessen bisher 21 Verurteilungen eine
"bedeutende Verbrecherkarriere" darstelle, attestierte
Verteidiger Herbert Schaller seinem Mandanten, er sei "kein
asoziales Element".
Honsik habe "immer in Arbeit gestanden" und eine Familie
gegründet. Seine drei Kinder sowie seine acht Enkel seien
allesamt "anständige Menschen" und "gut erzogen". Als
Schaller dann auch noch viele Jahre zurückreichende
Verurteilungen zu zerpflücken begann, die nicht
Verhandlungsgegenstand waren, platzte Richter Böhm
erstmals der Kragen. Lautstark forderte er den Verteidiger
auf, "endlich zur Sache zu sprechen".
Eineinhalb Stunden und etliche Schreiduelle später verhängte
Böhm etwas entnervt die erste Verhandlungspause. Zuvor
war Schaller selbst haarscharf an Aussagen
vorbeigeschrammt, die ihm als Wiederbetätigung angelastet
hätten werden können. Auf die wiederholte Frage, ob er,
Schaller, selbst behaupte, es hätte keine Gaskammern
gegeben, wich der Strafverteidiger immer wieder aus. Als
einer "Anhänger" Honsiks im Zuschauerbereich den
Ausführungen Schallers auch noch applaudierte, wurde er des
Saales verwiesen.
Attacken gegen Wiesenthal
"Ich haben in diesen zwei Büchern nur Wahrheiten gesagt."
Das waren nach knapp zwei Stunden Verhandlung die ersten
Worte von Gerd Honsik beim Prozess. Auch er lieferte sich -
wenn auch wesentlich unaufgeregter - zahlreiche Rededuelle
mit dem Richter, der ihn bezüglich seiner Wortwahl
regelmäßig warnte: "Sie bewegen sich auf dünnem Eis."
Honsik ließ sich davon aber nicht beeindrucken und ritt wilde
Attacken gegen Simon Wiesenthal.
Er, Honsik, habe den Begriff Holocaust nur deshalb unter
Anführungszeichen gesetzt, weil "ich empört bin, dass man
diesen Völkermord nach einem Hollywood-Propaganda-Film
benennt. Das finde ich geschmacklos."
Überdies habe Wiesenthal "individuelle Verbrechen erfunden".
Und als Draufgabe: "Es gab auf großdeutschem Boden keine
einzige Gaskammer, dabei bleibe ich. Hier endet die 65-
jährige Lüge von den Gaskammern in Mauthausen und
Dachau - und ich wurde 25 Jahre lang verfolgt, wie Nelson
Mandela." Die Gaskammern in Mauthausen seien übrigens im
Nachhinein eingebaut worden, so Honsik.
Schlüsselerlebnisse
Zweimal musste der Richter die Verhandlung unterbrechen,
weil sich der zweite Verteidiger Honsiks unaufgefordert zu
Wort meldete. Auf die Frage des Richters nach etwaigen
Schlüsselerlebnissen, die Honsik "so werden" ließen,
berichtete der 68-Jährige, dass ihn einst ein Jugendlager-
Kommandant an das Bekenntnis zum "alten Österreich" sowie
zur "alten Hymne" erinnert habe. Weiters sprach Honsik von
"einseitiger Geschichtsschreibung bei den Nürnberger
Prozessen", was ihm abermals den Hinweis des Richters
bescherte, damit würde er gegen das Verbotsgesetz
verstoßen.
Honsik vertrat die These, dass in den Plan von der
Vernichtung der Juden lediglich 200 Menschen eingeweiht
worden waren und dieser strengster Geheimhaltung unterlag.
"Ich leugne die in der Öffentlichkeit verübten Verbrechen, die
durch den Staat (das Dritte Reich, Anm.) nicht gedeckt
waren", so Honsik. Und weiter: "Sechs Millionen Deutsche
werden uns unterschlagen und ich werde als Lügenonkel
dargestellt."
http://kurier.at/nachrichten/2018045.php
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The Honsik matter in summaryGerd Honsik, facing extra prison years, did not recant, did not beg for mercy, and stood firm in his belief that there
were no gassings of humans by the German National Socialists during World War Two. For that he received
another to years on top of his already four-year sentence. Such is the fear of the Keepers of the Holocaust
narrative that the truth will liberater an oppressed people.
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING!
Bavarian cornfield swastika stokes fears of neo-Nazi resurgence24 August 2010
Unknown perpetrators have trampled an enormous
swastika into a corn field in the Upper Bavarian
municipality of Aßling, and authorities fear it may
signal renewed neo-Nazi activity in the region, a
media report said this week.
A photographer spotted the Nazi symbol, about half the size
of a handball court, on Sunday during a sightseeing flight,
and passed the photos on to police, dailySüddeutsche
Zeitung reported on Tuesday. “We've never had something
of this dimension,” Bavarian police investigator Gerhard Karl
told the paper. “At the most someone has peed a swastika
into the snow.”
The owner of the land in question, Erna Lechner, called the
incident a “pigsty” and a “murderous injury” to farmers in
the Upper Bavaria region.
The farmer who rents the land from Lechner did not wish to
comment. “The poor man will now be expected to do
something, and in the worst case will have to destroy the
crop,” she said.
Aßling Mayor Werner Lampl called the perpetrators “die
hards” who were trying to make their mark.
Authorities believe the swastika was stamped into the field
sometime on Saturday night, and Lampl did not rule out the
possibility that it could have been done by guests at a
nearby airfield festival, which drew hundreds from out of
town. But whoever the culprits may be, the accuracy of the
formation indicates they weren’t joking around, criminal
investigator Karl said, speaking of a very clear “right-wing
extremist” motivation.
The use of Nazi symbols is illegal in Germany and carries a
sentence of up to three years in jail, he added.
His department plans to take a helicopter out for further
investigation in the next several days.
Aßling has already had problems with neo-Nazis in the past,
the paper said. Some six years ago police raided a barn shed
used as a meeting place, finding a Nazi imperial war flag,
or Reichskriegsflagge, and other paraphernalia. Seventeen
young people were questioned as possible suspects in the
case.
While Mayor Lampl told the paper that efforts to rehabilitate
the youths mean there is no longer such a problem in the
region, landowner Lechner disagreed. “Unfortunately the
brown scene is managing to spread out,” she told the paper,
referring to the colour associated with Nazi brownshirts.
Further evidence of the problem can be seen in frequent
threats to a local immigrant aid organisation (Ausländerhilfe)
and the district presence of the BJR Bavarian youth
organisation’s coordination headquarters for work against
right-wing extremism, the paper said.
The Local [email protected]
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20100824-
29361.html
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