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How they destroy Ernst Zündel for publishing real history
He has never been charged with a violent crime and does not
urge others to commit violence."
Yet, he suffers solitary
confinement in a "democratic"
country for having exposed holocaust-lies!
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KnoxNews - November 19, 2004 - http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_3339451,00.html |
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Judge can't help denier's wife Woman trying to free husband, who disputes Holocaust, jailed in Canada By JAMIE SATTERFIELD The wife of a prominent Holocaust denier made an appeal Thursday to a federal judge in Knoxville to help free her husband, who was booted from his Sevier County home last year and wound up in a Canadian prison. "If somebody smashed my window, I have recourse with the law," Ingrid Rimland Zundel said. "If somebody smashes my life (by deporting her husband), I have no recourse This is a political vendetta. This was a setup. My husband only searches for the truth." U.S. District Court Senior Judge James H. Jarvis found himself in a troubling position. He wanted to help but could not. "This is a tough, tough case for me," Jarvis said. "But I've said it before, tough cases make bad, bad law." Jarvis was disturbed not because he sympathized with the controversial views of Ernst Zundel, 65, but because it appeared that Zundel's case was driven, in part, by politics. "His home country, Germany, wanted him for his preachings, writings on the Holocaust," Jarvis said, noting those views were published on Zundel's well-known Zundelsite Internet page. "This would be a felony under German law." But Jarvis opined that he ultimately had no jurisdiction over Zundel's fate. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service's decision to scuttle Zundel out of the country "was a discretionary one not subject to review by this court." Zundel is a German-born graphic artist and publisher whose involvement with the 1980 pamphlet "Did Six Million Really Die?" rocketed him to infamy as a Holocaust denier and - as some allege - a neo-Nazi. He lived in Canada for decades but had long been denied citizenship. In 2000, Zundel entered the United States under the visitor visa waiver program, which allows people to visit the United States for 90 days at a time without having to go through the process of getting a visa. However, as part of that program, Zundel had to sign a form in which he agreed to waive any rights to contest deportation if INS chose to take suchaction. While in the United States, Zundel married Rimland and applied for an INS "adjustment" to his status here as a result of that marriage. In the meantime, his visitor visa expired. In February 2003, Zundel was arrested at his home in Wears Valley, where he was preparing to open an art gallery, and deported to Canada. Once there, he was imprisoned and accused by the Canadian government of being a threat to national security. If he loses that court battle, he will be returned to Germany, where he faces a five-year prison term for his Holocaust views. Memphis attorney Rehim Babaoglu handled the paperwork for Zundel's effort to get an INS adjustment. He testified Thursday that he had never before had a client kicked out of the country for overstaying his visa when that client was married to a U.S. citizen and had applied for an adjustment. "I've never seen anything like this in my practice," Babaoglu said. "My opinion is someone took a shortcut, did what they wanted to do, had an agenda. I think the government's got another agenda." Justice Department attorney Russell J.E. Verby and Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Bauknight argued the INS had every right to deport Zundel. "He overstayed his welcome under the visa waiver program," Verby said. "We have yet to see a law or regulation the INS violated." California attorney Bruce Leichty, who argued the case for Zundel on Thursday, said he was not sure yet if he would file an immediate appeal of Jarvis' decision or try to drum up more evidence to try to get the judge to reconsider. Jarvis said it was unlikely he would change his mind. "It's a hard decision, but I think it's the right decision," Jarvis said. The judge did, however, add a comment to Canadian authorities. "(Zundel's) wife, she's a citizen, and she has rights, and she's hurt by this," Jarvis said. "Surely, the Canadian courts will listen to her as a United States citizen, perhaps give her some relief." Ingrid Zundel has not seen her husband since he was imprisoned. She said her husband fears she, too, would be arrested if she went to Canada. "My husband is not a violent person," she said. "He cries if a kitten gets hurt." Jamie Satterfield may be reached at 865-342-6308. |
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Now, lodged in an isolation cell at the Metro West
Detention Centre, he rarely sees anyone. He takes medication for a heart
condition, bad circulation and serious dental problems, and is allowed
just 10 minutes of exercise a day. His tiny cell has a cot, toilet and
sink, but no toothbrush or towels. If he wants to write, he must perch
on a stack of transcripts and use his sink as a desk. |
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Globe and Mail, Toronto, March 6, 2004 |
