Diskussion om Germar Rudolf - Rudolf rapport

Judge Schwab then asked who was responsible for the homepage of Germar’s website, <vho.org>. Agent Brockmüller said that Germar had accepted full responsibility from the beginning. District Attorney Grossmann then asked questions about the results of the BKA search of the home of Germar’s colleague Dr. G., who had managed the firm’s account. The BKA agent said they had seized a large list of subscribers, 75% of whom were citizens of the Federal Republic. The BKA agent said that they had analyzed the list in order to estimate Meinungsvervielfältigern (opinion replicators). Grossmann then asked what role Germar played in the worldwide movement to revise contemporary historiography. The BKA agent said that Germar’s role had been a key one. The BKA agent claimed that since seizure of Germar’s bank account and his extradition from the United States, which was a separate operation, Revisionist opinion in Germany had greatly diminished.

Defense Attorney Bock then asked the agent when the BKA had first become involved in Germar’s case. The BKA agent replied that the Mannheim District Attorney first approached BKA in 2001. Bock then asked what is meant by Meinungsvervielfältiger (opinion replicators). The BKA agent replied that every reader of illicit literature is a Meinungsvervielfältiger since he discusses what he has read with third parties. Attorney Bock then questioned the BKA agent about his mission as it concerned Germar. The BKA agent replied that it had been to clarify Germar’s residential status in the United States through its Washington contacts. He said the BKA had originally learned Germar’s address through wiretaps. They “bugged” the telephone of Dr. G., who immediately called Germar to inform him of the house search and seizure of the bank account.