- Copy and paste the letter, print it out and send.
- Write the German Government to Free Political Prisoner
Ernst Zundel.
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- Dear Free Speech Supporter:
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- Please write the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and
demand therelease of political prisoner Ernst Zundel.
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- You may send the letter directly to her or, even better,
send it tothe nearest German Embassy of Consulate and ask that it be forwarded
to her.Thus, your letter gets seen and recorded twice.
- Below this letter is a list of contact addressed for
German diplomaticmissions around the world.
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- Paul Fromm
- Director
- Canadian Association for Free Expression
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- Canadian Association for Free Expression
- Box 332,
- Rexdale, Ontario, M9W 5L3
- Ph: 905-274-3868;
- FAX: 905-278-2413
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- Federal Chancellery
- Bundeskanzleramt
- Willy Brand Straße 110178
- Berlin
- GERMANY
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- Dear Chancellor Merkel:
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- We are Canada's leading free speech advocacy group. We
believe thatfreedom of speech and freedom of the press and freedom of expression
arenatural extensions of freedom of conscience.
- I must say that we were appalled by the ruthless sentence
of 5 yearsin prison meted out to political prisoner Ernst Zundel by a court
inMannheim on February 15.
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- I call Mr. Zundel a "political prisoner" as
he is in jail solely forthe non-violent expression of his political and
historical views. [That isAmnesty International's defnition of a "prisoner
of conscience."]
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- Incarcerating peaceful dissidents for expressing their
opinions isunworthy of a civilized state with Germany's history of intellectual
endeavour and creativity. Intellectual creativity requires freedom.
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- We note with dismay that the sentence seems to contradict
a keyelement in the German Constitution; to wit, Sec. 5.1: "Everyone
has theright to freely express and disseminate their opinions orally, in
writing or visually and to obtain information from generally accessible
sources withouthindrance. ... Freedom of the press and freedom of reporting
throughaudio-visual media shall be guaranteed. There shall be no censorship."
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- Expressing his opinions in writing was all Mr. Zundel
ever did. We urge you to use your power to grant him clemency and to immediately
release Mr. Zundel.
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- As well, we find it distressing that your government
seeks to pressure the nations of the EU to adopt a common law that would
jail people for questioning the establishment account of World War II as
it relates to the treatment of interned Jews. Not to be able to question,
explore or revise history leads to stagnation and ignorance. No historical
accountshould be immune to question and debate. Such a censorship law comes
dangerously close to creating a new state religion and to jailing dissenters
as heretics.
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- We believe that such repression is unworthy of Germany
as a nationthat has always cherished its intellectuals. As a person who
lived under a repressive dictatorship and state censorship in the former
DDR (German Democratic Republic), we would hope that you would be especially
sensitive to attacks on freedom of speech.
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- Looking forward to your response, I remain, concerned
for freedom of expression for all,
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- Respectfully yours,
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- It would be best if you were to send your letter to one
of the American consulates and request of them to forward the letter to
Germany.
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- ATLANTA, GA
- Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Marquis Two Tower, Suite 901285
- Peachtree Center Avenue, N.E.
- Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1221
- Tel.: (404) 659-4760
- Fax: (404) 577-2719
- E-Mail: atlanta@germany.info
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- HOUSTON, TX
- German Consulate General
- 1330 Post Oak Blvd. Suite 1850
- Houston TX 77056
- Telephone 713- 627-7770
- Fax 713-627-0506
- info@germanconsulatehouston.org
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- LOS ANGELES, CA
- German Consulate General
- 6222 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500
- Los Angeles, CA 90048
- Tel.: (323) 930 2703
- Fax: (323) 930 2805
- e-mail: losangeles@germany.info
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- NEW YORK, NY
- Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 871, United Nations Plaza
- New York, NY 10017
- phone (212) 610-9700
- fax (212) 610-9702
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- http://waunetanebraskanews.blogspot.com/2007/02/form-letter-to-send-to-german.html
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