Causa Bodo T.

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The Causa Bodo T. summarizes the events surrounding the member of the pirate party Bodo T. in connection with his historically revisionist statements and the relationship to right-wing extremism , the reactions within the party and the reception in the public and the media .

T. has been deputy treasurer since September 2007 and from July 2009 until his “resignation for personal reasons” in March 2010, a substitute member of the Federal Arbitration Court of the Pirate Party. The federal board operational from 2010 to 2012, a party expulsion proceedings because T. several times in connection with undeniable to and relativistic expressions Holocaust was noticed and other historical revisionist statements.

The affair surrounding T's statements, the failed procedure and controversial accompanying comments by party officials sparked a discussion inside and outside the party in April 2012 about how it should deal with right-wing extremism.

Historical revisionist statements

In July 2004, T. applied to the German-language Wikipedia , citing the so-called Rudolf report of the convicted Holocaust denier Germar Rudolf, to delete the article Holocaust : “I read 'Das Rudolf Gutachten' by Germar Rudolf, and as a layperson I have to say that I consider it extremely scientific and (precisely because of that) credible. The arguments and evidence that he presents speak quite clearly. "

Four years later, in 2008, T. noted on a mailing list again: “Well, until a few months ago I also believed that those who 'deny Auschwitz' are just adolescent weirdos. At that time I hadn't read Germar Rudolf either. Sorry, but the book simply shapes - at least if you approach it objectively. "In the same year T. tried to legitimize the German attack on Poland :" If Poland declared war on Germany (and Poland did that indirectly through the general mobilization), then Germany had every legitimation to attack Poland. "

On July 7th, 2009 Ts statement in the Piraten- Wiki is dated that his “views on German history certainly do not correspond to the general doctrine”. As early as 2008, he spoke out against the participation of the Pirate Party in demonstrations against the NPD , which he stated in his “Statement of personal opinion vs. Party opinion ”is called the“ non-unconstitutional party ”. T. continues there: “Whether the Jews (and the non-Jewish victims, which I will not list separately each time) were gassed in Auschwitz or killed in another way, depends on the decision, every human life is independent Having to protect against skin color, religion, etc., does not matter. It also plays no role in the assessment of whether the persecution of the Jews was a crime or not. "

Two days later, on July 9, 2009, T. made another statement on the events in 2008 in July 2009 on the pirates' Wiki, titled “distancing”. Without going into detail, he described his statements as “misleading” and stated that he “had no doubt” “that in the course of this crime committed by National Socialist Germany over 6 million people were killed, most of them by them Jews. I am also convinced that Adolf Hitler consciously and willingly started the war by attacking Poland. "

In the period that followed, T. said that Germany should “forbid preventive protection of Jewish institutions” and that he considered it a “suppression of opinion” that one could not read Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in Germany.

In April 2012, T. replied to the positioning of the federal board member Klaus Peukert in the run-up to the federal party conference in Neumünster, "that there is no place in the pirate party for Nazis, Nazi fans, those who want to deny the Holocaust, racists, anti-Semites and other representatives of any group-related enmity": "Nazis have." [since 1990] 150 people murdered? The CDU's policy (continuation of the illegal war of aggression in Afghanistan) has already cost the lives of at least 53 Bundeswehr soldiers, 3 German police officers and around 142 people in the bomb attack on September 4, 2009, which was requested by German soldiers. "

According to the Rhein-Zeitung , T. stated in an email to a member of the board of his Rhineland-Palatinate state association, which had asked him in an open letter after the failed exclusion process for voluntary resignation in April 2012 that his "22-year-old" utterances made “easily deserve the attribute stupid”. The Rudolf Report he saw as though content refuted, but advertising again to discussion of its theses. The “dialogue” he strives for cannot be achieved “by denigrating these people with ever worse expletives”. Because of the reactions of the "unreflective screaming mob" he also received encouragement.

Party elimination proceedings

Procedure

The party executive had already warned Bodo T. in June 2008. After T. was elected a substitute member of the Federal Arbitration Court by the Federal Pirates' Party Congress in July 2009 and was nominated on the state list for the federal election in Rhineland-Palatinate, the Federal Executive Board removed him from office in March 2010 and decided on an expulsion procedure before the Party Arbitration Court of Ts regional association Rhineland-Palatinate was initiated. At the federal party conference in Offenbach in December 2011 , several party members applied for T.'s accreditation to be withdrawn, but did not receive a majority in the federal executive committee. On April 16, 2012, the party's Federal Arbitration Court upheld the ruling of the Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Arbitration Court of November 30, 2011. An exclusion of Ts was not possible because a regulatory measure had already been decided against T. because of the statements on the mailing list. According to the principle Ne bis in idem, a renewed punishment with an exclusion is out of the question. This also applies if the damage later turns out to be greater. In addition, T's statements were to be regarded as covered by the constitutionally protected freedom of expression .

Reactions

The then chairman of the federal party, Sebastian Nerz , regretted the verdict, spoke of a " formal error " and declared that action would also be taken against such and similar statements in future. Racism has no place in the Pirate Party. According to information from Spiegel Online , the party leadership was considering a new request for due later statements Ts expulsion from the party .

The then chairman of the Berlin regional association, Hartmut Semken , initially defended T. “It is the 'kicking out' and 'we have to distance ourselves', who are repeatedly worshiping the Nazi problem of the pirates, not the Bodos…” The The last party that was successful in the targeted persecution of people was the NSDAP: “They had a scapegoat for everything.” Semken, however, withdrew his remarks after internal and external criticism and demands for resignation and apologized.

The Rhineland-Palatinate party chairman, Roman Schmitt, called T's statements "politically and historically highly insensitive" and defended the Pirate Party by stating that T. had not yet been condemned as a Holocaust denier by any court. T. could also take part in party conventions and other party events in the future. "However, we will always consistently oppose theses that are suitable to relativize the Holocaust or to promote historical revisionism." It is by no means an acquittal .

The then political manager of the federal party, Marina Weisband , called for rigorous action against anti-Semitic and racist members. "It's bullshit that we have to tolerate right-wing extremist opinions."

On April 28, 2012, the federal pirate convention in Neumünster determined almost unanimously that any denial or relativization of the Holocaust under the guise of freedom of expression contradicted the principles of the party.

Lawsuit for the declaration of invalidity of the decision on incompatibility with the AfD

In October 2013, a plaintiff turned to the party's federal arbitration court with a motion to have the entire party congress of May 2013 and in particular the incompatibility decision on dual membership in the Pirate Party and the AfD declared ineffective. The lack of an official party congress opening, the open mode of some party convention elections and the lack of advance information about the agenda item for voting on motion X032 , the incompatibility resolution adopted by the party congress with a large majority, were criticized. According to “inside information”, the plaintiff was Bodo T. The party judges unanimously rejected the lawsuit.

Web links

 Wikinews: Federal Arbitration Court of the Pirate Party rejects expulsion from the party  - message

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Minutes of the federal board meeting of September 26, 2007 in the wiki of the Pirate Party: 2007-09-26 - board meeting representing treasurer In: piratenpartei.de of September 27, 2009, accessed on May 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ Minutes of the state party congress of May 17, 2009 in the Pirate Party's Wiki: RP: 2009-05-17 - LPT 2009.2 Minutes In: piratenpartei.de of May 17, 2009 in the version of November 9, 2011, accessed on May 26, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Hannah Beitzer: Anti-Semitism in the Pirate Party: Right- wing pirate is allowed to stay in the party In: sueddeutsche.de of April 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ Cf. on the whole the detailed chronology of the Bodo T. case at HeptaSean alias Benjamin Braatz, assessor of the Rhineland-Palatinate state board, in the Pirate Wiki: BT Chronology ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: Der Archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: piratenpartei.de of April 22, 2012. Retrieved on May 28, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wiki.piratenpartei.de
  5. ↑ Annett Meiritz and Fabian Reinbold: radicals with the pirates: "Our ideas drown in garbage and filth." In: spiegel.de of April 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ Katja Bauer: The pirates and the price of success: The pirates try to meet the increased expectations at their federal party congress / procedural tricks and new leadership. In: badische-zeitung.de of April 30, 2012.
  7. ^ Marie Katharina Wagner: Comments on the Holocaust: Controversial pirate remains a member. In: faz.net of April 17, 2012.
  8. ↑ Homepage of the Pirate Party : Piratenpartei removes Bodo T. from his offices and starts party exclusion proceedings ( Memento from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: piratenpartei.de from July 18, 2011, accessed on April 21, 2012.
  9. ↑ Hannah Beitzer: Anti-Semitism in the Pirate Party Right- wing pirate is allowed to stay in the party. In: sueddeutsche.de of April 17, 2012.
  10. ↑ Peter Seiffert: Controversial country chief Hartmut Semken - Nazi debate divides the pirates. In: focus.de from April 20, 2012.
  11. ↑ Anne Onken: Tassled statements about the Holocaust: Pirate under a brown flag. In: taz.de of July 8, 2009.
  12. ↑ Bodo T. in the wiki of the Pirate Party: Statement personal opinion vs. Party opinion  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: piratenpartei.de of July 7, 2009.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / wiki.piratenpartei.de  
  13. ↑ Explanation by Bodo T. in the Pirate Party Wiki: User: Bodo T./Distanzierung  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: piratenpartei.de of July 9, 2009.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / wiki.piratenpartei.de  
  14. ↑ Kai Biermann: Exclusion of the party: Pirates want to get rid of anti-Semites  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: zeit.de of July 9, 2009.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.zeit.de  
  15. ↑ Klaus Peukert: User: Tarzun / Announcement  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: piratenpartei.de from April 11, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / wiki.piratenpartei.de  
  16. ↑ Hannah Beitzer: Anti-Semitism in the Pirate Party: Right- wing pirate is allowed to stay in the party. In: sueddeutsche.de of April 17, 2012.
  17. ↑ Homepage of the Pirate Party: User Discussion: Tarzun / Announcement. In: piraten.de of April 13, 2012. Retrieved on April 21, 2012.
  18. ^ Lars Wienand: Open letter: RLP pirates want to urge Bodo T. to leave. In: rhein-zeitung.de from April 20, 2012.
  19. ^ Minutes of the meeting of June 5, 2008, in: Henning Bartels: Die Piratenpartei. Origin, demands and perspectives of the movement (= Netzbürger series), Contumax-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86199-001-7 , p. 238 ( full text, pdf )
  20. ↑ Hannah Beitzer: Anti-Semitism in the Pirate Party: Right- wing pirate is allowed to stay in the party. In: sueddeutsche.de of April 17, 2012.
  21. ↑ Annett Meiritz and Fabian Reinbold: New pirates whirl up party congresses. In: spiegel.de of December 4, 2011.
  22. ^ Oskar Niedermayer : Organizational Structure, Finances and Personnel of the Pirate Party , in ders. (Ed.): Die Piratenpartei , Springer VS, 2013, ISBN 978-3-531-19475-2 , p. 93
  23. ^ Judgment of the Federal Arbitration Court of the Pirate Party. In: piratenpartei.de of April 16, 2012 (PDF; 112 kB).
  24. ^ Marie Katharina Wagner: Comments on the Holocaust: Controversial pirate remains a member. In: faz.net of April 17, 2012.
  25. ↑ Holocaust statements: Controversial pirate is allowed to remain in the party. In: spiegel.de of April 17, 2012.
  26. ↑ Berlin pirates: rights should be thrown out. In: stern.de of April 21, 2012.
  27. ↑ Hannah Beitzer: Anti-Semitism in the Pirate Party Right- wing pirate is allowed to stay in the party. In: sueddeutsche.de of April 17, 2012.
  28. ↑ Peter Nowak: How right can a pirate be? The debate is widening. In: heise.de of April 21, 2012.
  29. ↑ Zeit report: Right-wing extremism dispute: Several pirates call for the resignation of the Berlin state chief In: zeit.de of April 19, 2012.
  30. ↑ Annett Meiritz: Radical Debate: Berlin Pirate urging her boss to resign. In: spiegel.de from April 19, 2012.
  31. ↑ Annett Meiritz: NSDAP comparison: Nazi dispute weighs on pirate party. In: spiegel.de of April 22, 2012.
  32. ↑ Ludger Fittkau : No process of exclusion against Holocaust deniers: ultra-right pirate remains party member. In: dradio.de from April 18, 2012.
  33. ↑ Lars Wienand: "Formal error": Pirate Party cannot kick Bodo T. out after making statements about the Holocaust. In: rheinzeitung.de of April 17, 2012.
  34. ↑ Annett Meiritz and Fabian Reinbold: radicals with the pirates: "Our ideas drown in garbage and filth." In: spiegel.de of April 20, 2012.
  35. ↑ Marina Weisband: That's enough for me now. ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: marinaslied.de on April 19, 2012. Retrieved on May 28, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.marinaslied.de
  36. ↑ Cf. on the official “unanimity” of the delimitation decision against Holocaust denial and relativization, however, the information from Katja Bauer: The pirates and the price of success: The pirates try to meet the increased expectations at their federal party congress / procedural tricks and new leadership. In: badische-zeitung.de of April 30, 2012: “The majority in favor is overwhelming - but the chairman of this party, which wants to do everything differently, prefers not to take note of the isolated no-voting cards. 'I don't see a single red card.' "
  37. ↑ Steffen Hebestreit: Party convention of the pirates: The efficient swarm. In: fr-online.de of April 28, 2012.
  38. ^ Zeit -bericht: Federal Party Congress: Pirates distance themselves from Holocaust deniers. In: zeit.de of April 28, 2012.
  39. ^ Elke Wittich: Alternative for pirates. In: jungle-world.com from October 17, 2013.