Gaston-Armand Amaudruz
Gaston-Armand Amaudruz (born December 21, 1920 in Lausanne ; † September 7, 2018 ) was a Swiss publicist who became known primarily as a Holocaust denier .
Life
Amaudruz's mother was from Germany. He studied political and social sciences and worked as a language teacher and insurance clerk before he devoted himself entirely to political work. During the Second World War , Amaudruz was friendly to Germany.
Political activity
In his early years Amaudruz was a supporter of the Swiss Fascist Movement around Arthur Fonjallaz . He first became known to a wider public in 1949 when he published Ubu justicier au premier procès de Nuremberg . This was one of the first publications to question the Holocaust. As a result, Amaudruz became involved in the neo-fascist scene. In 1951 he organized a conference in Malmö that led to the establishment of the right-wing pan-European organization, the European Social Movement . Amaudruz was an early member of the People's Party of Switzerland , which he left in the dispute over the South Tyrol issue. Amaudruz maintained close relations with supporters of the Ordine Nuovo . He has also published articles for Nation und Europa magazine .
From 1983 Amaudruz tried to found an umbrella organization for Swiss right-wing extremists , which he did not succeed. After the introduction of the racism penal norm , which criminalizes Holocaust denial in Switzerland, Amaudruz had to serve a one-year prison sentence in 2000. Another prison sentence followed in 2003. Nonetheless, Amaudruz continued his journalistic activities. Most recently he published the Courrier du Continent , the 500th edition of which was published in May 2008.
literature
- Damir Skenderovic : Amaudruz, Gaston-Armand , in: Handbuch des Antisemitismus , Volume 2/1, 2009, p. 15 ff.
Web links
- Hans Stutz: "Adolf Hitler did his best" ( memento of October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) , in: Die Weltwoche , March 30, 2000.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Three months absolutely for Holocaust deniers. Neue Zürcher Zeitung from November 3, 2001
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amaudruz, Gaston-Armand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss publicist, Holocaust denier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 2018 |