Gerard Menuhin
Gerard Menuhin (born July 23, 1948 in Scotland ) is a Swiss publicist , film producer and Holocaust denier . He was chairman of the board of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Germany and representative of the Menuhin family on the administrative board of the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad . He became known for right and conspiracy theoretic theses. He doubts the Holocaust and shows solidarity with right-wing extremists .
Life
Gerard Menuhin is the son of violinist Yehudi Menuhin and dancer Diana Rosamund Gould. He attended Eton College and graduated from Stanford University . He worked in the film industry in New York , London and Paris .
controversy
Resignation from the Menuhin Foundations in Germany (2005) and Switzerland (2007)
Because of statements classified as right-wing extremist or nationalist , he was removed from his position as chairman of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation in Germany on November 12, 2005. The managing director of the foundation, Winfried Kneip, charged Menuhin with a "xenophobic attitude". They disapproved of "the mention of our foundation and its work in a media organ that [...] can be attributed to the 'right-wing extremist environment'". The foundation's attention was drawn to press reports, including at Spiegel Online , that Gerard Menuhin had given interviews to the national newspaper , where he was the author of a column entitled “Menuhin and how he sees the world” and that he was also part of the NPD - Newspaper German voice expresses.
In view of the family's Jewish origins and Yehudi Menuhin's humanistic commitment, the public response to Gerard Menuhin's forced resignation was considerable both at home and abroad. Because of the threat by Credit Suisse , as an important sponsor of the foundation, that it would ultimately end its support, Menuhin also resigned as President of the Swiss Menuhin Foundation in Grenchen in June 2007 in view of the continued existence of the institution. Gerard Menuhin announced that his brother Jeremy had agreed to take over the post.
Holocaust Denial 2015
Menuhin is a well-known author of the Reich Citizens Movement and is close to the worldview of right-wing populists . In 2015 his book Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil was published . In it Menuhin denies Germany's responsibility for the outbreak of World War II as well as the factuality of the Holocaust , which he describes as “the greatest lie in history”. The Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck bases her claims on Menuhin's book.
Fonts
- Elmer. Hutchinson, London 1985, ISBN 978-0091599003 .
- The answer. FZ-Verlag , Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-924309-81-7 .
- Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil . Barnes Review, 2015, ISBN 978-1937787295 .
- Lies & Gravy - Landmarks in Human Decay. Two consecutive plays . Castle Hill Publishers, Uckfield 2019, ISBN 978-1-59148-989-4 .
Web links
- gerard-menuhin.de
- “I have confidence in the German people” ( Memento from March 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Interview with Gerard Menuhin in the National-Zeitung
- Menuhin Foundation dismisses Gerard Menuhin Die Welt on November 14, 2005
- Son of Geiger dismissed taz report from November 14, 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ What makes the "Reichsbürger" tick? ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed June 14, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Cologne “Wailing Wall” united with neo-Nazis - haGalil. Retrieved June 14, 2017 .
- ↑ “Yehudi Menuhin Foundation separates from the board”, SPON v. November 12, 2005 [1]
- ^ Menuhin President bows to the pressure , Solothurner Tagblatt / Espace Media Groupe , June 8, 2007
- ↑ Julian Feldmann and Robert Bongen: Holocaust denier Haverbeck continues . daserste.ndr.de/panorama , February 3, 2016, accessed on August 18, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Menuhin, Gerard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss publicist and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scotland |