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'''Sylvia Stolz''' (born 16 August 1963) is a German ], convicted ] and former lawyer.<ref name="SPLC2008">{{cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2008/german-neo-nazi-lawyer-gets-prison|title=German Neo-Nazi Lawyer Gets Prison|work=Intelligence Report|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|location=United States|issue=Summer 2008|date=20 May 2008|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>

==Ernst Zündel and Stolz trials==
Stolz was a member of the defense team of Holocaust denier ], who was tried in March 2006 for distributing antisemitic literature, including Holocaust denial material, via a website.<ref name="IHT/NYT">, ''The New York Times'' (''International Herald Tribune''), 15 February 2007</ref> Stolz disrupted Zündel's initial trial and was barred from the courtroom because of her behavior. She had said the judges deserved the ] for "offering succour to the enemy" and had signed a legal document "]".<ref name="SPLC2008" /><ref name="dw2008">, ''dw'' (Germany), 14 January 2008</ref> In her view, Germany has been under a "foreign occupation which has portrayed ] as a devil for 60 years, but that is not true."<ref>Harry de Quetteville Telegraph.com (blog), 15 January 2008</ref> After ignoring the bar, Stolz had to be physically removed from the court.<ref name="IHT/NYT"/> During the March 2006 trial she called ] "the biggest lie in world history".<ref name="dw2008"/> She also defended Holocaust denier ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.netzeitung.de/deutschland/798250.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071103121227/http://www.netzeitung.de/deutschland/798250.html|archive-date = 3 November 2007|title = Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger - Aktuelle Nachrichten aus Köln und der ganzen Welt}}</ref>

Zündel was eventually convicted in February 2007, and served a five-year term of imprisonment. Stolz was convicted in January 2008 of the same, and additional offenses, and sentenced to a 3½-year prison term. She was also banned from practicing law for five years.<ref name="dw2008"/><ref>, ''The Huffington Post'' (Associated Press), 14 January 2008</ref>

As of May 2009, Stolz was the partner of the German Nazi, Horst Mahler.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jüttner|first=Julia|date=2009-05-09|title=Volksverhetzung vor Gericht: Fräulein Stolz und der Hitlergruß|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/volksverhetzung-vor-gericht-fraeulein-stolz-und-der-hitlergruss-a-623827.html|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=2195-1349|quote=Das verhängte Berufsverbot hielt der BGH jedoch für berechtigt, und dabei bleibt es: Fünf Jahre lang darf die Lebensgefährtin des Rechtsextremisten Horst Mahler ihren Anwaltsberuf nicht ausüben.}}</ref>

==Since 2011==
Stolz was released from ] Prison on 13 April 2011.

In 2012, she was invited by ], the founder of the Anti-Zensur-Koalition (AZK) (Anti-Censorship Coalition),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anti-zensur.info/ |title=Home |website=anti-zensur.info}}</ref> as a guest speaker at the AZK's 8th conference held at ], ], ], where she spoke on 24 November 2012. In January 2013, Daniel Kettiger, a ] lawyer, filed a criminal complaint with the Graubünden Prosecutor's Office against both Stolz and Sasek. He accused Stolz of violating ], Art. 261<sup>bis</sup> of the Swiss Criminal Code,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/311_0/a261bis.html|title = Fedlex}}</ref> in that she stated that the Holocaust has never been proved by a court of law, that findings on the location of the crime, method of murder, number killed, time period of crime, perpetrators, bodies or evidence of murder are lacking as is finding as fact that there was ] intention to kill ]. Sasek was accused of failing to act as a responsible moderator.<ref name="sos-01"> '']'', 17 January 2013</ref><ref name="sos-02"> '']'', 18 January 2013</ref>

On 25 February 2015, Stolz was sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment by a court in Munich for the speech she delivered in 2012.<ref>, ''Ha'aretz'' (Associated Press), 25 February 2015</ref> On 15 February 2018, the sentence was reduced to 18 months, time served to be reckoned from 23 May 2019, the date of arrest.


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Sylvia Stolz
Sylvia Stolz in 2013
Born (1963-08-16) 16 August 1963 (age 61)
NationalityGerman
OccupationLawyer
Criminal chargeHolocaust denial
PenaltyFive years imprisonment

Sylvia Stolz (born 16 August 1963) is a German Neo-Nazi, convicted Holocaust denier and former lawyer.

Ernst Zündel and Stolz trials

Stolz was a member of the defense team of Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel, who was tried in March 2006 for distributing antisemitic literature, including Holocaust denial material, via a website. Stolz disrupted Zündel's initial trial and was barred from the courtroom because of her behavior. She had said the judges deserved the death penalty for "offering succour to the enemy" and had signed a legal document "Heil Hitler". In her view, Germany has been under a "foreign occupation which has portrayed Adolf Hitler as a devil for 60 years, but that is not true." After ignoring the bar, Stolz had to be physically removed from the court. During the March 2006 trial she called the Holocaust "the biggest lie in world history". She also defended Holocaust denier Horst Mahler.

Zündel was eventually convicted in February 2007, and served a five-year term of imprisonment. Stolz was convicted in January 2008 of the same, and additional offenses, and sentenced to a 3½-year prison term. She was also banned from practicing law for five years.

As of May 2009, Stolz was the partner of the German Nazi, Horst Mahler.

Since 2011

Stolz was released from Aichach Prison on 13 April 2011.

In 2012, she was invited by Ivo Sasek, the founder of the Anti-Zensur-Koalition (AZK) (Anti-Censorship Coalition), as a guest speaker at the AZK's 8th conference held at Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland, where she spoke on 24 November 2012. In January 2013, Daniel Kettiger, a Bernese lawyer, filed a criminal complaint with the Graubünden Prosecutor's Office against both Stolz and Sasek. He accused Stolz of violating Swiss race law, Art. 261 of the Swiss Criminal Code, in that she stated that the Holocaust has never been proved by a court of law, that findings on the location of the crime, method of murder, number killed, time period of crime, perpetrators, bodies or evidence of murder are lacking as is finding as fact that there was Nazi intention to kill Jews. Sasek was accused of failing to act as a responsible moderator.

On 25 February 2015, Stolz was sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment by a court in Munich for the speech she delivered in 2012. On 15 February 2018, the sentence was reduced to 18 months, time served to be reckoned from 23 May 2019, the date of arrest.

References

  1. ^ "German Neo-Nazi Lawyer Gets Prison". Intelligence Report. No. Summer 2008. United States: Southern Poverty Law Center. 20 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Holocaust denier in Germany sentenced to five years in prison", The New York Times (International Herald Tribune), 15 February 2007
  3. ^ "German Neo-Nazi Lawyer Sentenced for Denying Holocaust", dw (Germany), 14 January 2008
  4. Harry de Quetteville "There's nothing 'neo' about this Nazi" Telegraph.com (blog), 15 January 2008
  5. "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger - Aktuelle Nachrichten aus Köln und der ganzen Welt". Archived from the original on 3 November 2007.
  6. "Holocaust Denier's Lawyer Gets Prison", The Huffington Post (Associated Press), 14 January 2008
  7. Jüttner, Julia (9 May 2009). "Volksverhetzung vor Gericht: Fräulein Stolz und der Hitlergruß". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 7 February 2022. Das verhängte Berufsverbot hielt der BGH jedoch für berechtigt, und dabei bleibt es: Fünf Jahre lang darf die Lebensgefährtin des Rechtsextremisten Horst Mahler ihren Anwaltsberuf nicht ausüben.
  8. "Home". anti-zensur.info.
  9. "Fedlex".
  10. Strafanzeige gegen Stolz und Sasek Die Südostschweiz, 17 January 2013
  11. Stolz und Sasek in den Mühlen der Justiz Die Südostschweiz, 18 January 2013
  12. "German ex-lawyer jailed for Holocaust denial - again", Ha'aretz (Associated Press), 25 February 2015
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