Udo Walendy

Udo Walendy
Born Udo Walendy
(1927-01-27) 27 January 1927
Berlin, Germany
Nationality German
Occupation author, soldier, historian, holocaust denier

Udo Walendy, born 21 January 1927, in Berlin, is a German author, historian, former soldier, and Holocaust denier, who, like Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof, also disputes Germany's guilt for the Second World War.[1]

Life

He was born in Berlin.[1]

Towards the end of the war Walendy was drafted first into the Reichsarbeitsdienst (auxiliary force), then the Luftwaffenhelfer (child soldier in the air force) and finally into the regular Wehrmacht (the German military). He completed his Abitur (secondary education) in 1946 and then went to journalism school in Aachen. From 1950 to 1956 he studied political science at the Hochschule für Politik in West Berlin, where he received his diploma.[1]

Afterwards he worked as the director of a folk high school in Herford and as the business leader of an employers' association in Bielefeld. In 1965 he went independent and founded the Verlag für Volkstum und Zeitgeschichtsforschung ("Publishing House for Folklore and Contemporary Historical Research") in Vlotho.[1] In 1999 ownership of the publishing house was transferred to his wife, since Walendy was barred from directing it due to his conviction and imprisonment for 15 months for publicly questioning what has come to be called the holocaust. He maintains close contact with the Belgian revisionist organisation Vrij Historisch Onderzoek (VHO).[1]

Activity as author and publisher

Besides other works Walendy oversaw the publication of numerous materials in which the Holocaust was denied and the Third Reich was generally presented in a positive light. Among others these include:

Walendy has been charged with criminal activity several times, including under Germany's Volksverhetzung law (incitement to hatred).[1]

On 1 September 1 2014, Germar Rudolf's Castle Hill Publishers (UK) reprinted Truth for Germany - The Question of Guilt for the Second World War in an updated expanded, and corrected 2 edition, as Who Started World War II: Truth for a War-Torn World, which has also been translated completely anew from the Germany original. The 2013 3rd edition reprint by the Barnes Review, reprinted as Truth for Germany - The Question of Guilt for the Second World War, has been printed from the translators’ file without any editing or changes in layout.

Written works

In English

In German

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Atkins, Stephen E. (2009). Holocaust denial as an international movement. ABC-CLIO. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-313-34538-4. Preview at Google Books.
  2. ↑ Die Literatur der Auschwitzleugner: Udo Walendy, Historische Tatsachen Nr. 26 Holocaust-Referenz: Argumente gegen Auschwitzleugner. (German)
Much of this article is translated from the German wikipedia article of March 2nd 2007

 

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