- Gerd Honsik
Gerd Honsik (born
10 October 1941 inVienna ) is anAustria n writer and lyric poet, terrorist, and a prominent Holocaust denier. [Die nationale Internationale. In: Wolfgang Purtscheller (Hrsg.): Die Ordnung, die sie meinen. »Neue Rechte« in Österreich. Picus Verlag, Wien 1994, ISBN 3-85452-256-8]Life
Honsik's activities have included, among others, being a functionary in the Austrian "Volksbewegung" ("People's Movement"), also known as "Volksbewegung gegen
Überfremdung " ("People's Movement against Foreign Infiltration") and "Ausländer-Halt-Bewegung" ("No More Foreigners Movement"), as well as in Germany's far-rightNPD party. He was the founder of amilitia group, the "Nationale Front", which according to its manifesto carried out activities to effect "the abolition of the system".In the year 1961, Gerd Honsik was active as terrorist in South Tyrol. He was also involved in several terrorist attacks in Vienna, such as the deposition of a delayed-action incendiary device in an
Alitalia office, the placement of explosive devices in front of the US embassy in Vienna and a shooting in front of the Austrian Parliament. In 1976, he threw a smoke-bomb into the Künstlerhaus Wien, an exhibition building located in Vienna.He has also appeared under the pseudonym "Gerhon Endsik", an anagram of the syllables of his name extended by two letters, intended to allude to the (politically charged) German term "
Endsieg " ("final victory").Honsik has been fined and sentenced to jail in several Austrian court cases due to his activities as a Holocaust denier. He evaded his most recent sentence by fleeing the country, and currently resides in
Spain .Honsik now distributes the magazine "Halt" ("Stop") at irregular intervals from Spain. The magazine publishes Holocaust-denying and
anti-Semitic articles.Honsik was arrested in Málaga Spain on the 24th of August 2007 [ [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3441323,00.html Spain arrests fugitive Austrian Holocaust denier - Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews ] ] after a recent change in Spanish legislation. On the 4th of October 2007 [ [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1191257226744 Spain extradites Austrian author for Holocaust denial | Jerusalem Post ] ] Honsik was extradited to Austria to serve out an 18-month prison sentence stemming from a 1992 conviction for Holocaust denial.
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