Gaston-Armand Amaudruz

Gaston -Armand Amaudruz ( born December 21, 1920 in Lausanne ) is a Swiss journalist who has become known primarily as a Holocaust denier.

Life

Amaudruz ' mother was from Germany. He studied political and social sciences. He worked as a language teacher and insurance agent before he devoted himself entirely to political work. During the Second World War was adjusted Amaudruz Germany friendly.

Political action

In its early years was Amaudruz followers of the Swiss fascist movement to Arthur Fonjallaz. In 1949 he became known for the first time to a wider public when he published Ubu justicier au premier procès de Nuremberg. This was one of the first publications that put the Holocaust into question. As a result, Amaudruz involved in the neo-fascist scene. He organized a conference in Malmö in 1951, which led to the creation of a pan-European organization of nationalists, the European National Movement. Amaudruz was early member of the People's Party of Switzerland, which he left in the dispute over the South Tyrol question. Close relations entertained Amaudruz with supporters of the Ordine Nuovo. He also published articles for the Nation magazine and Europe.

From 1983 Amaudruz tried to establish an umbrella organization of the Swiss right-wing extremists, which he failed. After the introduction of racism criminal provision, which provides the Holocaust denial in Switzerland under penalty Amaudruz 2000 had to serve a one-year prison sentence. Another sentence followed in 2003. Nevertheless Amaudruz continues his journalistic activities. He currently publishes the Courrier du Continent, whose 500th edition was published in May 2008.