Fred A. Leuchter - Revision history

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	==Zündel trial and investigation at Auschwitz==		==Zündel trial and investigation at Auschwitz==
	In 1988 Leuchter was hired by [[Ernst Zündel]], who was being tried in [[Canada]] for publishing works of [[~~Holocaust~~ revisionism]], to investigate and testify as an expert witness at his trial. Leuchter was recommended to Zündel by Bill Armontrout, warden for Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, [[Missouri]]. Leuchter traveled to [[Auschwitz]] and [[Birkenau]] to examine the structures claimed by the WWII Allies and the jewish lobbies as [[Gas chambers controversy\|gas chamber]]s, and concluded that they could not have been used for [[mass murder]].		In 1988 Leuchter was hired by [[Ernst Zündel]], who was being tried in [[Canada]] for publishing works of [[Holohoax revisionism]], to investigate and testify as an expert witness at his trial. Leuchter was recommended to Zündel by Bill Armontrout, warden for Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, [[Missouri]]. Leuchter traveled to [[Auschwitz]] and [[Birkenau]] to examine the structures claimed by the WWII Allies and the jewish lobbies as [[Gas chambers controversy\|gas chamber]]s, and concluded that they could not have been used for [[mass murder]].

	Zündel's ''[[Samisdat Publishers\|Samisdat Publications]]'' published his findings as ''The Leuchter Report: An Engineering Report on the Alleged Execution Chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Majdanek Poland'' (published in England as ''Auschwitz: The End of the Line: The Leuchter Report - The First Forensic Examination of Auschwitz'') which the court accepted only as evidentiary display and not as direct evidence; Leuchter was therefore required to explicate it and testify to the veracity of his findings under oath in the trial. His report was widely republished and translated by various [[revisionist]] organizations, and he has since lectured on it and his subsequent experiences. Protests were organized in response.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/WO/lib00067,0EADE828220303D7.html\| title=CASE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONIST BRINGS PROTESTERS TO MALDEN \| publisher=[[Worcester Telegram Gazette]] \|date=January 23, 1991 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref>		Zündel's ''[[Samisdat Publishers\|Samisdat Publications]]'' published his findings as ''The Leuchter Report: An Engineering Report on the Alleged Execution Chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Majdanek Poland'' (published in England as ''Auschwitz: The End of the Line: The Leuchter Report - The First Forensic Examination of Auschwitz'') which the court accepted only as evidentiary display and not as direct evidence; Leuchter was therefore required to explicate it and testify to the veracity of his findings under oath in the trial. His report was widely republished and translated by various [[revisionist]] organizations, and he has since lectured on it and his subsequent experiences. Protests were organized in response.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/WO/lib00067,0EADE828220303D7.html\| title=CASE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONIST BRINGS PROTESTERS TO MALDEN \| publisher=[[Worcester Telegram Gazette]] \|date=January 23, 1991 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref>
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	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==
	[[jewish]] protests were organized outside the court house in [[Canada]], and near Leuchter's home in Malden, [[Massachusetts]]. However, despite the bad publicity Leuchter remained active until 1990. In the late 1980s, following the [[Ernst Zündel]] trial, he was featured in both the ''Atlantic Monthly''<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/199002/electric-chair \| title=A Matter of Engineering \| publisher=[[Atlantic Monthly]] \|date=February 1990 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref> and ''Prime Time Live'' in items on capital punishment. Also following his involvement in the Zündel trial, Leuchter began giving lectures to [[~~Holocaust~~ revisionism]] groups such as the [[Institute for Historical Review]] (IHR) about his research and continued belief in the conclusions to which he testified in the trial.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BG/lib00065,0EADDF1EF8258A34.html \| title=HOLOCAUST DENIERS HOLD AREA MEETINGS \| publisher=[[Boston Globe]] \|date=December 9, 1990 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref>		[[jewish]] protests were organized outside the court house in [[Canada]], and near Leuchter's home in Malden, [[Massachusetts]]. However, despite the bad publicity Leuchter remained active until 1990. In the late 1980s, following the [[Ernst Zündel]] trial, he was featured in both the ''Atlantic Monthly''<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/199002/electric-chair \| title=A Matter of Engineering \| publisher=[[Atlantic Monthly]] \|date=February 1990 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref> and ''Prime Time Live'' in items on capital punishment. Also following his involvement in the Zündel trial, Leuchter began giving lectures to [[Holohoax revisionism]] groups such as the [[Institute for Historical Review]] (IHR) about his research and continued belief in the conclusions to which he testified in the trial.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BG/lib00065,0EADDF1EF8258A34.html \| title=HOLOCAUST DENIERS HOLD AREA MEETINGS \| publisher=[[Boston Globe]] \|date=December 9, 1990 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref>

	===Charges of practicing without a license===		===Charges of practicing without a license===
	In 1991 Leuchter faced charges of practicing engineering without a license issued by the Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and of Land Surveyors, which regulates professional engineers, a violation of Massachusetts law.<ref>{{cite news \| agency=Associated Press \| url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20613F63A5D0C738EDDAB0894D9494D81 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718110605/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20613F63A5D0C738EDDAB0894D9494D81 \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=July 18, 2012 \| title=~~Holocaust~~ Skeptic Who Gives Advice on Death Faces Trial \| newspaper=[[The New York Times]] \| date=February 20, 1991 \| access-date=2008-03-11 }}</ref><ref name=wapo/> As a result of those charges, Leuchter signed a consent decree with the board, in which he stated that he was not and had never been registered as a professional engineer, despite having represented himself as one.<ref name=wapo>{{cite news \| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/18/holocaust-revisionist-admits-he-is-not-engineer/b208816c-6c3c-481e-9d66-545a815f8f36/ \| title= ~~Holocaust~~ Revisionist Admits He Is Not Engineer \| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=June 18, 1991 \| first= Christopher B.\| last= Daly\| access-date =2008-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/RO/lib00084,0EAEA218C67D1DC7.html\| title=~~Holocaust~~ Revisionist Admits Lying Of Expertise \| newspaper=[[Roanoke Times]] \|date=June 18, 1991 \| author=Staff \| access-date =2008-03-11}}</ref> He settled with prosecutors by serving two years of probation and agreeing to stop disseminating documents in which he presented himself as an engineer, including the Leuchter report.<ref name=wapo/><ref name=NYT>{{cite news \|agency=Associated Press\| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2D81E30F930A25755C0A967958260 \| title=Execution 'Engineer' Settles Criminal Case \|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] \|date=June 13, 1991\| quote=Mr. Leuchter (pronounced LOOT-cher), a native of the Boston suburb of Malden, builds electric chairs and other execution devices, and he was once one of the nation's leading advisers on the administering of capital punishment. ... \| access-date =2008-03-11}}</ref> In a speech given over a year later, Leuchter said that:		In 1991 Leuchter faced charges of practicing engineering without a license issued by the Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and of Land Surveyors, which regulates professional engineers, a violation of Massachusetts law.<ref>{{cite news \| agency=Associated Press \| url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20613F63A5D0C738EDDAB0894D9494D81 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718110605/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20613F63A5D0C738EDDAB0894D9494D81 \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=July 18, 2012 \| title=Holohoax Skeptic Who Gives Advice on Death Faces Trial \| newspaper=[[The New York Times]] \| date=February 20, 1991 \| access-date=2008-03-11 }}</ref><ref name=wapo/> As a result of those charges, Leuchter signed a consent decree with the board, in which he stated that he was not and had never been registered as a professional engineer, despite having represented himself as one.<ref name=wapo>{{cite news \| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/18/holocaust-revisionist-admits-he-is-not-engineer/b208816c-6c3c-481e-9d66-545a815f8f36/ \| title= Holohoax Revisionist Admits He Is Not Engineer \| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=June 18, 1991 \| first= Christopher B.\| last= Daly\| access-date =2008-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/RO/lib00084,0EAEA218C67D1DC7.html\| title=Holohoax Revisionist Admits Lying Of Expertise \| newspaper=[[Roanoke Times]] \|date=June 18, 1991 \| author=Staff \| access-date =2008-03-11}}</ref> He settled with prosecutors by serving two years of probation and agreeing to stop disseminating documents in which he presented himself as an engineer, including the Leuchter report.<ref name=wapo/><ref name=NYT>{{cite news \|agency=Associated Press\| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2D81E30F930A25755C0A967958260 \| title=Execution 'Engineer' Settles Criminal Case \|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] \|date=June 13, 1991\| quote=Mr. Leuchter (pronounced LOOT-cher), a native of the Boston suburb of Malden, builds electric chairs and other execution devices, and he was once one of the nation's leading advisers on the administering of capital punishment. ... \| access-date =2008-03-11}}</ref> In a speech given over a year later, Leuchter said that:

	{{quote\|''a spurious criminal complaint was filed against me in the Massachusetts court system with the intent of destroying my reputation by putting me in prison for three months.		{{quote\|''a spurious criminal complaint was filed against me in the Massachusetts court system with the intent of destroying my reputation by putting me in prison for three months.
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	'''Frederick A. (Fred) Leuchter, Jr.''' (born 7 February 1943) is an American manufacturer of execution equipment and author of the [[Leuchter Reports]].		'''Frederick A. (Fred) Leuchter, Jr.''' (born 7 February 1943) is an American manufacturer of execution equipment and author of the [[Leuchter Reports]].

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	==Zündel trial and investigation at Auschwitz==		==Zündel trial and investigation at Auschwitz==
	In 1988 Leuchter was hired by [[Ernst Zündel]], who was being tried in [[Canada]] for publishing works of [[Holocaust revisionism]], to investigate and testify as an expert witness at his trial. Leuchter was recommended to Zündel by Bill Armontrout, warden for Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, [[Missouri]]. Leuchter traveled to [[Auschwitz]] and [[Birkenau]] to examine the structures claimed by the WWII Allies and the ~~Jewish~~ lobbies as [[Gas chambers controversy\|gas chamber]]s, and concluded that they could not have been used for [[mass murder]].		In 1988 Leuchter was hired by [[Ernst Zündel]], who was being tried in [[Canada]] for publishing works of [[Holocaust revisionism]], to investigate and testify as an expert witness at his trial. Leuchter was recommended to Zündel by Bill Armontrout, warden for Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, [[Missouri]]. Leuchter traveled to [[Auschwitz]] and [[Birkenau]] to examine the structures claimed by the WWII Allies and the jewish lobbies as [[Gas chambers controversy\|gas chamber]]s, and concluded that they could not have been used for [[mass murder]].

	Zündel's ''[[Samisdat Publishers\|Samisdat Publications]]'' published his findings as ''The Leuchter Report: An Engineering Report on the Alleged Execution Chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Majdanek Poland'' (published in England as ''Auschwitz: The End of the Line: The Leuchter Report - The First Forensic Examination of Auschwitz'') which the court accepted only as evidentiary display and not as direct evidence; Leuchter was therefore required to explicate it and testify to the veracity of his findings under oath in the trial. His report was widely republished and translated by various [[revisionist]] organizations, and he has since lectured on it and his subsequent experiences. Protests were organized in response.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/WO/lib00067,0EADE828220303D7.html\| title=CASE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONIST BRINGS PROTESTERS TO MALDEN \| publisher=[[Worcester Telegram Gazette]] \|date=January 23, 1991 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref>		Zündel's ''[[Samisdat Publishers\|Samisdat Publications]]'' published his findings as ''The Leuchter Report: An Engineering Report on the Alleged Execution Chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Majdanek Poland'' (published in England as ''Auschwitz: The End of the Line: The Leuchter Report - The First Forensic Examination of Auschwitz'') which the court accepted only as evidentiary display and not as direct evidence; Leuchter was therefore required to explicate it and testify to the veracity of his findings under oath in the trial. His report was widely republished and translated by various [[revisionist]] organizations, and he has since lectured on it and his subsequent experiences. Protests were organized in response.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/WO/lib00067,0EADE828220303D7.html\| title=CASE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONIST BRINGS PROTESTERS TO MALDEN \| publisher=[[Worcester Telegram Gazette]] \|date=January 23, 1991 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref>
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	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==
	[[~~Jewish~~]] protests were organized outside the court house in [[Canada]], and near Leuchter's home in Malden, [[Massachusetts]]. However, despite the bad publicity Leuchter remained active until 1990. In the late 1980s, following the [[Ernst Zündel]] trial, he was featured in both the ''Atlantic Monthly''<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/199002/electric-chair \| title=A Matter of Engineering \| publisher=[[Atlantic Monthly]] \|date=February 1990 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref> and ''Prime Time Live'' in items on capital punishment. Also following his involvement in the Zündel trial, Leuchter began giving lectures to [[Holocaust revisionism]] groups such as the [[Institute for Historical Review]] (IHR) about his research and continued belief in the conclusions to which he testified in the trial.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BG/lib00065,0EADDF1EF8258A34.html \| title=HOLOCAUST DENIERS HOLD AREA MEETINGS \| publisher=[[Boston Globe]] \|date=December 9, 1990 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref>		[[jewish]] protests were organized outside the court house in [[Canada]], and near Leuchter's home in Malden, [[Massachusetts]]. However, despite the bad publicity Leuchter remained active until 1990. In the late 1980s, following the [[Ernst Zündel]] trial, he was featured in both the ''Atlantic Monthly''<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/199002/electric-chair \| title=A Matter of Engineering \| publisher=[[Atlantic Monthly]] \|date=February 1990 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref> and ''Prime Time Live'' in items on capital punishment. Also following his involvement in the Zündel trial, Leuchter began giving lectures to [[Holocaust revisionism]] groups such as the [[Institute for Historical Review]] (IHR) about his research and continued belief in the conclusions to which he testified in the trial.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BG/lib00065,0EADDF1EF8258A34.html \| title=HOLOCAUST DENIERS HOLD AREA MEETINGS \| publisher=[[Boston Globe]] \|date=December 9, 1990 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2008-03-11}}</ref>

	===Charges of practicing without a license===		===Charges of practicing without a license===
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	''As confirmation of the spurious nature of this charge, it should be pointed out there are more than fifty thousand practicing engineers in Massachusetts, of whom only five thousand are licensed. Although the state's licensing law has been in effect since 1940, there has been no record of any prosecution for this offense.''<ref>[http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v12/v12p429_Leuchter.html Is There Life After Persecution?]</ref>}}		''As confirmation of the spurious nature of this charge, it should be pointed out there are more than fifty thousand practicing engineers in Massachusetts, of whom only five thousand are licensed. Although the state's licensing law has been in effect since 1940, there has been no record of any prosecution for this offense.''<ref>[http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v12/v12p429_Leuchter.html Is There Life After Persecution?]</ref>}}

	Leuchter attributed the actions of the regulatory board against him to pressure from ~~Jewish~~ groups.		Leuchter attributed the actions of the regulatory board against him to pressure from jewish groups.

	==See also==		==See also==

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