Horst Mahler

Horst Mahler
Mahler in 2001
Born(1936-01-23)23 January 1936
Haynau, Gau Silesia, Germany (now Chojnów, Poland)
Died27 July 2025(2025-07-27) (aged 89)
Berlin, Germany
Alma materFreie Universität Berlin
Occupation(s)Lawyer, political activist
Organizations
  • NPD (2000–2003)
  • RAF (1970–1975)
  • SDS (1956–1960)
  • SPD (1956–1960)

Horst Mahler (de; 23 January 1936 – 27 July 2025) was a German lawyer and political activist.[1] He was a far-left militant and a founding member of the Red Army Faction. He later became a supporter of neo-Nazism. Between 2000 and 2003, he was a member of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany.

Starting in 2003, he was convicted of Holocaust denial and served a twelve-year prison sentence. In April 2017, Mahler was ordered back to prison for another three and a half years. On 18 April 2017, he tried to escape from Germany to avoid prison.[2] He was deported back to Germany, where he was arrested and put back in jail.

Mahler was released from prison in October 2020.[3]

Mahler died on 27 July 2025 in Berlin, Germany at the age of 89.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ (in German) Mahler kein Anwalt mehr, n-tv.de, 19 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Trotz Haftstrafe: Horst Mahler bleibt auf freiem Fuß - Störungsmelder". Störungsmelder (in German). 29 March 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: "Horst Mahler aus Haft entlassen". 27 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Holocaustleugner Horst Mahler ist tot" [Holocaust denier Horst Mahler has died]. Focus (in German). 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Horst Mahler, a German Holocaust denier who was once a far-left militant, dies at 89". ABC News.

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