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. 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. He was deported back to Germany, where he was arrested and put back in jail.

Mahler was released from prison in October 2020.

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

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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