Ernst Christof Friedrich Zündel (April 24, 1939 – August 5, 2017) was a German-born publisher, graphic artist, photographer, and prominent Holocaust denier known for promoting neo-Nazi ideologies. Born in Calmbach (now part of Bad Wildbad), Baden-Württemberg, Germany, he was raised primarily by his mother, Gertrude, after his father, Fritz—a lumberjack drafted as a medic on the Eastern Front shortly after his birth. A self-described pacifist, Zündel emigrated to Canada in 1958 at age 19 to avoid conscription into the German military. He settled in Montreal, worked in printing and photography, married multiple times (to Irene Margarelli, Janick Larouche, and Ingrid Zündel), fathered two sons, and became a Canadian citizen. Zündel gained notoriety as a German-Canadian neo-Nazi publisher, distributing Holocaust denial literature through his Samisdat Publishers, including works like 'Did Six Million Really Die?'. He faced multiple legal challenges: in Canada, convicted in the 1980s and 1990s for spreading materials 'likely to incite hatred against an identifiable group,' though some convictions were overturned on free speech grounds; detained in the US in 2003 for overstaying his visa; and deported from Canada in 2005 and the US in 2007. Back in Germany, he was imprisoned from 2007 to 2010 for 'inciting racial hatred' under laws prohibiting Holocaust denial. His trials, featuring defenses by figures like Fred Leuchter, drew international attention. Widely condemned as a neo-Nazi propagandist, Zündel's activities sparked debates on hate speech and free expression. He lived in Bad Wildbad until his death at age 78.