Original and prominent Supporters

Among the supporters of the petition are the actress Iris Berben, Literature Nobel Prize Laureate Elfriede Jelinek, the television presenter Bärbel Schäfer, Professors Daniel Goldhagen, Robert Wistrich, Jeffrey Herf, Yehuda Bauer, Micha Brumlik, Arno Lustiger and Wolfgang Neugebauer, the members of the German parliament Petra Pau, Ute Granold, Dr. Karl Addicks, Andreas Schmidt, Andreas Steppuhn, Uwe Schummer, Roland Claus and Ingo Schmitt, the Minister a.D. Dr. Heiner Geißler, the former ambassador to Israel Rudolf Dreßler, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Charlotte Knobloch, the vice-president Dieter Graumann and the General Secretary Stephan J. Kramer, the exile-Iranian political and human rights activists Nasrin Amirsedghi, Hassan Daioleslam and Iraj Mesdaghi, the exile-Iranian author Mirza Agha Asgari (Mani), the Egyptian author Masri Feki, the journalist Henryk M. Broder, Dr. Jürgen Bühler director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, the head of the German-Israeli-Society Dr. h.c. Johannes Gerster and Lala Süsskind, Chairwoman of the Jewish Community in Berlin.

Original Supporters

Sharon Adler, Editor, AVIVA-Berlin.de - Online Magazine for Women, Photographer, Berlin
Doris Akrap, Editor, Jungle World, Berlin
Menashe Amir, Former Director of the Persian Program of Kol Israel (Voice of Israel), Jerusalem/Israel
Nasrin Amirsedghi, Publicist, Mainz
Dr. Miro Aliyar, Sociologist, Austria
Javad Asadian, Author and Poet, Member and former Chairman of the Iranian PEN Centre in Exile, Germany, Berlin
Dr. Alireza Assar, Physicist and Mathematician, University of Vienna, Ministry of Defence Consultant on Iran's nuclear programme until the early 1990s, Austria
Seyran Ates, Lawyer and Author, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Yehuda Bauer, Jerusalem
Dr. Werner Bohleber, Psychoanalyst, Frankfurt
Dr. Martin Borowsky, Judge, Chairman of the German-Israel Society Erfurt, Member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church of Central Germany, Erfurt
Ivo Bozic, Editor, Jungle World, Berlin
Hans Branscheidt, European Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC)
Henryk M. Broder, Journalist, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Micha Brumlik, Educationalist, J.W.Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt
Dr. Hava Bugajer, Vice President European Council of WIZO Federations, Vienna/Austria
Dr. Jürgen Bühler, International and German Director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Jerusalem/Israel
Paulo Casaca, MEP, Partido Socialista Portugal, Socialist Group in the European Parliament, Brussels
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles
Martin Cüppers, Historian, Research Associate, Research Unit Ludwigsburg of the University Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg/Berlin
Hassan Daioleslam, Iranian Human Rights Activist and Political Scientist, USA
Max Dax, Journalist, Berlin
Rudolf Dreßler, Politician (SPD) and Diplomat, inter alia former German Ambassador in Israel
Pastor em. Prof. Dr. Günter Ebbrecht, Einbeck
Harald Eckert, Chairman Christians on Israel’s Side, Board Member European Coalition for Israel Brussels, Germany
Avi Efroni, Chief Editor DerBerliton.de, Berlin
Klaus Faber, Lawyer, State Secretary (ret.), SPD, Executive Director of the Scientific Forum Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Potsdam
Dr. Jochen Feilcke, Vice President of the German-Israel Society, Chairman of the section Berlin/Potsdam
Alex Feuerherdt, Lector, Illustrator and Author, Bonn
Prof. em. Hubert Frankemölle, Catholic New Testament Scholar, Consultant of the German Bishops' Conference, Paderborn
David Gall, haGalil onLine, Munich
Dr. h.c. Johannes Gerster, President, German-Israel Society, CDU, Mainz
Dr. Dieter Graumann, Vice President, Central Council of Jews in Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Elvira Grözinger, Vice Chairwoman of SPME Germany, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Karl E. Grözinger, Prof. em. for Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Potsdam
Dr. Nikoline Hansen, Chairwoman, Coalition of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime, Berlin
Simone Dinah Hartmann, Spokesperson, STOP THE BOMB Austria, Vienna/Austria
Prof. Dr. Heiko Haumann, Historian, University of Basel/Switzerland
Rev. Malcom Hedding, Executive Director, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Jerusalem/Israel
Prof. em. Dr. Hanspeter Heinz, Chairman, Discussion Group Jews and Christians at the Central Committee of German Catholics, Augsburg
Dr. phil Clemens Heni, Post-Doc Associate, YALE University, USA
Prof. Jeffrey Herf, Historian, University of Maryland, Washington/USA
Meggie Jahn, Deputy Chairwoman of the section Berlin/Potsdam, German-Israel Society, Berlin
Dr. Martin Jander, Historian, Lecturer at the New York University Berlin
Prof. Dr. em. Utz Jeggle, Professor of Empirical Cultural Studies, University of Tübingen
Elfriede Jelinek, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Vienna/Austria
Prof. Herbert Jochum,Chairman, Christian-Jewish Consortium Saarland (CJAS), Saarbrücken
Kayvan Kaboli, Spokesperson, Green Party of Iran, Los Angeles/USA
Yves Kamami, Chairman, B'nai B'rith, Europe's Foreign Affairs Network
Prof. Dr. Rainer Kampling, Seminar for Catholic Theology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin
Dr. Martin Kloke, Textbook Editor and Publicist, Berlin
Dr. Yvonne Kozlovsky-Golan, Professor of Film, Sapir Academic College Sha'ar Hanegev, Israel
Stephan Kramer, General Secretary, Central Council of Jews in Germany, Berlin
Dr. Matthias Küntzel, Political Scientist and Publicist, Hamburg
Dr. Alexandra Kurth, Political Scientist, Gießen
Robert J. Lieber, Professor of Government and International Affairs, Georgetown University Washington, USA
Andrea Livnat, haGalil onLine, Tel Aviv
Arno Lustiger, Historian and Publicist, Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Michael Mallmann, Scientific Director of the Research Unit Ludwigsburg of the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Yossi Melman, Writer and Journalist, Haaretz, Israel
Iraj Mesdaghi, Human Rights Advocate/Writer, Sweden
Prof. Benny Morris, Ben Gurion University, Beersheba, Li-On/Israel
Dr. Kazem Moussavi, Spokesperson, Green Party of Iran in Europe, Germany
Ricklef Münnich, Pastor, Protestant President of the German Coordination Council of the Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation, Erfurt
Dr. Christoph Münz, Historian, Editor of COMPASS-info service for Christian-Jewish and German-Israeli news, Greifenstein
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Neugebauer, Historian and Vice President of "Action against Antisemitism in Austria", Vienna
Margitta Neuwald-Golling, Del. to European Council of WIZO Federations (EWCF), Cologne
Wolfgang M. Nossen, Chairman, Jewish Community of Thüringen, Chairman of MOBIT e.V. (society against right-wing extremism), Erfurt
Dr. Peter von der Osten-Sacken, Prof. em., Humboldt UniversityBerlin, former Director of the Institute Church and Judaism, Berlin
Thomas von der Osten-Sacken, Publicist, Wadi e.V., Frankfurt
David Parsons, Media Director, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Jerusalem/Israel
Petra Pau, Member of the German Bundestag, DIE LINKE, Berlin
Ronald Radosh, Prof. Emeritus of History, City University of New York; Adjunct Senior Fellow, The Hudson Institute, USA
Aryeh Rubin, Director Targum Shlishi, USA
Levi Salomon, Delegate of the Jewish Community of Berlin for Fighting Antisemitism, Berlin
Dr. Samuel Salzborn, Assistant Professor, Institute for Political Science of the University of Giessen, Giessen
Prof. Dr. Karol Sauerland, Philosopher, Professor of German Studies, and Historian, Universiy of Warsaw, Warsaw/Poland
Esther Schapira, Journalist, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt
Bruno Schirra, Journalist and Publicist, Berlin
Prof. em. Dr. Johann Michael Schmidt, (Prof. em. for Protestant Theology and Didactics), Meerbusch
Dr. Eva Schulz-Jander, Lecturer, Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation, Kassel
Dr. Charles A. Small, Director, Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism and Policy, Yale University, New Haven/USA
Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland, Warsaw/Poland
Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Liason of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Paris
Rachel Singer, President, WIZO Deutschland e.V., Berlin
Saul Singer, Editorial Page Editor, Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem/Israel
Martin Stock, Editor, iz3w – Information Centre Third World, Freiburg
Prof. Dr. em. Martin Stöhr, University of Siegen, Honorary President of the International Council of Christians and Jews, Bad Vilbel
Dip.sc.pol. Leo Sucharewicz, Communication-Psychologist and Journalist, Munich
Lala Süsskind, Chairwoman, Jewish Community Berlin, Berlin
Dr. Sylke Tempel, Historian and Publicist, Berlin
Monika Thamm, Member of the House of Representatives of Berlin, CDU, Berlin
Arzu Toker, Journalist and Publicist, Cologne
Dr. Helga Trüpel, Member of the European Parliament, DIE GRÜNEN, Vice President Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament, Brussels/Bremen
Dr. Wahied Wahdat-Hagh, Social Scientist and Publicist, Germany
Andreas C. Wankum, Member of the Hamburg State Parliament, CDU, Hamburg
Graham Weinberg, President, B'nai B'rith Europe
Dr. Markus Weingardt, Peace Researcher, Research Center of the Evang. Study Group FEST (Heidelberg), Tübingen
Prof. em. Dr. Klaus Wengst, Study Group Jews and Christians at the German Evangelical Church Congress, Bochum
Sebastian Wertmüller, Trade Union Secretary, Hannover
Dr. Gregor Wettberg, Jurist, Workshop Jewish Members of the Social Democrats Berlin/Brandenburg, Berlin
Prof. Robert S. Wistrich, Director, Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - SICSA, Jerusalem/Israel
Prof. Dr. Michael Wolffsohn, University of the Bundeswehr, Munich
Udo Wolter, Free Author, Berlin
Dr. Efraim Zuroff, Nazi-hunter and historian, Director of Simon Wiesenthal Center-Israel Office, Coordinator of SWC Nazi war crimes research (worldwide), Efrat/Israel