SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER APPLAUDS GERMANY’S CONVICTION OF HOLOCAUST DENIER

Conviction is Slap in Face to Iranian Denial Campaign

The Simon Wiesenthal Center commends the Mannheim, Germany court that convicted Ernst Zundel of incitement and sentenced him to five years in prison.  “We applaud Germany for aggressively dealing with those who deny history’s most documented atrocity,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.  “The sentencing today of Ernst Zundel also represents a slap in the face to Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s hateful campaign of Holocaust denial that unfortunately has generated too much support in the Arab and Muslim world.” 

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