ZUNDEL DEPORTED TO GERMANY: 'CANADA STRUCK A BLOW AGAINST HATE TODAY'

"Canada struck a blow against hate and professional bigots today by finally deporting Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. "This long-delayed move comes as the civilized world commemorates the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Europe from the genocidal grip of Nazi Germany. But it also comes at a time when, as a result of the efforts of professional Holocaust deniers and antisemites, too many young people have come to doubt the horrific brutal reality of the Nazi's Final Solution that systematically murdered 6 million innocent Jews," he added.

"We hope that Canada's move and Zundel's impending arrest will give pause among those in the Arab and Moslem world who have rushed to embraced the 'big lie' that Zundel and his ilk continue to peddle," Cooper concluded.

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