ThoughtCrime: 07/21/98
Revisionists sentenced to prison in Switzerland
Revisionist author and researcher Jürgen Graf, 47
and his publisher Gerhard Förster, 78 were sentenced to prison in Switzerland.
Graf has written several books criticizing the traditional Holocaust story.
He has recently completed extensive
research in the Moscow archives
analyzing important primary documents. Graf and Förster, a former officer
in the Wehrmacht, were convicted of breaking Switzerland's law against "racial
discrimination."
The sentence by the Swiss government adds Switzerland
to the growing list of European countries which deny freedom of speech and
actively violate the human rights of its citizens. Graf was sentenced to
15 months while Förster received one year. In addition they were each fined
$5,500. The Swiss also confiscated approximately $38,000 in proceeds from
the sale of Graf's books.
In a final Orwellian move, Judge Andrea Staubli said
the pair's lack of remorse contributed to the sentences.
At least two of Jürgen Graf's books, Der Holocaust
auf dem Prüfstand and Der Holocaust-Schwindel have been
banned in Germany.
Adapted from: USA Today, July 22,1998
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George Orwell
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