Prosecutions and Convictions
Laws against Holocaust denial have been enforced in most jurisdictions that have them. Notable convictions and sentencings to November 2009 include:
Date | Name | Country | Sentence |
---|---|---|---|
(various) | Jean-Marie Le Pen | France, Germany | fines |
Feb. 27, 1998 | Roger Garaudy | France | imprisonment (suspended), ₣240,000 fine |
Jul. 21, 1998 | Jürgen Graf | Switzerland | 15 months imprisonment (fled Switzerland to avoid sentence) |
Jul. 21, 1998 | Gerhard Förster | Switzerland | 12 months imprisonment, disgorgement |
April 8, 1999 | Fredrick Töben | Australia | 7 months imprisonment Mannheim, Germany - retrial - 2011 indefinitely stayed by judge Dr Meinerzhagen. October 1 - November 19, 2008, London, extradition to Mannheim, Germany, on European Arrest Warrant issued by Germany, failed. August 15 - November 12, 2009, Adelaide, Australia - for contempt of court because he refused to stop questioning the Holocaust's 3 basics: 6 million, systematic state extermination, gas chambers as murder weapon. |
May 27, 1999 | Jean Plantin | France | 6 months imprisonment (suspended), fine, damages |
Apr. 11, 2000 | Gaston-Armand Amaudruz | Switzerland | 1 year imprisonment, damages |
Feb. 20, 2006 | David Irving | Austria | 1 year imprisonment |
Mar. 15, 2006 | Germar Rudolf | Germany | 2½ years imprisonment |
Oct. 3, 2006 | Robert Faurisson | France | €7,500 fine, 3 months probation |
Feb. 15, 2007 | Ernst Zündel | Germany | 5 years imprisonment |
Jan. 14, 2008 | Wolfgang Fröhlich | Austria | 6 years imprisonment (third offence) |
Jan. 15, 2008 | Sylvia Stolz | Germany | 3½ years imprisonment |
Mar. 11, 2009 | Horst Mahler | Germany | 5 years imprisonment |
Oct. 23, 2009 | Dirk Zimmerman | Germany | 9 months imprisonment |
Oct. 27, 2009 | Richard Williamson | Germany | €12,000 fine |
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