Laws Against Holocaust Denial - Prosecutions and Convictions

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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