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02/27/2009: "Horst Mahler sentenced to 6 years"
A founding member of a left-wing terrorist group turned neo-Nazi was convicted Wednesday in Munich of Holocaust denial and sentenced to six years in prison after a judge accused him of using the courtroom to spread his message of hate.
Horst Mahler - a founder of the Red Army Faction in 1970 - was convicted of incitement for posting videos denying the Holocaust on the Internet and distributing CDs promoting anti-Jewish hatred and violence. Denial of the Nazi Holocaust is a crime in Germany.
Rieder sentenced Mahler to one year above the maximum recommended five years in prison, saying he is "completely unrepentant and totally unteachable."
"It was as if these people have had to die again," Rieder said. "Therefore, the Horst Mahler show has now ended."
[ Ridiculous! How do they get away with this? If someone says something didn't happen how can that be a serious crime on par with murder? ]
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/25/europe/EU-Germany-Holocaust-Denial.php