Re: Historian David Irving Arrested for Denying the Holocaust


1MAN4ALL wrote:
> British historian David Irving was arrested last week in southern
> Austria on a warrant accusing him of denying the Holocaust, the
> Interior Ministry said Thursday. Irving was arrested Nov. 11 in Styria
> province, said police Maj. Rudolf Golia, an Interior Ministry
> spokesman. He was transferred to a prison in Graz.
>
> Irving was detained on a warrant issued in 1989 under Austrian laws
> that make Holocaust denial a crime, Golia said. The accusation stemmed
> from speeches Irving delivered that year in Vienna and in the southern
> town of Leoben.
>
> Irving in the past has faced allegations of spreading anti-Semitic and
> racist ideas. He is the author of nearly 30 books, including "Hitler's
> War," which challenges the extent of the Holocaust.
>
> He remained in custody Thursday, the Austria Press Agency said. Calls
> to the Graz court went unanswered.
>
> If formally charged, tried and convicted on the charge, Irving could
> face up to 20 years in prison, said Otto Schneider of the public
> prosecutor's office.
>
> But he said it was unclear whether there were sufficient legal grounds
> to continue holding Irving on such a charge so many years after the
> alleged offense was committed. A decision was expected by the end of
> next week on how to proceed, Schneider said.
>
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