(Jewish Group) German man to face charges for questioning Holocaust at concentration camp

[Behind the Aegis]

German man will face criminal charges for allegedly denying the Holocaust during a visit to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial site near Berlin, German prosecutors announced on Monday.

In a report by German news agency Deutsche Welle, the man is from the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany and was part of a group that visited the camp in July 2018 from the Lake Constance constituency of Alice Weidel, leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany Party (AfD), which has been in the German parliament since October 2017.

A spokesperson for AfD said Weidel was not aware of the group's visit.

The group reportedly visited the camp under a scheme funded by the German government to allow voters to visit MPs in Berlin. The visiting group was instructed to leave after some members began disputing the truth of the Holocaust.

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[DetlefK]

1. In german law, that paragraph is called "Volksverhetzung".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung

It translates roughly to "incitement against people". It's a catch-all term for racist statements. 3 months to 5 years of prison.

Some german Neonazis view it as a badge of honor of having been sentenced for Volksverhetzung.