Ernst Zundel sentenced to five years

Apparently you are not European, or yo would not call this "just having an opinion"! After World War II Germany had to come a long way to getting on its feet again and to become a worthy partner of the other European countries. During the same period there were still Nazi-adepts who claimed the heritage of Hitler. Germany had to be very firm on that, since roots of this line of thinking apparently had not all be wielded yet. And we all know what that line of thinking led to... Any historians who do their homework and then still claim the Holocaust did not happen, are not worth the title of academic. The neo nazi's of this time are very fond of this kind of so called historians. I don't know who much history you had in school, but stating that this man has an opinion that the people in power "don't like" is either proof of you being a great naiv person, or you starting a discussion to which you know will come a lot of answers, or.... and I hope that is not at all the case, you agreeing with Ernst Zundel. Is the latter the case, I advice you to do some genuine reading and research for yourself, before following someone's crazy ideas. Zundel is not an accepted academic in Europe. Denying the Holocaust is forbidden all over Europe, not only by the "people in power" in Germany, so get a grip, please!!!

I may not agree with what Ernst said but I think it's outragous that he was put in jail for even one day, let alone 5 years. I thought we had something called, 'freedom of speech'..?

this is ridiculous! why would a man be jailed just because he talks about his opinion? I thought those are in the pass.. well, then we really should be really careful about what we talk, we shouldn't talk about things that are not mainstream. What about our freedom in blogging, will they put blogger to jails too?

If there is no criteria other than he stated his opinion about Holocaust, then it is wrong to send him jail. We should have our right to state our opinion in public as long as those words or thought does not abuse others.

From what I read here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/zundel/ inciting hate and denying the holocaust are both considered to be crimes in Germany. If he committed a crime, shouldn't he be put in jail? I'm not sure why there is outrage over his sentencing.

For us, who are enjoying a democratic form of government, such could never happen. But since their form of government is different from what we have, this incident had taken place. It will be good indeed, if each and everyone shall think it over deeply first, before opening their mouths to utter some things of importance. We maybe stepping on someone else's toes already.

That just proves that the vicelike grip of Zionists on Media is not only in conspiracy freaks' heads . I think if you are 100% sure something happened ,it doesn't matter what others believe , let alone ONE man . Unless you are afraid what he is saying is true ! .The Holocaust happened ,no doubt about it , HOWEVER : .1 it was obviously exploited so much and so well by the zionist colonial movement , one might suspect they had a hand in it . .2 there were MANY mass -murdering campaigns in history , why is that of the Jews most significant ? Because they have the Media ! .3 There is a lot of evidence indicating that Jewish ethnicity might NOT have been the ONLY criterion for selection for mass-murder . Also ,not ALL Jews were subject to that ,in fact there were some Jews on the OTHER SIDE !

Remember that crime that was commited lest we forget. If we do not learn from the mistakes of others then those mistakes will be repeated. Would you want to listen to someone spout off that distant relatives of yours were never murdered and that the holocaust never happened? It could have been you or yours that were murdered in cold blood and then you would speak different words. History needs to be taught and remembered to prevent the past repeating itself.

He's not a historian, he's a propagandist. Keep in mind that he is doing this in Germany. The "ideas" of a certain man and his followers is what led to the holocaust in the first place.

As sick as this person's views make me (and, trust me, they do), I don't think anybody should go to jail for what they think or research they do.

well where is free speach on this one? the turkish govt has been denying the holovaust of the armenians in 1915 have they gone to prison for it? cos it's about the jews..it is anti semitic and offensive..what about the bosnians..the tutsi? and now the chadians? i love everyone including the jees..they are creation of God..what i abhore is the value given to a jewish life compared to other races..that stinks man..the guy may have offended some groups and maybe should not voice certain offensive things..but not go to prison for it..he hasn't incited racial hatred or is a member of any fanatical group..so he shouldn't be put away just for some historical findings he has unveiled..just my two cents..

I didn't know anything about this but being from America I firmly believe that everyone in the world should have the right to an opinion. It is sad there are countries that don't agree with this. I may not agree with what this man is saying but I do agree he has a right to say them as long as it doesn't hurt others.

This one is TOUGH to comment on because of the deep emotions that it evokes and the MULTIPLE issues that it touches on !!! To say that the Holocaust did not happen borders on lunacy or outright deception. He probably should go to a mental ward or just be IGNORED as we do CHILDREN who have NO CLUE to the ramifications of the statements that they make from time to time !!! "Free" speech does have limitations as any educated person knows. Zundel "has not killed anybody" --no, just DENIED that millions were !! Zundel "has not stolen anything" -- no, just trying to "steal" our historical memories !! His real "crime" is probably "inciting to riot" or some such thing, which is not allowed in many civilized countries.

its an okay punishment

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