Leugnen ist kein Straftatbestand

Strafgesetzte gegen Holocaust-Leugner zu machen, ist ein gefhrlicher Trend

titelte am 31.10.2009 der Jewish Chronicle, die einflussreichste jdische Zeitschrift der Welt. Nachfolgend der englische Originaltext unserer deutschen bersetzung im Beitrag Ist die Holocaust-Verfolgung am Ende?

Denial is not a criminal matter

From The Jewish Chronicle Geoffrey Alderman Octobre 30, 2008

Legislating against deniers of the Holocaust is part of a dangerous trend

In its issue of October 3, the JC ran the story of the arrest [] of a German-born Holocaust-denier, Frederick Toben. [] because the German government alleges that he has persisted in posting material on the internet denying or playing down the Nazi Holocaust of the Jews.

I [Alderman] hope that nothing of the kind befalls Mr Toben. I hope that the extradition warrant is quashed, so that Mr Toben is once again free to roam the world denying the Holocaust to his hearts content. I also hope that not only will this kind of incident never happen again in this country, but that the British government will demand that German (and Austrian) laws criminalising Holocaust-denial are repealed at the earliest possible moment.

In Turkey, it is currently a criminal offence to assert that Ottoman treatment of the Armenians 90 or so years ago amounted to genocide. But in Switzerland it is a criminal offence to assert the precise opposite. [] Suppose I declare that the killing of Palestinians at Deir Yassin in 1948 did not actually amount to a war crime. If the EU proposal were implemented, would I face imprisonment, just because I had exercised my professional judgment in a way that upset Arab propagandists?