27 Jan 2024 3:53 pm
Is Holocaust denial a crime in the U.S. yet? If so, I am going to drop a dime on a few people on this board.
Holocaust denier living double life in Scotland will be extradited to France (msn.com)
A Holocaust denier arrested in a Scottish fishing village after two years on the run has lost an extradition battle. Vincent Reynouard, 54, from France was caught in Anstruther, Fife, and was remanded in custody while French authorities launched an extradition bid. They cited videos where he allegedly denied the existence of gas chambers in concentration camps.
He was arrested in November 2022 on a domestic warrant issued by a French court regarding seven videos made between September 2019 and April 2020.In one he allegedly described the Nazi atrocities as ‘crude slanders’ and another where he spoke of ‘the Jewish problem’. Other alleged offences include ‘public trivialization of a war crime’ and ‘public challenge to the existence of crimes against humanity committed during the Second World War’. Holocaust denial has been a criminal offence in France since 1990.
‘The court has no hesitation in describing the appellant’s treatment of all three matters as grossly offensive. The phenomenon of ‘fake news’, in the context of the internet and social media, is well-known, as are its damaging effects. ‘The denial of the holocaust is a gross insult to the members of the Jewish and other communities whose members perished at Auschwitz and Birkenau. The same applies to those living with the memory of Oradour.