Hungary: First Conviction for Holocaust "Denial"

[Rev.Cambeul]

In Hungary, 'Holocaust Denier' Sentenced to Prison and Auschwitz or Museum Visit

AFP | Agence France-Presse | February 1, 2013

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130201/auschwitz-or-museum-trip-hungary-holocaust-denier

The first Hungarian convicted under a new Holocaust denial law has been given a suspended 18-month jail sentence and has to visit Budapest's memorial museum, Auschwitz or Yad Vashem, the court said Friday. In addition to visiting Budapest's Holocaust Memorial Center three times, György Nagy has to write down his thoughts. Alternatively he can go to the Auschwitz former death camp in Poland or the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem.

The sentence, which also bans the unemployed computer technician from attending political rallies or events, is the first conviction since a new law came into force in 2010.

Attending a political rally in Budapest in 2011, the 42 year-old held up a banner with the Hebrew-language inscription: "The Shoah did not happen".

The banner was visible for around 15 minutes before Nagy was detained by police. [more ...]

"השואה לא קרתה"
"The Shoah did not happen"