Gerd Honsik (Austria, Spain)

***Alex Linder*** · January 30th, 2008

Spanish Police Arrest Writer Wanted in Austria for Holocaust Denial

HAARETZ.com
23/08/2007

Spanish police on Thursday arrested a right-wing writer and publisher wanted in his home country of Austria for repeatedly denying the existence of the Jewish Holocaust and the use of gas chambers, officials said.

Gerd Honsik was arrested in the southern city of Malaga, a police spokeswoman said. No more details on his arrest were immediately available.

Honsik had fled to Spain after being convicted in 1992 in Austria of neo-Nazi activities and sentenced to one year in prison for writings that defended Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.....

Spain has 90 days from the point when the arrest warrant was issued to decide whether to extradite Honsik......

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/896785.html

January 30th, 2008	#1
*Alex Linder* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 45,756 Blog Entries: 34	Gerd Honsik (Austria, Spain) Spanish Police Arrest Writer Wanted in Austria for Holocaust Denial HAARETZ.com 23/08/2007 Spanish police on Thursday arrested a right-wing writer and publisher wanted in his home country of Austria for repeatedly denying the existence of the Jewish Holocaust and the use of gas chambers, officials said. Gerd Honsik was arrested in the southern city of Malaga, a police spokeswoman said. No more details on his arrest were immediately available. Honsik had fled to Spain after being convicted in 1992 in Austria of neo-Nazi activities and sentenced to one year in prison for writings that defended Adolf Hitler's Third Reich..... Spain has 90 days from the point when the arrest warrant was issued to decide whether to extradite Honsik...... http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/896785.html

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