Magazine / Society / Holocaust Denial / From the press | 18/04/2007

Liberté pour l'histoire ?

The German Justice Minister's proposal for an EU-wide ban on Holocaust denial has met with a sceptical response from journalists and historians. Should the battle against Holocaust denial be a legal one or should we take a scientific and journalistic approach?

The German initiative

Delfi - Latvia | Friday, 12. January 2007

EU ban on Holocaust denial?

Bens Latkovskis comments on the German proposal for an EU-wide ban on Holocaust denial. "In Latvia, one could pass such a law without having to ... » more

El País - Spain | Wednesday, 17. January 2007

Why forbid negationism?

Germany, currently in charge of EU's revolving presidency, has announced the publication of a text aimed at forbidding and condemning racism and xenophobia. The daily ... » more

La Repubblica - Italy | Tuesday, 23. January 2007

Timothy Garton Ash is opposed to a law on Holocaust denial

The German Minister of Justice, Brigitte Zypries, supported by Franco Frattini, European Justice Commissioner, has proposed that all member States of the European Union turn ... » more

Holocaust denial (general)

La Libre Belgique - Belgium | Tuesday, 2. May 2006

De Smet and the racist ideology of revisionism

François de Smet, the vice president of the Brussels-based Movement against racism, anti-semitism and xenophobia (MRAX), asserts that revisionism is one of the worst forms ... » more

The Irving trial in Vienna

Kristeligt Dagblad - Denmark | Monday, 16. January 2006

The David Irving Trial

In the course of the next few months, the British revisionist David Irving will go on trial in Austria. He faces up to 10 years ... » more

The Times - United Kingdom | Friday, 20. January 2006

Holocaust denier awaits trial in Austria

Columnist Ben Macintyre calls upon Austria to release the revisionist British historian David Irving from a jail where he has been held since his arrest ... » more

Main focus of Tuesday, 21. February 2006

The imprisonment of Holocaust denier David Irving

An Austrian court sentenced the British historian David Irving to three years in prison on Monday, February 20 for denying the Holocaust during several lectures ... » more

Der Standard - Austria | Thursday, 21. December 2006

Holocaust denier David Irving freed from prison

An Austrian court of appeals agreed to allow convicted British Holocaust denier David Irving to serve the remainder of his jail sentence on probation. Irving ... » more

France

Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Switzerland | Friday, 16. December 2005

French History Politics

Marc Zitzmann reports on an appeal made by a group of French historians, including Jean-Pierre Azema, Pierre Nora, Pierre Vidal-Naquet and Michel Winock, for the ... » more

Le Figaro - France | Thursday, 22. December 2005

Uneasiness in the historical community

"More than two months after the controversy broke out over the 'positive' effects of colonisation, and the official discomfort over the bicentennary of Austerlitz, about twenty of ... » more

Le Monde - France | Thursday, 18. May 2006

Halil Berktay on recognising the Armenian genocide

The French parliament is set to vote on Thursday, May 18 on a bill that makes it a crime to deny the 1915 Armenian genocide. In ... » more

Le Jeudi - Luxembourg | Friday, 20. October 2006

Jean Portante on memorial laws

The writer from Luxembourg, Jean Portante, considers the adoption in France of a law condemning the denial of the Armenian genocide. "The situation bares a ... » more

Italy

Corriere della Sera - Italy | Tuesday, 23. January 2007

Dario Fertilio on the banning of Holocaust denial

Last week, Clemente Mastella, Italian Minister of Justice, announced the deposition of a government bill aimed at turning Holocaust denial into a crime against the ... » more

La Repubblica - Italy | Tuesday, 30. January 2007

Agosto Giovagnoli supports the law on Holocaust denial

The historian and writer Agostino Giovagnoli considers the proposal presented by the Italian Minister of Justice, Clemente Mastella, for a law allowing the prosecution of ... » more

Holocaust denial and Islam

Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Switzerland | Thursday, 19. January 2006

Politicising Genocide

Over the past few weeks, the Iranian president has publicly expressed his doubts about the Holocaust. There are many who harbour such doubts in the ... » more

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