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| Ex-RAF leftist turned neo-Nazi lawyer Mahler gets 6 years in jail |
| 2009-02-25 |
| A Munich court on Wednesday sentenced Horst Mahler, a prominent right-wing extremist and former member of the leftist terrorist group the RAF, to six years in prison for incitement of hate crimes. In November 2007, Mahler admitted to distributing an outlawed book by Holocaust-denier Germar Rudolf, called “Lectures on the Holocaust.” Mahler, 70, also distributed discs of himself giving a speech that called the Holocaust the “most momentous lie in world history.” His defence attorney plans to take the case to the country’s high court to question the definition of incitement of hatred (Volksverhetzung) in the German penal code. Before he started supporting the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD) in 2000, Mahler was a member of the left-wing Red Army Faction terrorist group in the 1970s. He also defended several of the RAF's members during criminal trials. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his criminal activities as part of the group in 1970. He was released four years early in 1980 with help from lawyer Gerhard Schröder, who later became German chancellor in 1998. More information on Mahler at the link. LINK |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #7 When does he plan to announce his conversion to Wahhabi Islam? The day he lands in the general population at prison ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-02-25 15:53 |
| #6 #3: He sounds perfectly consistent. Nazism, Communism ... Posted by: Mike|| You left out Islam, Mike. It masquerades as a religion, but it's more consistent as a totalitarian ideology. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-02-25 15:41 |
| #5 I dunno. Maybe I'm confused... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-02-25 15:00 |
| #4 "He sounds...confused." Not at all, Zeev Sternhell and A. James Gregor have been documenting this crossover for years. The article at the link below is a good summary: http://www.la-articles.org.uk/fascism.htm |
| Posted by: ebrown2 2009-02-25 14:58 |
| #3 He sounds perfectly consistent. Nazism, Communism ... you seen one fanatical totalitarian ideology, you seen 'em all. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-02-25 14:30 |
| #2 Before he started supporting the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD) in 2000, Mahler was a member of the left-wing Red Army Faction terrorist group in the 1970s. He sounds...confused. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-02-25 14:04 |
| #1 Such a lovely man. When does he plan to announce his conversion to Wahhabi Islam? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-02-25 14:02 |