Wiesenthal Center Hails Conviction of Edgar Ray Killen in Mississippi
WIESENTHAL CENTER HAILS CONVICTION OF EDGAR RAY KILLEN IN MISSISSIPPI
| SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER APPLAUDS GERMANY’S CONVICTION OF HOLOCAUST DENIER Conviction is Slap in Face to Iranian Denial Campaign The Simon Wiesenthal Center commends the Mannheim, Germany court that convicted Ernst Zundel of incitement and sentencedhim to five years in prison. “We applaud Germany for aggressively dealing with those who deny history’s most documented atrocity,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of theSimon Wiesenthal Center. “The sentencing today of Ernst Zundel also represents a slap in the face to Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s hateful campaign of Holocaust denial thatunfortunately has generated too much support in the Arab and Muslim world.” The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000member families in the United States. It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe. For more information, please contact the Center's Public Relations Department, 310-553-9036. |
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