1987 ⟶ Jean-Marie Le Pen's Holocaust Denial Statement
On 13 September 1987 Jean-Marie Le Pen said, "I ask myself s...
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🗣️ Jean-Marie Le Pen's Holocaust Denial Statement
On 13 September 1987 Jean-Marie Le Pen said, "I ask myself several questions. I'm not saying the gas chambers didn't exist. I haven't seen them myself. I haven't particularly studied the question. But I believe it's just a detail in the history of World War II." He was condemned under the Gayssot Act and ordered to pay 1.2 million francs (183,200 euros).⟶
Holocaust DenialAntisemitismJean-Marie Le PenFrench PoliticsFar RightGayssot Act1980sPolitical Discourse
France⚖️ Robert Faurisson Convicted for Holocaust Denial
French literature professor Robert Faurisson was convicted and punished for Holocaust denial under the Gayssot Act in 1990.⟶
Holocaust DenialGayssot ActAntisemitismAcademic FreedomLegal System
France🗣️ Jean-Marie Le Pen's Holocaust Minimization
This year the European Parliament, of which Jean-Marie Le Pen was then a member, removed his Parliamentary immunity so that Le Pen could be tried by a German court for comments he made at a December 1996 press conference before the German Republikaner party. Echoing his 1987 remarks in France (see above), Le Pen stated: "If you take a 1,000-page book on World War II, the concentration camps take up only two pages and the gas chambers 10 to 15 lines. This is what one calls a detail." In June 1999, a Munich court found this statement to be "minimizing the Holocaust, which caused the deaths of six million Jews," and convicted and fined Le Pen for his remarks. Le Pen retorted ironically: "I understand now that it's the Second World War which is a detail of the history of the gas chambers."⟶
Holocaust DenialJean-Marie Le PenFranceGermanyFar-RightPoliticsAntisemitism1990s
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Germany📢 Jean-Marie Le Pen Accuses Jacques Chirac
Jean-Marie Le Pen accused Jacques Chirac of being "on the payroll of Jewish organizations, and particularly of the B'nai B'rith."⟶
Jean-Marie Le PenJacques ChiracPoliticsB'nai B'rithAntisemitismFrance1990s
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