Holocaust Watch: Holocaust Denier Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

Right-wing British historian David Irving holds his book ‘Hitler’s War’ when arriving at a court in Vienna, on Monday, Feb. 20, 2006. Irving is accused of denying the Holocaust and is facing up to 10 years in jail. He has been in custody since his arrest in November on charges stemming from two speeches he gave in Austria in 1989 in which he was accused of denying the Nazis’ extermination of 6 million Jews.

ASSociated Press: Holocaust Denier Gets Three Years

Right-wing British historian David Irving pleaded guilty Monday to denying the Holocaust and was sentenced to three years in prison, even after conceding he wrongly said there were no Nazi gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Irving, handcuffed and wearing a navy blue suit, arrived in court carrying a copy of one of his most controversial books — “Hitler’s War,” which challenges the extent of the Holocaust.

“I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz,” Irving told the court before his sentencing, at which he faced up to 10 years in prison.

He also expressed sorrow “for all the innocent people who died during the Second World War.”

But he insisted he never wrote a book about the Holocaust, which he called “just a fragment of my area of interest.”

“In no way did I deny the killings of millions of people by the Nazis,” testified Irving, who has written nearly 30 books.

Irving’s lawyer immediately announced he would appeal the sentence.

Now you know why the American Founders wrote the First Amendment to the United States Constitution……

But, what about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

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