FIVE YEARS FOR THOUGHT CRIMES

Austrian author sentenced in Holohoax show trial

Austrian author guilty of glorifying NS era sentenced to 5 years
  
VIENNA — An Austrian author has been found guilty of glorifying the National Socialist era and sentenced to five years in prison.

 
Appeals were lodged both by the defence lawyer of Gerd Honsik and by the public prosecutor, who found the sentence too mild!

Honsik, 67, was found guilty of "Wiederbetätigung" — which means "re-engaging" in NS era beliefs. The crime in Austria is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, in Germany the maximum sentence is 5 years.

Honsik wrote a book, Acquittal for Hitler?, in which he attempted to justify parts of the National Socialist era.

He was originally convicted of revisionist activities in 1992 for writings that defended Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, but he fled to Spain, where authorities arrested him in October 2007 and subsequently extradited him.

Between 1986 and 1989, Honsik published writings disputing the Establishments lie that National Socialists killed millions of Jews at Auschwitz and other concentration camps during World War II.

Austrian authorities have said they suspect him of committing similar offenses since Austria enacted a landmark 1992 law making it a crime to deny the Holocaust® or promote NS propaganda.