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Greek historian convicted over book denying the Holocaust
By The Associated Press
Tags: Holocaust, Greece 

A far-right Greek historian was sentenced to 14 months in prison Thursday for inciting racial hatred with a book that denies the Holocaust took place, court officials said.

Historian Costas Plevris appealed his sentence and was not taken into custody.

A three-member panel of judges voted 2-1 to find Plevris guilty of inciting violence and racial hatred. The court cleared three other defendants of similar charges: the publisher, the editor and a journalist at a small right-wing magazine that published extracts from the book.
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Greek Jewish community leaders had testified that Plevris' book The Jews: The whole truth has led to an increase in attacks on Jewish monuments in the country.

Plevris protested to the court that his right to free speech had been violated.

It was the first trial in Greece on the recently introduced incitement charges.

An estimated 60,000 Greek Jews, most of the country's prewar Jewish population, were killed by the Nazis during World War II.



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  1.   Holocaust? Was there a holocaust that I don`t know about? 20:42  |  John 13/12/07
  2.   Don`t deny this but deny that... 21:06  |  Realistic Arab 13/12/07
  3.   conviction of Costas Plevris 21:09  |  Thanasis Tartis 13/12/07
  4.   Most Jews use the Holocaust to destroy the 21:18  |  German 13/12/07
  5.   Oh no,not again! when can people stop talking only about the 21:23  |  lakshmi 13/12/07
  6.   Tragedy that was not a genocide 21:34  |  W 13/12/07
  7.   Most of us are mentally trapped to think Jewish 21:40  |  Michael Santomauro 13/12/07
  8.   who will get violent? 21:53  |  Sahar 13/12/07
  9.   Libel against the dead... 22:07  |  Joseph 13/12/07
  10.   Michael Santomauro 22:10  |  Philo-Semite 13/12/07
  11.   #6 Michael 22:12  |  Dav 13/12/07
  12.   In his own words 22:34  |  leucippe 13/12/07
  13.   no surprise here 22:34  |  alan 13/12/07
  14.   "Realistic Arab", your PBUH was a dirty pedofile 22:53  |  Absolute Sweden 13/12/07
  15.   Haaretz will be held accountable for defamatory posts here 23:49  |  Jake 13/12/07
  16.   Michael #7, it is not by the Jews that your mind is trapped 23:58  |  Jake 13/12/07
  17.   To German 00:11  |  Rory 14/12/07
  18.   Michael Santomauro 00:17  |  marbpl 14/12/07
  19.   How was it inciting violence? 00:17  |  Steve 14/12/07
  20.   theories 00:29  |  sweis Melbourne 14/12/07
  21.   how terrible 00:36  |  an american 14/12/07
  22.   Glad he got what he deserves. 01:52  |  Nechama 14/12/07
  23.   Come for me next Greek authorities!!! 02:17  |  Ioannes 14/12/07
  24.   Colere 02:30  |  Colere 14/12/07
  25.   Alan 03:09  |  sweis Melbourne 14/12/07
  26.   #22 dEfending oneself??? 03:12  |  T A Sheppard 14/12/07
  27.   Freedom of Speech? 04:06  |  Andrew 14/12/07
  28.   Realistic Arab...if anyone says anything about your prophet 04:18  |  Lynn 14/12/07
  29.   And Michael S you live in the # 1 Jewish City in the 04:20  |  Steve-NYC 14/12/07
  30.   This must be a first 04:29  |  Nick 14/12/07
  31.   # 21 an american...Holocaust denial is against the law 04:31  |  Lynn 14/12/07
  32.   Andrew 04:35  |  sweis Melbourne 14/12/07
  33.   Freedom of speech? Hell, No! 04:44  |  Ofer 14/12/07
  34.   Thought Control... 05:45  |  D.R. Zukerman 14/12/07
  35.   4 german 06:19  |  danny 14/12/07
  36.   #31 Lynn 06:48  |  D.R. Zukerman 14/12/07
  37.   This Is A Good Step Forward For Greece 08:04  |  Yosemite 14/12/07
  38.   Disgusting 08:04  |  Raoul Fenderson 14/12/07
  39.   HOW DARE THOSE DARNED JEWS... 16:44  |  Brant 14/12/07
  40.   Amazing that anyone would deny the holocaust 17:00  |  d 14/12/07
  41.   For Yosemite 18:52  |  John 14/12/07
  42.   YOSEMITE AND JOHN 19:21  |  Brant 14/12/07
  43.   Santomauro RESPONDS: 19:36  |  Michael Santomauro 14/12/07
  44.   Sheppard: YOU have got to be kidding 19:59  |  Brant 14/12/07
  45.   SANTENMAURO 20:21  |  Brant 14/12/07
  46.   Santomauro 22:21  |  sweis Melbourne 14/12/07
  47.   Israeli firefighters in Greece 02:21  |  Jake 15/12/07
  48.   Raoul Fenderson 02:27  |  Jake 15/12/07
  49.   To Brant And John 06:20  |  Yosemite 15/12/07
  50.   About Kostas Plevris and his political background 09:26  |  V 15/12/07
  51.   The main ideas of Plevris book 09:52  |  V 15/12/07
  52.   Holocaust Conference, June 6th-8th 2008, Thessaloniki 10:08  |  V 15/12/07
  53.   V 12:28  |  sweis Melbourne 15/12/07
  54.   Freedom of Speech 18:32  |  Matt 15/12/07
  55.   Freedom of Speech 00:12  |  Albert Seligman 16/12/07
  56.   Judea delclared war on Germany FIRST 01:38  |  Maxx 16/12/07
  57.   Holocaust denial against the law 04:56  |  x 16/12/07
  58.   To Rory 05:13  |  Mannstein 16/12/07
  59.   Censorship 12:45  |  citizen 16/12/07
  60.   Monument attacks; inside jobs ? 13:26  |  michael mazur 16/12/07
  61.   Possible vs Probable 14:39  |  Albert Seligman 16/12/07
  62.   Thanasis 14:40  |  Albert Seligman 16/12/07
  63.   Albert Seligman 06:22  |  michael mazur 17/12/07
  64.   Michael Mazur , you sure do know a lot of Hebrew, mate! 00:05  |  Jake 19/12/07
  65.   A Greek nationalist newspaper for Plevris 20:35  |  V 19/12/07
  66.   The Greek Court decision 19:22  |  Spiro Tiissonidis 20/12/07
  67.   To Jake: 19:28  |  George 20/12/07
  68.   Spiro of Violence 16:30  |  Albert Seligman 21/12/07
  69.   Reason 23:46  |  Bill Kokkos 01/03/08
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