Horst Mahler, the former lawyer of the neo-Nazi party NPD and a figure of the extreme-right in Germany, went on trial in the city of Potsdam, southwest of Berlin, on charges of Holocaust denial.
The 72-year-old Mahler, is prosecuted for “incitement to racial hatred ", the magistrates' court said, adding that he is accused of having published on the Internet several texts denying the Holocaust.
The 72-year-old Mahler, is prosecuted for “incitement to racial hatred ", the magistrates' court said, adding that he is accused of having published on the Internet several texts denying the Holocaust.
A founding member of the Red Army Faction terrorist group in 1970 before turning neo-Nazi, Mahler is accused of regularly posting documents online between 2001 and 2004.
Denial of the Holocaust is a crime in Germany and Mahler faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
Denial of the Holocaust is a crime in Germany and Mahler faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
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