NS genocide played down: Now tears in court
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A caller from ORF-Radio-Salzburg has been before a jury since Monday morning for downplaying the Nazi genocide via the media. In front of the judges, the geriatric nurse from Pongau burst into tears and does not want to have meant everything that way.
Even as public prosecutor Marcus Neher was presenting the charges of “playing down and denying the Nazi genocide” and “incitement,” the prosecution burst into tears. In the live broadcast on ORF Radio Salzburg last October, she said with conviction: “I have to be honest, after the war – I speak to a lot of very old people – all the history books were burned. Everything has been manipulated.”
Relevant agitation, hatred of Jews as process issues
Although the Pongauer woman now describes herself in court as “stupid and not knowledgeable about history”, she stated at the time: “People are crying because everything has been described in such a way that it is not true at all. If I compare what I learned in history class. And what children are dying to learn now. That’s insane. That no longer has anything to do with the truth.”
And now they also want to remove the history of street signs, according to the Pongauer woman: “They want to add Jewish names, which are already just thrown out to us.”
Accused argues with pandemic
The jury must now decide whether to believe the nurse’s tears and regrets. The 49-year-old cites “heavy overwork” during the pandemic. They will only have “parroted” claims made by others. If convicted, a prison sentence of up to one year is possible.
Last autumn, the woman spoke up by telephone on the discussion program “Mittagszeit” when the subject was the renaming of National Socialist street names in the city of Salzburg, which had been the subject of heated political debate for a long time.
Another listener reported Ms
Another listener to the discussion program “Lunchtime” reported the caller, whose name was known. The public prosecutor filed charges. The suspect is now being accused of playing down the Nazi genocide in the media, as well as hate speech. The threat of punishment is strong. The Pongauerin faces up to ten years in prison.
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Just recently, a woman from the city of Salzburg was sentenced to 15 months in prison for the same crime – but in this criminal case the sentence was suspended on probation. She claimed in Internet videos that during World War II millions of German victims were literally “relabeled” to pass them off as Jews in order to increase the number of victims.