David Duke Held in Germany

Former Ku Klux Klan leader and Louisiana politician David Duke was arrested in Cologne, Germany last week prior to a speaking engagement with a right-wing extremist group. Duke’s detention appears to be linked to a 2009 incident in the Czech Republic where he was detained and subsequently expelled from the country on suspicion of Holocaust denial.

Duke is not new to Holocaust denial. The Huffington Post points to “a 2006 appearance at a Holocaust denial conference in Tehran, Iran. The conference featured numerous speeches denouncing the Holocaust as a "myth." At the conference, Duke voiced support for discredited, fringe scholars imprisoned in Europe for denying the use of gas chambers against Jews during the Holocaust.”

Links:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/29/david-duke-arrested-in-germany_n_1119010.html

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/12/04/3090552/david-duke-arrested-at-german-neo-nazi-event