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Former federal Green Party candidate Monika Schaefer refers to the holocaust as "the six-million binds" and claims, "these things did not happen."
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To form federal Green Party candidate has been convicted in Germany of inciting hatred by publishing videos that denied the Holocaust.
Monika Schaefer of Jasper, Alta., Was in Germany when she was arrested in January on charges of "inciting of the people."
B'nai Brith Canada, a Jewish service organization, has been sentenced to 10 months.
"We are talking about the German justice system for effectively dealing with a blatant demonstration of anti-Semitism," Michael Mostyn, chief executive officer of B'nai Brith Canada, said Friday in a release.
"Holocaust denial is once again on the rise, but this important short decision should help others from engaging in racist and hateful rhetoric."
Schaefer ran unsuccessfully for the Green Party in Alberta's Yellowhead riding in 2006, 2008 and 2011. The party rejected her candidacy in 2015.
The following year has appeared in a YouTube video denying the Holocaust, which prompted the Green Party to publicly condemn her views.
In the 2016 video Schaefer called the Holocaust the most "persistent and persistent" in their concentration camps and "work camps" that did not have gas chambers.
The Holocaust is one of the most documented atrocities of the 20th century. The Nazi regime murdered about six million Jewish people and other groups including Roma, people with disabilities and gay people.
Germany has strict laws against anti-Semitism and hate propaganda.
Mostyn said Monika Schaefer's brother, Alfred Schaefer, received a sentence of three years and two months on similar charges.
"B'nai Brith will aggressively continue to fight against Semitism, Holocaust denial and all forms of bigotry and racism," Mostyn said.
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