A German politician who gave an anti-Semitic speech last fall will not face charges. German prosecutors announced Feb. 5 that the remarks of Parliament member Martin Hohmann were protected under Germany’s freedom of speech laws. In October, Hohmann said that the Jews are a “nation of perpetrators” based on their behavior during the Russian Revolution.
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