A neo-Nazi who fled Germany in 1995 after being sentenced to jail for inciting racial hatred has been found in Britain. Germar Rudolf, who had been sentenced to 14 months in prison, faces two more Holocaust denial charges in Germany, and the chairman of the London-based Holocaust Educational Trust, Lord Janner, urged Germany to seek his extradition immediately. Rudolf has been living in southern England under his former wife’s maiden name.
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