A popular Swiss politician is being accused of praising a book that denies the Holocaust occurred. The charges against Christoph Blocher, who claims he never read “On the Decline of Swiss Freedom” but liked the title, came just a few days before Switzerland’s parliamentary elections Sunday.
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