A Swiss court sentenced an author and his publisher for publishing books that denied the existence of Nazi gas chambers. The author received 15 months imprisonment and the publisher one year. They were also fined some $5,500 apiece and forced to turn over the more than $38,000 in proceeds from the books. The judge said the pair’s lack of remorse contributed to the sentences.
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