An accused Holocaust denier was arrested on arrival at Frankfurt airport Tuesday. Germar Rudolf, 41, was deported from the United States this week. He will serve a 14-month prison sentence in Baden-Wurttemberg for a 1995 conviction on charges of slander and incitement to hatred. He also faces further charges of publishing right-wing propaganda on the Internet.
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