An Austrian court acquitted two Nazi journalists today of charges of incitement to anti-Semitism.
The defendants, Hans Wagner, and Alfred Borth, were charged with attempting to turn Austrian youth into anti-democratic ways. Borth wrote an article entitled “Semitism” for “Wegwarte,” a neo-Nazi publication edited by Wagner.
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