{"id":2543,"date":"2018-10-26T22:04:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T02:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2018-10-26T22:04:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T02:04:03","slug":"alfred-monika-schaefer-sentenced-to-jail-in-germany-for-questioning-the-holocaust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2543","title":{"rendered":"Alfred &#038; Monika Schaefer Sentenced to Jail in Germany for Questioning the &#8220;Holocaust&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-header-container td-header-wrap td-header-style-1\">\n<div class=\"td-header-row td-header-top-menu\">\n<div class=\"td-header-sp-top-menu\">\n<div class=\"menu-top-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-header-row td-header-header\">\n<div class=\"td-header-sp-logo\"><a class=\"td-main-logo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/\">Alfred &amp; Monika Schaefer Sentenced to Jail in Germany for Questioning the &#8220;Holocaust&#8221;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-retina-data\" title=\"CJN - Canada\u2019s largest Jewish newspaper\" src=\"http:\/\/1cr9883up6mem97ddj01yxgu.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cjn-logo-2015.png\" alt=\"CJN - Canada\u2019s largest Jewish newspaper\" data-retina=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cjn-logo-2015.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-header-sp-ads\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1503597784374-37\" class=\"dfpad lb1\" data-google-query-id=\"CPO_tcXCpd4CFVYxaQodTfsCmg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/417576888\/c_art_news_lb_1_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/417576888\/c_art_news_lb_1_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/417576888\/c_art_news_lb_1_0\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-header-menu-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td-header-row td-header-border td-header-main-menu td-affix\">\n<div class=\"td-search-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"td-top-search\">\n<div class=\"header-search-wrap\">\n<div class=\"dropdown header-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"header-search-wrap\">\n<div class=\"dropdown header-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-\" class=\"dfpad wallpaper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-container td-post-template-default\">\n<div class=\"td-container-border\">\n<div class=\"td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"td-pb-span8 td-main-content\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"td-ss-main-content\">\n<article id=\"post-177284\" class=\"post-177284 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-international category-news category-trending tag-germany tag-holocaust tag-holocaust-denial tag-schaefer\">\n<div class=\"td-post-header td-pb-padding-side\">\n<div class=\"entry-crumbs\"><a class=\"entry-crumb\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/\">H<\/a><\/div>\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">CANADIAN SIBLINGS RECEIVE JAIL TERMS FOR HOLOCAUST DENIAL IN GERMANY<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-info\">\n<div class=\"td-post-author-name\">\n<div class=\"td-author-by\">By<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/author\/ron-csillag\">Ron Csillag<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-author-line\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-post-date\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2018-10-26T13:20:39+00:00\">October 26, 2018<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-views\"><i class=\"td-icon-views\"><\/i><span class=\"td-nr-views-177284\">93<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-comments\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/news\/international\/canadians-receive-jail-terms-for-holocaust-denial-in-germany#respond\"><i class=\"td-icon-comments\"><\/i>0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-sharing td-post-sharing-top td-pb-padding-side\"><span class=\"td-post-share-title\">SHARE<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-default-sharing \">\n<div class=\"td-sp td-sp-facebook\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-text\">Facebook<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-sp td-sp-twitter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-text\">Twitter<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-sp td-sp-googleplus\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-sp td-sp-pinterest\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-content td-pb-padding-side\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"http:\/\/1cr9883up6mem97ddj01yxgu.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726.jpg\" data-caption=\"Alfred Schaefer, left, and Monika Schaefer. (Anne Wild photo)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-2\" title=\"Prozess gegen die Geschwister Monika und Alfred Schaefer u.a. wegen Volksverhetzung\" src=\"http:\/\/1cr9883up6mem97ddj01yxgu.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726-640x480.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726-640x480.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726-80x60.jpg 80w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726-180x135.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726-238x178.jpg 238w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726-681x511.jpg 681w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726-320x240.jpg 320w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/News-Schaefer-Update-Csillag-0726.jpg 800w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alfred Schaefer, left, and Monika Schaefer. (Anne Wild photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_top  td_uid_40_5bd3c41b4c87f_rand td_block_template_1\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1503597784374-38\" class=\"dfpad lb2\" data-google-query-id=\"CPS_tcXCpd4CFVYxaQodTfsCmg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/417576888\/c_art_news_lb_2_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/417576888\/c_art_news_lb_2_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/417576888\/c_art_news_lb_2_0\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trial in Germany of two siblings, both Canadian citizens, for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/news\/canada\/holocaust-denying-canadians-on-trial-in-munich\">denying the Holocaust<\/a>\u00a0has ended with jail terms.<\/p>\n<p>According to Anne Wild, a photojournalist who monitored the trial for\u00a0<em>The CJN<\/em>, Alfred Schaefer, 63, who lives in Germany, received a prison sentence today of three years and two months. His sister, Monika Schaefer, 59, who lives in Jasper, Alta., received a term of 10 months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/news\/canada\/poll-reveals-many-bds-supporters-have-ulterior-motives\"><em><strong>READ: POLL REVEALS MANY BDS SUPPORTERS HAVE ULTERIOR MOTIVES<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But since she has been in prison since the charges were laid in January, she was set free, with her time already served.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_inlineleft  td_uid_39_5bd3c41b4c2dd_rand td_block_template_1\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1503597784374-30\" class=\"dfpad bb1\" data-google-query-id=\"COy_tcXCpd4CFVYxaQodTfsCmg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/417576888\/c_art_news_bb_1_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/417576888\/c_art_news_bb_1_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/417576888\/c_art_news_bb_1_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The siblings were tried together on six counts of \u201cincitement to hatred\u201d for producing and posting at least one video in which Monika Schaefer denied the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>The trial began in July in Munich. Monika Schaefer was in Germany visiting her brother at the time and was arrested while attending the trial of another Holocaust denier.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s a musician and activist who was born in Canada to German parents and was the federal Green party\u2019s candidate in the Alberta riding of Yellowhead in 2006, 2008 and 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Monika Schaefer gained notoriety in July 2016 after appearing in a five-minute YouTube video, titled Sorry, Mom, I was wrong about the Holocaust, in which she said the Holocaust was the \u201cbiggest and most pernicious and persistent lie in all of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In it she claimed that death camps were really work camps where prisoners were kept \u201cas healthy and as well-fed as was possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Wild, Monika Schaefer told the court, in German, that, \u201cI\u2019m convinced that the Holocaust is a great untruth of history.\u201d She said she made the video to make peace with her mother and that she wrote the script.<\/p>\n<p>Wild said the trial heard evidence that the video was produced by Alfred Schaefer in the town of Tutzing, outside Munich. Monika told court that she knew it would be published online.<\/p>\n<p>Monika Schaefer was ousted from the Green party over the YouTube video, which the party condemned \u201cin the strongest possible terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In May, Alfred Schaefer was convicted of incitement to hatred for a speech he delivered in the German city of Dresden in February 2017. He was fined 5,000 euros ($7,700).<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that at the start of his trial, Alfred Schaefer delivered the Nazi straight-arm salute in the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear as of Friday whether the verdict or sentences will be appealed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfred &amp; Monika Schaefer Sentenced to Jail in Germany for Questioning the &#8220;Holocaust&#8221; H CANADIAN SIBLINGS RECEIVE JAIL TERMS FOR HOLOCAUST DENIAL IN GERMANY By Ron Csillag \u00a0&#8211; October 26, 2018 93 0 SHARE Facebook Twitter Alfred Schaefer, left, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2543\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[705,596],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}