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Holocaust denial in Germany: an alarming case of mission creep

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Jörg Luyken
Nov 01, 2025
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Dear Reader,

An activist who held up a sign reading “Stop the Holocaust in Gaza”; a Green lawmaker who said his party was “the new Jews” whom others were trying to wipe out; a pensioner who posted an image of the gates of Auschwitz captioned “vaccination will set you free.”

What do these three displays of bad taste all have in common? All three are acts o…

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