Swiss Try 79 year old for not Believing in Gas Chambers

The Swiss government is trying a 79 year old man for stating that he no longer believes in the lurid tales of the Nazi gas chambers of the Second World War. Gaston-Armand Amaudruz is charged with racial discrimination. The trial is in progress at the Lausanne correctional court where Amaudruz faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison.

Amaudruz is charged with this thoughtcrime for having published an article in his magazine, Le Courrier du Continent, in which he stated:

“For my part, I maintain my position: I don't believe in the gas chambers. Let the exterminationists provide the proof and I will believe it. But as I've been waiting for this proof for decades, I don't believe I will see it soon.”

Oddly, Amaudruz was charged under Switzerland's 1995 anti-racism law, even though Amaudruz's statement appears to have nothing whatsoever to do with race.

Switzerland is one of the European states in which no debate is allowed on the Holocaust question. According to Swiss law, it is a criminal offense to “deny, grossly minimize or seek to justify genocide or other crimes against humanity.”

French “Nazi hunter” and historian Serge Klarsfeld plans to address the court during the trial. His organization “the Association of Sons and Daughters of Deported Jews of France” is a civil party to the case, along with the “International League against Racism and Antisemitism” and the “Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities.”

The trial is expected to conclude next week. The United States and the countries comprising the European Union have not condemned the Swiss violation of Human Rights in this case.