German politician belittles Holocaust
Europe • March 2010 • Views: 409
BERLIN – Hermann Dierkes, a regional Left Party politician in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, terms Israel’s right to exist as “petty,” justifies Palestinian rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, and plays down the severity of the Holocaust, in a video circulating on YouTube, prompting leading national politicians of the Left Party to condemn him in unusually strong language on Friday.