German man sentenced to prison for making fun of Holocaust
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 32-year-old German neo-Nazi has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for incitement after posting a picture of a miniature of the Auschwitz death camp on Facebook with an offensive caption.
Judge Manfred Weber at the district court in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in eastern Germany told the man Thursday "you made fun of Auschwitz survivors — that's very bad."
The German news agency dpa reported that the sentence of the previously convicted neo-Nazi also took into consideration his earlier charge for criminal assault and the posting of a photomontage of Adolf Hitler in combination with a swastika and firecrackers. The display of Nazi emblems is illegal in Germany.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The man from Glauchau in Saxony, whose name was not given in line with German privacy rules, can appeal the conviction.