The American Jewish Committee in Berlin filed a complaint asking prosecutors to investigate Amazon.de to see if it has broken German laws against Holocaust denial by selling far-right books.
“We must not allow the laws against denying the Holocaust and hate against minorities in Germany to be eroded through the proliferation of online companies,” said AJC-Berlin director Deidre Berger in a statement.
Amazon.de is the German arm of Seattle-based online retailer Amazon.com Inc.
http://www.amazon.de/
. The books cited by the AJC, such as “The Auschwitz Myth” by Wilhelm Staeglich and a volume by convicted Holocaust denier Germar Rudolf, were available for sale on Amazon.de.
Denial of the Nazi Holocaust is a crime in Germany, punishable by a possible five years in prison.
AJC member Benjamin Schoeler , conceded that even if banned on the German site, the books could be purchased elsewhere – like in the US via Amazon.com – but said nothing could be done to stop that.
“It is legal to purchase such books in the US, but it is not here,” he maintained.
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