SEEKS SUPPRESSION OF SPEECH IN GERMANY
Jewish group sues Amazon Germany over ‘Nazi’ books
AFP Friday, 24 July 2009
NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee said on Friday it is
suing the German unit of online retailer Amazon for selling books
which it says question the Holocaust® and “trivialize” the Nazis.
According to AJC research, around 50 works by authors including
Der Auschwitz-Mythos: Legende oder Wirklichkeit (The Auschwitz
Myth: Legend or Reality) by [former Hamburg Judge] Wilhelm
Stäglich were on sale on Amazon.de this month.
Some of these books, the AJC says, are classified by the German
authorities as being unsuitable for under-18s.
“It is unacceptable that books are for sale on Amazon.de that
normally are only available under the counter in far-right extremist
shops,” the AJC said in a statement.
“We cannot let the spread of Internet sales erode laws that ban
Holocaust® denial and incitement to hatred of minorities in
Germany,” it added.
Amazon not keen on censorship, but …
A spokeswoman for Amazon Germany said that “of course” it did
not sell any books that were banned or classified as unsuitable
for under-18s.
She added that in the interests of freedom of speech, it was not
keen on stopping selling certain titles.
“We think that the best response to questionable literature is not
removing them but more discussion,” a spokeswoman told AFP.
She added that the company had recently tightened up its rules
regarding books that glorify or trivialize the Nazis and that certain
books had been withdrawn from sale as a result.
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