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B’nai Brith Advocacy Leads to Criminal Convictions for Holocaust Deniers

Oct. 26, 2018 Alfred and Monika Schaefer, the German-Canadian siblings behind a series of Holocaust-denial videos, have received prison sentences in Germany. B’nai Brith Canada provided detailed intelligence reports to German officials, leading to their eventual arrests. Supporters of the siblings have explicitly blamed B’nai Brith for their legal challenges. Alfred Schaefer this week received a sentence …

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Alberta Professor Booted from the Classroom – Again

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August 2, 2018 By Aidan Fishman National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A professor at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta has been removed from the classroom yet again, amid an ongoing internal investigation into his antisemitic activities. Anthony Hall was initially suspended by the University in October …

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B’nai Brith Questions Ontario Civil Rights Group’s Support of Holocaust Denier

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July 17, 2018 By Dana Fields Senior Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is questioning the Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) after it publicly suggested the Canadian government step in to aid Holocaust denier Monika Schaefer. Schaefer is on trial in Germany for publishing videos that promote antisemitic messages. Schaefer was a founding member of the Green Party of Canada …

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Hate Crimes Trial Under Way for German-Canadian Siblings

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July 4, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada The trial of two German-Canadian siblings for inciting hatred against Jews got under way in Munich on Monday, a week after one of the accused gave a Nazi salute during a speech at a public rally. Monika and Alfred Schaefer are facing charges stemming from a …

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Canadian Alfred Schaefer Convicted of Holocaust Denial in Germany

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May 8, 2018 By Reut Cohen Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada Alfred Schaefer, a German-Canadian Holocaust denier, has been convicted of incitement to hatred in Germany, the German newspaper Sächsische Zeitung reported on May 5. Schaefer was charged in connection to a speech that he delivered at a February, 2017 rally in the German city of Dresden. In …

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Canadian Holocaust Denier Arrested in Germany Following B’nai Brith Complaint

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Jan. 4, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Monika Schaefer, a German-Canadian Holocaust denier and former Green Party of Canada candidate, has been arrested in Munich. Supporters of Schaefer are explicitly blaming B’nai Brith Canada for her arrest. B’nai Brith had filed complaints against Schaefer with German …

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Canadian Charged with Incitement in Germany after B’nai Brith Complaint

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German-Canadian Holocaust denier Alfred Schaefer has been charged with criminal incitement in Germany, after B’nai Brith Canada reported his activities to German officials. Schaefer is the brother of disgraced former Green Party of Canada candidate Monika Schaefer, who was denounced by the party after B’nai Brith exposed her Holocaust denial video in June, 2016. Alfred Schaefer is himself …

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Global News Interviews B’nai Brith on German Police Investigation of Holocaust Denier Alfred Schaefer

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Global Toronto’s Christina Stevens spoke to Amanda Hohmann, National Director of B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights, on the German police investigation of Canadian Alfred Schaefer. Schaefer had computer and notes seized by German police. This was prompted after B’nai Brith Canada received a call on its anti-hate hotline about his holocaust denial videos. Alfred …

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