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The Beasts At Trial
The testimony of five witnesses is being heard Wednesday, the
second day of the trial, with the key witness being Pretzien's mayor,
Friedrich Harwig. During his testimony Wednesday he confirmed that a
person had thrown the book into the fire during the festival with the
words "It's all lies anyway."
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The Director Of The Anne Frank Trust
Thomas Heppner, director of the Anne Frank Center in Berlin,
described Lars K.'s statement as "spine-chilling." He said he "almost
felt sick" as he watched the trial. For many Jews, the burning of
Frank's diary is like "experiencing the Shoah all over again," he
said.
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The Judge Passes Sentence
Magdeburg (Germany): A court in Magdeburg, Germany, convicted
five men of sedition on Thursday for throwing a copy of Anne
Frank's "Diary" into a bonfire last year at a community party
organised by neo-Nazis.
The men were each handed a suspended sentence of nine months'
imprisonment. The court in Magdeburg also convicted the men, aged
24 to 29, of insulting the memory of the dead.
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