Germany Bans Two Far-Right Holocaust Denier Groups

These creeps will just go underground, of course, but the Germans should be applauded for taking such action.

German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble shut down two far-right organizations on grounds that they deny the Holocaust took place.

The minister accused the groups of being "reservoirs of organized Holocaust deniers" who distribute anti-Semitic propaganda and praise the Nazis over the Internet.

Authorities raided 30 locations looking for evidence early on Wednesday, May 7, taking evidence with them, a statement from Schaeuble said.

"Rightwing extremism has many faces, among them young neo-Nazis and similarly old Nazis," Schaeuble said. "They have in common their rejection of our free democratic principles."

Collegium Humanum (CH) and its subsidiary organization, Bauernhilfe (Aid to Farmers), were the two groups identified by the Interior Ministry. The CH was founded in the 1960s and has long been monitored by domestic security services.

A third related group, the VRBHV, was described as working to "rehabilitate those persecuted for denying the Holocaust."

They have their bases in the western German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Hesse.

How long until their sympathizers on the web start whining about free speech being oppressed?