South Africans react to 'Nazi grandma' sentencing for Holocaust denial
Some South Africans believe Apartheid denialists should be jailed too.
They were reacting to news that an elderly woman had been sentenced to six months in jail for denying the Holocaust ever happened.
Ursula Haverbeck was sentenced in a German court this week. The 88-year-old has been dubbed the "Nazi grandma" by German media.
The conviction is the fifth in a string of similar convictions for the repeat Holocaust denier.
Haverbeck has often denied the mass murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis, which constitutes incitement of racial hatred under German law.
During a public event at the end of January, Haverbeck said it was "not true" that there were gas chambers at the Auschwitz death camp.
She also disputed the fact that 1.1 million people were killed at the concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Here's what South Africans had to say:
Dear SA!
— Keletso Tswelo N. (@kaynkata) October 17, 2017
Here is the solution to apartheid denialists. ??
In South Africa they tell us aprtheid ended in 1994 we should get over it. They still own the economy
— Sphamandla (@Spha_Khabzo) October 18, 2017
In SA we need such law ASAP
— Proud father (@TaMundakuwe) October 17, 2017
Denial of crimes against humanity is a dangerous ground for their repeat. The march of racist supremacists must b stopped.
— khwezi (@khwezimpumlwana) October 18, 2017
Mmmm...When are we sentencing our own denialists who now deny they ever oppressed us but claim that we were self oppressed!
— Siyabonga Gumede (@Hayiboo) October 18, 2017
@helenzille @MmusiMaimane @MYANC @GwedeMantashe1 this was supposed to happen to those who claim colonialism was positive
— Simini Khuluse (@ThoKhuluse) October 17, 2017
Unlike RSA they have monuments that remember victims of the holocaust not perpetuaters but we still have statues of Van Riebeeck and posse
— Samke Phungula (@PhungulaSam) October 18, 2017
We need a law like that in SA to put ALL apartheid denialists in prison. C'mon Mr President lets make it illegal to defend Apartheid!
— Rantho Mathebulo (@RMathebulo) October 18, 2017
@helenzille please refrain from agitating us with colonialism and apartheid because this could be you .freedom of racists must fall
— malcomX (@fieldkaffir_X) October 18, 2017