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Volksverhetzung is a crime which the Nazis often invoked against their enemies and which contemporary Germany also uses to intimidate homeschoolers.
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Guilty of Volksverhetzung is who in a manner that is capable of disturbing the public peace: incites hatred against segments of the population or calls for violent or arbitrary measures against them; or assaults the human dignity of others by insulting, maliciously maligning, or defaming segments of the population [1]
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Last week, a German court sentenced a 55-year old Lutheran pastor to one year in jail for "Volksverhetzung" (incitement of the people) because he compared the killing of the unborn in contemporary Germany to the holocaust.
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Last week, a German court sentenced a 55-year old Lutheran pastor to one year in jail for "Volksverhetzung" (incitement of the people) because he compared the killing of the unborn in contemporary Germany to the holocaust.
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Last week, a German court sentenced a 55-year old Lutheran pastor to one year in jail for "Volksverhetzung" (incitement of the people) because he compared the killing of the unborn in contemporary Germany to the holocaust.
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Last week, a German court sentenced a 55-year old Lutheran pastor to one year in jail for "Volksverhetzung" (incitement of the people) because he compared the killing of the unborn in contemporary Germany to the holocaust.
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The provisions of Volksverhetzung are vague and extend beyond the holocaust.
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It is a common misconception that Volksverhetzung includes any spreading of nazism, racist, or other discriminating ideas.
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The provisions of Volksverhetzung are vague and extend beyond the holocaust.
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Volksverhetzung (stirring up the populace by hatemongering, verhetzen means to warp the mind into hate by presenting extremly biased propaganda, possibly lies; official translation from German: "agitation of the people") is a concept in German criminal law that bans the incitement of hatred against a minority of the population.
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