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BERLIN, May 28 (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Germans they should no longer allow themselves to be held prisoner by a sense of guilt over the Holocaust and reiterated doubts that the Holocaust even happened.
In an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine, Ahmadinejad said he doubted Germans were allowed to write "the truth" about the Holocaust and said he was still considering travelling to Germany for the World Cup soccer tournament.
"I believe the German people are prisoners of the Holocaust. More than 60 million were killed in World War Two ... The question is: Why is it that only Jews are at the centre of attention?," he said in the interview published on Sunday.
"How long is this going to go on?" he added. "How long will the German people be held hostage to the Zionists?... Why should you feel obligated to the Zionists? You've paid reparations for 60 years and will have to pay for another 100 years."
Six million Jews were killed by the Nazis and their allies in concentration camps.
"We say if the Holocaust happened, then the Europeans must accept the consequences and the price should not be paid by Palestine. If it did not happen, then the Jews must return to where they came from."
WORLD CUP
He said he was still considering going to Germany to support Iran in the World Cup despite protest stirred by a "worldwide network of Zionists".
Iran's first World Cup match is against Mexico in Nuremberg on June 11 two days after the tournament starts and German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says he would be welcome to come because Germany wants to be a good host.
Asked by Der Spiegel, in its cover story entitled "The man the world is afraid of", whether he stood by his earlier view the Holocaust was a myth, Ahmadinejad said: "I only accept something as the truth if I am truly convinced of it.
German neo-Nazis planning to march in support of Iran President
May 8, 2006
The Australian
FORGET football hooligans. The thorniest dilemma facing Germany as it prepares to host the World Cup is what to do about Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad if he insists on coming to watch his team play next month.
Germany is obliged to admit the head of state of a participating nation, and the tournament's official motto is "A Time To Make Friends". But Mr Ahmadinejad has demanded Israel's destruction and has repeatedly denied the Holocaust � a crime in Germany.
Reports yesterday said pressure was growing on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to bar Mr Ahmadinejad if he tries to attend the tournament.
Germany's politicians hope the issue can be dealt with quietly by European foreign ministers.
One newspaper, the Rheinische Post, said there had been clear signals that the so-called EU3 of Britain, France and Germany, which have been involved in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, will ask the European Union to impose a travel ban on Iran's political elite.
Iran's first match is in Nuremberg, used by Hitler for his mass rallies, and German neo-Nazis are planning a march in support of Mr Ahmadinejad. Israel, Iranian exiles and German politicians are demanding he be kept away.
However, either in my opinion is denying the holocaust is a crime.
Originally posted by Malichai
However, either in my opinion is denying the holocaust is a crime.
I don't see where he denied the holocaust.
This mistake was repeated before.
He questioned why the Arabs should be made to give up land because of what the Europeans did.
BBC
"They have created a myth today that they call the massacre of Jews and they consider it a principle above God, religions and the prophets,"
I concur, he doesn't deny it, he says it is a myth:
Ahmadinejad said some have created a myth on holocaust and hold it even higher than the very belief in religion and prophets because when a person expresses disbelief in God, religion and prophets they do not object to him but they will protest to anyone who would reject the Holocaust.
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"If the Europeans are telling the truth in their claim that they have killed six million Jews in the Holocaust during the World War II - which seems they are right in their claim because they insist on it and arrest and imprison those who oppose it, why the Palestinian nation should pay for the crime. Why have they come to the very heart of the Islamic world and are committing crimes against the dear Palestine using their bombs, rockets, missiles and sanctions."
Originally posted by Malichai
He questioned why the Arabs should be made to give up land because of what the Europeans did.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders have said his previous remarks questioning whether the Holocaust happened were unacceptable. Denying the Holocaust is a serious crime in Germany punishable with a prison term of up to five years.
Originally posted by bodrul
the world without Zionism?
i swear there is a diffrence between otherdox jews and zionists
or am i wrong