Definition of ‘Nazi’ resurfaces in Montreal hate speech trial

tomtidgewellNovember 25, 2022

Defense attorney Hélène Poussard resumes her case in a case against Gabriel Soyet Chaput, who wrote hundreds of articles for neo-Nazi websites.

Gabriel Sohier Chaput at the Montreal Court, February 2022. He was charged with willfully promoting hatred against an identifiable group. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette

The trial of a Montreal citizen accused of hate speech resumed in a Montreal court on Friday, and the defendant’s attorney continued her argument that no evidence was presented to the court that the Nazis were fully responsible for the Holocaust. rice field.

The trial of Gabriel Sohier Chaput, 36, found no evidence in court that the Nazis were involved in the extermination of six million Jews during World War II, defense attorney Hélène said. Suspended in July after Psar insisted.

The lawyer reiterated on Friday that he was not trying to deny the Holocaust happened or question the number of people killed.

In his closing statement on 8 July, Royal Prosecutor Patrick Lafrenière said that Soie Chapou “unstoppable nazismIn his writings he refers to persecution, violence Against the Jews, as it is well known that the Nazis committed the Holocaust.

Del Negro, Lafreniere error “by not calling witnesses to adequately explain the concept of”Nazism,” And the judge heard further discussion on the matter on Friday.

Sohier Chaput has written 800 to 1,000 articles for neo-Nazi websites under the name Zeiger, making him the second most prolific writer on the Daily Stormer site.he is accused of deliberate propaganda hatred A warning for identifiable groups from an article published in 2017It will be an active year.”

In July, Psar argued that Soie Chaput’s article may have been offensive, but he had a right to write under Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

On Friday, she continued her claim that Del Negro had no proof of what happened during the Holocaust.

“For me it is very easy to say that it was the Nazis who killed six million Jews. Psar said.

She also claimed that the French dictionary, Larousse, defines Nazis as “an abbreviation for German National Socialist”.

“That’s what Larousse says,” Psarre said, quoting from other dictionaries and encyclopedias with similar definitions.

“If the court doesn’t know the facts in question, it can find out independently from accessible and undisputed sources,” Psar said.

“There were a lot of bullets, the Jews exterminated by the Germans. When the war was over, the soldiers were asked why they did it. We are talking about the Jews of the German army, and the Germans said: “We were following orders. We are not Nazis. We were following orders.”