Israel Demands Action Against Norway Professor for Holocaust Denial
Summarized from Ynetnews by baba
Israel has demanded disciplinary action against Norwegian professor Stephan Sander-Faes for Holocaust denial, accusing the University of Bergen of endangering Jewish students. Professor Sander-Faes allegedly claimed Nazi Germany lacked extermination camps and questioned Holocaust victim numbers. Israel's chargé d'affaires Eytan Halon sent an open letter to Rector Margareth Hagen, urging condemnation and disciplinary measures. While Hagen acknowledged the Holocaust's reality and rejected antisemitism, she deferred comment on individual employee statements to the faculty dean, leaving the matter unresolved.
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- Israel demanded action against Professor Stephan Sander-Faes at the University of Bergen for Holocaust denial.
- Professor Sander-Faes allegedly claimed Nazi Germany did not operate extermination camps and questioned Holocaust victim numbers.
- Israel's chargé d'affaires Eytan Halon accused the university of endangering Jewish students.
- University Rector Margareth Hagen initially cited freedom of expression but later reaffirmed the Holocaust's historical reality.
- Hagen deferred disciplinary action on Sander-Faes to the Faculty of Humanities dean, leaving the issue unresolved.
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