Pedro Varela Geiss
| Pedro Varela Geiss | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Varela in an interview | |
| Born |
9 October 1957 Barcelona, Spain |
| Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
| Occupation | Historian, librarian |
| Notable work | Revolutionary Ethics (2015) |
| Children | 1 |
Pedro Varela Geiss (born 9 October 1957) is a Spanish librarian, writer, revisionist historian and Holocaust denier. He was the owner of a Neo-Nazi book store in Barcelona that is now closed. He was also the former President of the disbanded Neo-Nazi group CEDADE, to which Leon Degrelle belonged.
Biography
Born in Barcelona,[1] he became the President of CEDADE in 1978,[2] publishing Holocaust denial material.[3]
In 1992 he spent three months in pre-trial detention in Austria for a Nazi speech he gave, but finally, he was acquitted. After the end of CEDADE, he opened the book store Libreria Europa (Europe Library) in Barcelona, from which he promoted pro-nazi speeches, conferences, lectures, and books on anti-semitic conspiracy theories.[4] In 1998 he was convicted to five years in prison for allegedly justifying genocide, due to the Holocaust denial material he sold in his store.[5]
In 2010 he was again convicted to two years and nine months in prison for the felony of "disseminating genocidal ideals".[6] He was released from prison on March 8, 2012.[7] He went back to run his bookstore. However, on July 2016, his library was closed for "hate of speech", "racial discrimination", etc.[8]
References
- ↑ "El nazi Varela siembra cruces gamadas en prisión | Edición impresa | EL PAÍS". Elpais.com. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ↑ Stephen E. Atkins. Holocaust Denial as an International Movement. Books.google.es. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ↑ Hermann Kurthen; Werner Bergmann; Rainer Erb (1997-05-29). Antisemitism and Xenophobia in Germany After Unification. Books.google.es. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ↑ "Is Europe on the "Right" Path?" (PDF). Library.fes.de. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ↑ Andrea Mammone; Emmanuel Godin; Brian Jenkins (2012-05-16). Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe: From Local to Transnational. Books.google.es. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ↑ "Dos años y nueves meses de cárcel para el neonazi Pedro Varela | Actualidad | EL PAÍS". Elpais.com. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ↑ "Sale en libertad el dueño de la filonazi Librería Europa tras cumplir 15 meses de cárcel | Barcelona". Elmundo.es. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ↑ "Revista de Claseshistoria : Publicación digital de Historia y Ciencias Sociales : Artículo Nº 293" (PDF). Claseshistoria.com. 2012-04-15. ISSN 1989-4988. Retrieved 2016-12-03.