In several EU countries, it is forbidden to deny the Holocaust.

In Sweden, the issue has been discussed occasionally since the 1990s, but so far a ban has not received political support.

This week, the Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson (S) suddenly declared that the Swedish government now wants to introduce a ban and appoint an investigation.

-The Holocaust is the greatest crime in the history of world history and must not be forgotten.

Those who try to make the world forget must be held accountable for it, Morgan Johansson told Ekot.

As a reason, he stated that right-wing extremist movements have grown, that it is easier to spread false propaganda via social media and that the last living eyewitnesses to the Holocaust are now starting to go out of date.

SKMA skeptical

Among other things, SD, L and MP have in Ekot expressed skepticism about the proposal.

SKMA's board has not yet decided on an official position, but the association's chairman sees problems in trying to access anti-Semitism by convicting Holocaust deniers in court. 

-Every time someone denies the Holocaust, it is of course an insult, but the mere thought that someone would be prosecuted and then acquitted, it could be counterproductive.

We know from countries where there is a ban that it is not an easy thing to bring the Holocaust to justice.

It is more important to learn as much as possible about the Holocaust and spread that information, says Svante Weyler.

"Police and prosecutors do not have time"

Aron Verständig, chairman of the Jewish Central Council, is of a similar mindset.

Although he welcomes the fact that the government is now investigating a ban, he thinks that something else is more important.

-Today we have major problems with increased activity among Nazis and pro-violence Islamists and there we see that the police and prosecutors do not always have time to take care of it.

Maybe this is where you should start, says Aron Verständig.

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