Holocaust denial, antisemitic, racist books, and supremacist pamphlets banned in France have been offered for sale online by major cultural retailers and other leading companies in the sector.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez will refer the matter to the justice system following the online sale of racist, Holocaust denial, or banned publications in France, the ministry told AFP on Thursday, confirming information reported by Libération. The newspaper identified a range of Holocaust denial, antisemitic, racist, and supremacist pamphlets prohibited in France that were nonetheless being offered for sale online by major cultural chains and other market leaders.
Among the titles available on the websites of Cultura, Fnac, and Amazon are several works by French Holocaust denier Robert Faurisson and American neo-Nazi William Luther Pierce, as well as the manifesto of far-right mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik and The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a fabricated antisemitic text.
As a result, the Interior Minister has decided to refer the case to prosecutors under Article 40 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure, which requires “any constituted authority, public official or civil servant” who becomes aware of a crime or offense to inform the justice system “without delay.”
