French comedian Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala has been jailed for two months after questioning the existence of the Nazi gas chambers during a stand-up performance.
Dieudonné was found guilty of incitement to hatred after also calling Adolf Hitler a “sweet kid” and a “joyful braggart” in front of a crowd of a 1,000 in the Belgian city of Liege in 2012, and was also fined €9,000 (£6,300).
As well as publicly doubting whether the gas chambers of the Holocaust were real, he also called the Talmud a “s*** book” during the performance, which was recorded by police.
Eric Lemmens, a lawyer for Jewish organisations in Belgium, said that the judge also ordered Dieudonné to publish the ruling in two main national Belgian newspapers, adding that it was “a major victory.”
