The owner of a house covered in Nazi memorabilia in the Belgian town of Keerbergen was sentenced to one year in prison.
Several complaints were filed against Georges B., whose residence decorated with Nazi symbols became notorious.
The “decoration” included flags adorned with swastikas floating in the windows and hung on trees, eagles made out of stone in the garden, multiple references to the “SS”, “Mein Kampf”, as well as antisemitic pamphlets.
A previous complaint against the owner was dismissed in 2014, where no criminal offense was proven, the criminal court of Leuven sentenced the 77-year-old retiree to one year in prison, for incitement to hatred and violence against the Jewish community and violation of the Holocaust denial law.
“The investigation has shown that the accused glorified the Nazi regime and approved of the genocide,” said the judge. “In his eyes, the Jews are the shame of the world. From a social point of view, therefore, we have an obligation to incarcerate him.”
The defendant was also ordered to pay 500 euros in damages to the Belgian anti-racism watchdog Unia, which had lodged parallel civil proceedings.
