Le Pen fined for calling gas chambers ‘a detail’

Jean-Marie Le Pen is fined $34,000 for calling the Nazi gas chambers a “detail.”

The founder of the far-right National Front party, now retired, is convicted on charges of contesting crimes against humanity, according to the BBC.

France's far-right political party Front National founder Jean-Marie Le Pen speaks during a lunch meeting on September 5, 2015 in Marseille. (AFP/BORIS HORVAT)
France’s far-right political party Front National founder Jean-Marie Le Pen speaks during a lunch meeting on September 5, 2015 in Marseille. (AFP/BORIS HORVAT)

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