Tokens: In
the
beginning
of
1995
P.
(
a
professor
of
political
sciences
)
published
an
article
in
which
he
alleged
that
the
Jews
had
declared
war
on
Germany
in
1933
.
He
also
trivialised
the
crimes
of
the
Nazi
regime
.
In
February
1995
the
applicant
published
a
commentary
on
this
article
in
which
he
criticised
P.
in
harsh
terms
for
using
Nazi
terminology
and
disseminating
ideas
which
were
typical
of
the
“
Third
Reich
”
.
More
specifically
he
accused
P.
of
reviving
the
old
Nazi
lie
of
a
worldwide
Jewish
conspiracy
and
of
confounding
the
roles
of
perpetrators
and
victims
.
Subsequently
P.
brought
defamation
proceedings
against
the
applicant
,
which
failed
because
the
courts
found
that
the
applicant
's
criticism
constituted
a
value
judgment
with
a
sufficient
factual
basis
derived
from
P.
's
article
.
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