Expatica's German news in English: German trial of neo-Nazi delayed until next year

The trial in Germany of a neo-Nazi whose U.S. website glorified dictator Adolf Hitler was delayed till next year Tuesday when the court ordered a postponement while a new legal-aid lawyer is found for Ernst Zuendel, 66. Last week, the high-profile trial had barely started when the judge threw out one of Zuendel's far-right-wing lawyers and told a second that her neo-Nazi argumentation made her unfit to receive legal-aid fees from the state. As is common in Germany, Zuendel is only retaining back-up lawyers at his own expense and is insisting that his prime defence counsel be subsidized by the state. Zuendel, who has lived in North America for most of his life, is accused of denying the Holocaust. The court in Mannheim in southwestern Germany ordered an adjournment till a new lawyer can be found. Prosecutors said that effectively meant the trial would have to start all over again, probably next year. siehe auch: Trial of Holocaust denier Zundel halted after judge fires defence lawyer, German trial of neo-Nazi delayed while new lawyer is sought