CNN.com - Iran Holocaust remarks condemned - Dec 9, 2005

Iran's hard-line president, who once called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," again sparked a barrage of international criticism, saying the Jewish state should be moved to Europe and questioning whether the Holocaust took place. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad implied on Thursday that European countries backed the founding of Israel in the Middle East in 1948 out of guilt over the Nazi genocide. "Some European countries insist on saying that during World War II, Hitler burned millions of Jews and put them in concentration camps," Ahmadinejad said. "Any historian, commentator or scientist who doubts that is taken to prison or gets condemned." "Let's assume what the Europeans say is true ... Let's give some land to the Zionists in Europe or in Germany or Austria," he said. "They faced injustice in Europe, so why do the repercussions fall on the Palestinians?" siehe auch: Iranian president says Israel should be moved to Europe. Iran's hard-line president, who once called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," again sparked a barrage of international criticism