Mannheim, Germany - German prosecutors said Thursday they will
apply for the extradition of Frederick Toben, 64, who was arrested this
week in London on an international warrant for Holocaust denial.
Toben, an Australian citizen of German extraction, was convicted on
the charge in Mannheim, Germany, in 1999, but an appeal court ordered a
retrial. He then left Germany while he was free on bail.
The prosecutor's office at Mannheim, which wages Germany's fight
against international cases of Holocaust denial, said it was waiting to
be officially informed of Toben's detention at Heathrow Airport.