Vincent Reynouard, 53, was arrested in Anstruther, Fife, on Thursday following a two-year investigation. He was working as a private tutor while living under a false identity in the UK, according to French media reports. Holocaust denial has been a criminal offense in France since 1990, and Reynouard has been convicted on several occasions. He was sentenced to four months in prison in November 2020 and a further six months in prison in January 2021. Police Scotland said: “He was arrested at an address in the Anstruther area of Fife on a Trade and Cooperation Agreement warrant issued in France.” General Jean-Philippe Reiland of the OCLCH, the arm of the French gendarmerie that specializes in hate crimes and war crimes, said: “Vincent Reynouard was able to be arrested thanks to a huge effort of international cooperation and, in particular, thanks to our British counterparts. “Despite the legal difficulties that may exist, the [OCLCH] will not spare the ideologues who propagate hate, wherever they are.” The Campaign Against Antisemitism welcomed the arrest and described Reynouard as a “despicable Holocaust denier who has been repeatedly convicted by French courts”. The charity said his first conviction for denying the Holocaust was in 1991 for distributing leaflets denying the existence of gas chambers in concentration camps.
