Former Louisiana State Representative and Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke was ordered to leave the Czech Republic on April 25, 2009, during the promotion tour for his book My Awakening.
Duke was arrested on April 24, 2009, and questioned on the charges of denying the Holocaust, which is a crime in the Czech Republic. He was not criminally charged but was forced to leave the country.BBC News: Czechs Throw Out Ex-Klan Leader (April 25, 2009)
My Awakening Tour
While in the Czech Republic to promote the book My Awakening, Duke was arrested on the suspicion of denying the Holocaust, which is a crime that is punishable by up to three years in prison in the country.Official Site: David Duke Arrested in Prague!!! (April 24, 2009) Duke was arrested on April 24, 2009 and was not charged. He was ordered to leave the country and was released in the early morning hours of April 25, 2009.BBC News: Czechs Throw Out Ex-Klan Leader (April 25, 2009) Just days before the arrest, Duke was banned from giving a lecture at the Charles University in Prague.Huffington Post: David Duke Banned By Czech University From Giving Speech (April 21, 2009)
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David Ernest Duke
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Author of ''My Awakening
A Path to Racial Understanding, published in 1998
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Author of ''Jewish Supremacism
My Awakening to the Jewish Question published 2003
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Was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the state of Louisiana
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Former Grand Wizard of the KKK
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Once ran for the position of U.S. President
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Received a Ph.D. in history for the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management in the Ukraine
