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A German-Canadian woman who believes the Holocaust is “the biggest…lie in all of history” was arrested Wednesday in Munich, according to reports.

Monika Schaefer, an Alberta music teacher and failed Green Party candidate, was arrested while attending the trial of Sylvia Stolz, a lawyer on trial for Holocaust denial, according to a post on the German blog deutsches-Maedchen.com.

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The Jasper, Alta., violinist was reportedly arrested during a recess of the trial. Holocaust denial is a criminal offence in Germany.

The B’nai Brith Canada has applauded Germany for the arrest.

“German officials should be commended for taking action against Holocaust denial,” CEO Michael Mostyn said in a press release. “Antisemitism has no place in Canadian politics or Canadian universities, and we will continue to work, even across borders, to ensure that racism and bigotry find no haven in Canada.”

Schaefer stood for election provincially and federally as a Green Party candidate but was denounced by the party in 2016 after posting a YouTube video where she called the Holocaust “the biggest and most pernicious and persistent lie in all of history.”