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As the trial of notorious 95-year-old Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck draws to a close in the northern German port city of Hamburg, a verdict could be handed down on Wednesday. Haverbeck, who is popular among right-wing extremists, was sentenced to 10 months in prison without probation by the city’s district court in 2015. She lodged an appeal, but the trial did not take place until nine years later. She is accused of two counts of incitement to hatred. According to the indictment, Haverbeck told journalists on April 21, 2015, on the fringes of the trial of former SS member Oskar Gröning, th…

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