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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/57385/full/57385/austrian-far-right-icon-eyes-presidency/ <br /><br /> <b>Austrian far-right icon eyes presidency</b> <br /> Friday, March 12, 2010 | by <br /><br /><p>A woman who has criticized anti-Nazi law and is married to an extreme rightist is running for president in Austria, and critics contend her candidacy could tarnish the reputation of a country still marred by its connection to the Holocaust.</p> <p>Barbara Rosenkranz, 51, is not expected to win the April 25 election, despite her endorsement from the owner of Austria’s most widely read newspaper, the Kronen Zeitung.</p> <p>But she is likely to lead a campaign against popular President Heinz Fischer laced with the anti-foreigner and anti-European Union rhetoric her far-right Freedom Party generates.</p> <p>She is most widely known for her belief that Austria’s law banning the glorification of the Nazis is a hindrance to freedom of expression and violates the country’s constitution. In the same vein, she also has defended doubts over Nazi gas chambers.</p> <p>Her husband, Horst Jakob Rosenkranz, was part of a far-right political party that was banned for being too radical. <em>— ap</em></p>

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