Holocaust campaigners today called for action against a neo-Nazi fugitive believed to be operating in

Sussex.

Labour MP Andrew Dismore and Lord Janner, chairman of the Holocaust Education Trust, urged the extradition to Germany

of writer Germar Rudolf.

They spoke out following reports that Rudolf, who fled his Stuttgart home in 1995 after being sentenced to 14 months in jail for breaking the country's Holocaust denial laws, has been tracked down to a "safe house".

Father-of-two Rudolf, 34, admits he arrived in Britain with his family in 1996.

Since then, he has lived under his wife's maiden name, Scheerer, at a string of addresses, including a rented bungalow in Pevensey Bay.

Rudolf, whose illegal writings questioned the fact that millions of Jews died in the Auschwitz gas chambers, was ruled in breach of tough German legislation designed to stamp out anti-Semitism.

But he has continued producing material questioning the accepted history of the Holocaust since coming to Britain.

His work has been distributed via the Internet and a publishing operation he runs through a Hastings postal box number.

Some of the foremost Holocaust campaigners want Rudolf, who is still under an arrest warrant, to be prosecuted for his present activities under British law or extradited to Germany.

Hendon MP Mr Dismore, a member of the Council Against Anti-Semitism, said today: "I was horrified to hear about this man being in Britain.

"It seems to me that there are two issues, whether this man is extraditable to Germany and whether what he's doing in the UK is a breach of UK law on inciting racial hatred, and if not why not."

Lord Janner said: "My suggestion would be that the German authorities should be informed straight away that this man is here and invited to seek his extradition.

"The sooner he's out of this country the

better."

Prosecuting Rudolf under UK law should also be looked into.

Police said they had no knowledge of Rudolf's presence in the South East until today.

A spokesman said: "If any country has a warrant out for someone's arrest, we would help them catch the person.

"We would expect the matter to be referred to us via Interpol."

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