Holocaust denial - Early examples

Holocaust denial, or Holocaust revisionism as it is referred to by its supporters, is the belief that the Holocaust did not occur as it is defined by mainstream historiography. Key elements of this belief are the explicit or implicit rejection that, in the Holocaust: The Nazi government had a policy of deliberately targeting the Jews and the Gypsies for extermination as a people; Around six million Jews and millions of others (including Gypsies, homosexuals, and Jehovah's Witnesses) were systematically killed by the Nazis and their allies; and Among other methods, gas chamber ...

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• Holocaust denial - Terminology: Holocaust denial or Holocaust revisionism?
• Holocaust denial - Beliefs of Holocaust Deniers
• Holocaust denial - Holocaust denial examined
• Holocaust denial - History of Holocaust denial
• Holocaust denial - Early examples
• Holocaust denial - The case of Harry Elmer Barnes
• Holocaust denial - The beginnings of the modern movement
• Holocaust denial - Institute for Historical Review
• Holocaust denial - Bradley Smith and CODOH
• Holocaust denial - R. v. Keegstra
• Holocaust denial - The Zündel trials
• Holocaust denial - Ken McVay and alt.revisionism
• Holocaust denial - The Lipstadt affair
• Holocaust denial - Ahmadinejad remarks
• Holocaust denial - Public reactions to Holocaust denial
• Holocaust denial - Other genocide denials
• Holocaust denial - Notes

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Research into Holocaust Denial has revealed that anti-Semitism has been an important part of the revisionist philosophy since the very beginnings of the movement. With few exceptions, charges of anti-Jewish bias have been leveled against many deniers over the years – charges that they have rarely rejected. Holocaust denial - Early examples. Scholars credit the very first Holocaust deniers as the Nazis themselves. Historians have documented evidence that Heinrich Himmler instructed his camp commandants to ...

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Holocaust deniers make the following claims, though not all Holocaust deniers make all of the claims listed: Nazis did not use gas chambers to mass murder Jews. Small chambers did exist for delousing and Zyklon-B was used in this process. Nazis did not use cremation ovens to dispose of extermination victims. The amount of energy required to fire the ovens far exceeded what the energy strapped nation could spare in wartime. The cremation ovens that existed would have been too small for this purpose and the reason there w ...

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Seven European Union member countries including France and Germany have passed laws making the denial or minimization of the Holocaust a crime. [9] Many Holocaust deniers claim their work falls under a "universal right to free speech", and see these laws as a confirmation of their own beliefs, arguing that the truth does not need to be legally enforced. Some people who do not deny that the Holocaust occurred nevertheless oppose such restrictions of free speech, including Noam Chomsky. An uproar resulted when Serge Thion used one of Chomsky's essays without explicit permission as a forew ...

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Other acts of genocide and atrocity have met similar attempts to deny, to minimize, or to hush up. The list of these acts is extensive and proof is often difficult to obtain, either because governments are involved in the denial or because there is debate on whether the occurred atrocities are genocide or not. The toll of the Great Chinese Famine caused by the government of Mao was higher than the toll of the Second World War in China but could only be proved some decades later with demographic evidence. Some other examples are:

Holocaust deniers make the following claims, though not all Holocaust deniers make all of the claims listed: Nazis did not use gas chambers to mass murder Jews. Small chambers did exist for delousing and Zyklon-B was used in this process. Nazis did not use cremation ovens to dispose of extermination victims. The amount of energy required to fire the ovens far exceeded what the energy-strapped nation could spare in wartime. The cremation ovens that existed would have been too small for this purpose and the reason there w ...

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Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Terminology: Holocaust denial or Holocaust revisionism?, Holocaust denial - Beliefs of Holocaust Deniers, Holocaust denial - Holocaust denial examined, Holocaust denial - History of Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Early examples, Holocaust denial - The case of Harry Elmer Barnes, Holocaust denial - The beginnings of the modern movement, Holocaust denial - Institute for Historical Review, Holocaust denial - Bradley Smith and CODOH, Holocaust denial - R. v. Keegstra, Holocaust denial - The Zündel trials, Holocaust denial - Ken McVay and alt.revisionism, Holocaust denial - The Lipstadt affair, Holocaust denial - Ahmadinejad remarks, Holocaust denial - Public reactions to Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Other genocide denials, Holocaust denial - Notes

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Other acts of genocide and atrocity have met similar attempts to deny, to minimise, or to hush up. The list of these acts is extensive and proof is often difficult to obtain, either because governments are involved in the denial or because there is debate on whether the occurred atrocities are genocide or not. The toll of the Great Chinese Famine caused by the government of Mao was higher than the toll of the Second World War in China but could only be proved some decades later with demographic evidence. Some other examples are:

Holocaust deniers make the following claims, though not all Holocaust deniers make all of the claims listed: Nazis did not use gas chambers to mass murder Jews. Small chambers did exist for delousing and Zyklon-B was used in this process. Nazis did not use cremation ovens to dispose of extermination victims. The cremation ovens that existed would have been too small for this purpose (that is to say, too small to fit a human body) and the reason there were cremation ovens at all was they were put in to provide cremation ...

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Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Terminology: Holocaust denial or Holocaust revisionism?, Holocaust denial - Beliefs of Holocaust Deniers, Holocaust denial - Holocaust denial examined, Holocaust denial - History of Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Early examples, Holocaust denial - The case of Harry Elmer Barnes, Holocaust denial - The beginnings of the modern movement, Holocaust denial - Institute for Historical Review, Holocaust denial - Bradley Smith and CODOH, Holocaust denial - R. v. Keegstra, Holocaust denial - The Zündel trials, Holocaust denial - Ken McVay and alt.revisionism, Holocaust denial - The Lipstadt affair, Holocaust denial - Ahmadinejad remarks, Holocaust denial - Public reactions to Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Other genocide denials, Holocaust denial - Notes

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Public denial of the Holocaust is a criminal offence in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland, and is punishable by fines and jail sentences. Much of the controversy surrounding the claims of Holocaust deniers centers upon the methods used to present arguments that the Holocaust allegedly never happened. Numerous accounts have been given (including evidence presented in court cases) of claimed "facts" and "evidence"; however, independent research has shown these ...

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Seven European Union member countries including France and Germany have passed laws making the denial or minimization of the Holocaust a crime. [9] Some people who do not deny that the Holocaust occurred nevertheless oppose such restrictions of free speech, including Noam Chomsky. An uproar resulted when Serge Thion used one of Chomsky's essays as a foreword to a book of Holocaust denial essays. Many Holocaust deniers claim their work falls under a "universal right to free speech", and see these laws as a confirmation of their ...

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Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Terminology: Holocaust denial or Holocaust revisionism?, Holocaust denial - Beliefs of Holocaust Deniers, Holocaust denial - Holocaust denial examined, Holocaust denial - History of Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Early examples, Holocaust denial - The case of Harry Elmer Barnes, Holocaust denial - The beginnings of the modern movement, Holocaust denial - Institute for Historical Review, Holocaust denial - Bradley Smith and CODOH, Holocaust denial - R. v. Keegstra, Holocaust denial - The Zündel trials, Holocaust denial - Ken McVay and alt.revisionism, Holocaust denial - The Lipstadt affair, Holocaust denial - Ahmadinejad remarks, Holocaust denial - Public reactions to Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Other genocide denials, Holocaust denial - Notes

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The term "denier" is objected to by the people to whom it is applied, who prefer "revisionist". Most contend that the latter term is deliberately misleading. While historical revisionism is the re-examination of accepted history, with an eye towards updating it with newly discovered, more accurate, and less-biased information, "deniers" have been criticised for seeking evidence to support a preconceived theory, omitting substantial facts. Broadly, historical revisionism is the approach that history as it has been traditionally told, < ...

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Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Terminology: Holocaust denial or Holocaust revisionism?, Holocaust denial - Beliefs of Holocaust Deniers, Holocaust denial - Holocaust denial examined, Holocaust denial - History of Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Early examples, Holocaust denial - The case of Harry Elmer Barnes, Holocaust denial - The beginnings of the modern movement, Holocaust denial - Institute for Historical Review, Holocaust denial - Bradley Smith and CODOH, Holocaust denial - R. v. Keegstra, Holocaust denial - The Zündel trials, Holocaust denial - Ken McVay and alt.revisionism, Holocaust denial - The Lipstadt affair, Holocaust denial - Ahmadinejad remarks, Holocaust denial - Public reactions to Holocaust denial, Holocaust denial - Other genocide denials, Holocaust denial - Notes

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