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No, the Holocaust is not some Jewish tale told by 'Jewish scholars and historians'. It is accepted in all advanced countries by practically all academic historians. The Holocaust is part of the history of 20th century Europe, of World War 2 and of World History. In fact, you'll find that professional historians are utterly scathing about Holocaust denial.

However, even though some argue that the historically accepted view of events is in fact, corrupt, it may not necessarily mean the individual is racist, or even anti-semitic. Some may even argue that the debate is reduced to a conflict of races, or ethnic discrimination, for the purpose of detracting any further investigation into the facts at the root of the discussion; essentially making the topic socially taboo, and therefore difficult to discuss and research in open circles without being labeled a bigot. It is far easier to discredit someone when they are painted the fool, or uneducated, and ignorant to history and its source

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Holocaust denial is generally viewed as antisemitic.[9] The Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, for example, defines Holocaust denial as "a new form of anti-Semitism, but one that hinges on age-old motifs".[176] The Anti-Defamation League has stated that "Holocaust denial is a contemporary form of the classic anti-Semitic doctrine of the evil, manipulative and threatening world Jewish conspiracy"[177] and French historian Valérie Igounet has written that "Holocaust denial is a convenient polemical substitute for anti-semitism."[178] In 2005, the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (now the Fundamental Rights Agency) published a "working definition" of antisemitism which gave as an example of the way that antisemitism might manifest itself, "denying the fact, scope, mechanisms (e.g. gas chambers) or intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish people at the hands of National Socialist Germany and its supporters and accomplices during World War II (the Holocaust)".[179]

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Holocaust denial is explicitly or implicitly illegal in 17 countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland.[185] The European Union's Framework decision on Racism and Xenophobia states that denying or grossly trivializing "crimes of genocide" should be made "punishable in all EU Member States".[186] Slovakia criminalized denial of fascist crimes in general in late 2001; in May 2005, the term "Holocaust" was explicitly adopted by the penal code and in 2009, it became illegal to deny any act regarded by an international criminal court as genocide. The Parliament of Hungary adopted the most recent legislation, which declared denial or trivialization of the Holocaust a crime punishable by up to three years imprisonment, in February 2010.[187]
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What is Holocaust denial and distortion?

Holocaust denial is an attempt to negate the established facts of the Nazi genocide of European Jewry. Key denial assertions are: that the murder of approximately six million Jews during World War II never occurred; that the Nazis had no official policy or intention to exterminate the Jews; and that the poison gas chambers in Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp never existed.

A newer trend is the distortion of the facts of the Holocaust. Common distortions include, for example, assertions that: the figure of six million Jewish deaths is an exaggeration; the deaths in the concentration camps were the results of disease or starvation but not policy; and that the diary of Anne Frank is a forgery.

Distinct from denial and distortion is misuse of the Holocaust. Misuse occurs when aspects of the Holocaust are compared to events, situations, or people where there is no genocide or genocidal intent. Examples of Holocaust misuse include: claiming that Israeli-government actions are equivalent to those of the Nazis; equating the treatment of animals with the treatment of Jews and other victims during the Holocaust; labeling political opponents as Nazis; or misusing the terminology of the Holocaust to assert that particular actions are the same as actions undertaken by the Nazis.

Holocaust denial, distortion, and misuse all undermine the understanding of history. Denial and distortion of the Holocaust almost always reflect antisemitism.
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ORIGINAL: DomKen

Holocaust denial is the absolute worst sort of anti semitism as it attempts to erase the attempted eradication of the jewish people. By pretending to believe that millions of jews were not killed it sets up the possibility of more violence against jews under the "justification" that they are spreading terrible lies against the people who particpated in the Holocaust.

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

Holocaust denial is the absolute worst sort of anti semitism as it attempts to erase the attempted eradication of the jewish people. By pretending to believe that millions of jews were not killed it sets up the possibility of more violence against jews under the "justification" that they are spreading terrible lies against the people who particpated in the Holocaust.

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ORIGINAL: littlewonder

yes it's anti-semitic and that's why I have a certain poster here well known for it, on ignore, because CM allowed him to say such things with nothing done to him.

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You could say though, that if the TOS made that illgeal, it would break your Constitutional law on free speech.

In the UK and parts of Europe we have introduced hate laws, and been called communists for doing so. The majority of us are okay with that, the extremists, of all ilks, are not.

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ORIGINAL: Moonlightmaddnes

I did not think anyone denied the holocaust. I do not see how anyone could with all the documentation. When I was a teenager my mom had a good friend who's mother still had the tattoo from the concentration camp she was in.

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ORIGINAL: Moonlightmaddnes

I did not think anyone denied the holocaust. I do not see how anyone could with all the documentation. When I was a teenager my mom had a good friend who's mother still had the tattoo from the concentration camp she was in.

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The fact that the nazis kept detailed records of arrests and concentration camp activites...as well as all their DOCUMENTARY FILMS I've seen of concentration camp prisoners, starved, dying...and the death-stiffened bodies being bulldozed into pits to be burned/buried (the nazis sure LOVED their movie cameras, they film-documented practically EVERYTHING!), it's completely ignorant to deny all that happened.

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Stating that gas chambers were not used and that only 200,000-300,000 Jewish men women and children were intentionally exterminated by the Nazis and their collaborators, is in fact Holocaust denial. It is one of the key aspects of Holocaust denial. Few if any people claim that no Jews died, instead they make arguments like the ones of Bishop Williamson, that far fewer people died and that there were no gas chambers, implying that there was no systematic murder. Denying this not only attacks history, but minimizes the suffering of millions of innocent people. There is no excuse for these actions. Simply because Bishop Williamson chooses to believe the lies of so called historians does not excuse his actions, nor does it mean that he is not spreading falsehoods. In addition, the “historian” whom Williamson cites, is Fred Leuchter whose “findings” have been thoroughly debunked for 20 years, and who is only cited by Holocaust deniers. The report which Williamson cites was funded by Ernst Zündel, who was at the time on trial for, and later convicted of, Holocaust denial, and who has published Nazi and Neo-Nazi propaganda. As such, Williamson’s statement that he will change his opinion when his sources change theirs is absurd, insofar as his sources are known anti-Semites.
Holocaust denial is anti-Semitic

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ORIGINAL: cordeliasub

I think it is anti-semitic.....

Of course, I myself am antistupid.......

To me, saying that the Holocaust never happened would by like saying slavery never happened or that the two towers in NY are still there.