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What's the harm in Holocaust denial?
Some people claim the Holocaust never occurred, or that the standard accounts of it greatly exaggerate its scope. There is very little to support such claims, and seem to be thinly disguised anti-Semitism to many. Read more about Holocaust denial
Here are 5 people who were harmed by someone not thinking critically.
Robert FaurissonLyon, France |
Lost job / Probation & fine |
| This French professor of literature is a Holocaust denier. This is illegal in France. He was removed from his university chair, and later tried under this law and fined €7,500. Read more | |
David IrvingAge: 68 |
Bankruptcy, Prison sentence, £2m |
| When a book accused him of being a Holocaust denier, he sued for libel. He lost, and was bankrupted by the ruling. He continued to write and speak on the same topics, and was jailed in Austria where this is against the law. Read more & more & more & more | |
Dr. Nicholas KollerstromUniversity College, London, England |
Fired |
| He wrote on the web that the Holocaust never happened and endorsed other conspiracy theories. He was fired from his unpaid fellowship at University College of London. Read more & more | |
Germar RudolfAge: 42 |
30 months in prison |
| After a suspended sentence in 1995 for inciting Anti-Semitic hatred, he fled to the U.S. and fought extradition. He was finally extradited, tried and convicted of Holocaust denial in Germany. Read more & more | |
Fredrick TöbenMannheim, Germany |
7 months in prison |
| He is a former schoolteacher who runs an Australian based website that denies the Holocaust. He was convicted of violating a German law regarding such claims and sentenced to prison. He was also prosecuted in Australia. Read more | |