Holocaust denial

Zemmour Acquitted of Holocaust Denial after Crediting Nazi Collaborator with Saving Jews

While there is substantial disagreement on whether Vichy leader Philippe Pétain's decision to turn over foreign-born Jews to the Nazis was motivated by a desire to save French Jews, a court ruled that the right-wing provocateur did not engage in Holocaust denial by endorsing that view. 

Does Banning Holocaust Denial on Social Media also Block Education?

Incidents where social media algorithms take down articles that explore legitimate controversies about the Holocaust suggest that the work of controlling denialism and hate speech needs more refinement. 

How Can Youtube and Reddit Successfully Fight Holocaust Denial, But Not Facebook?

A new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue found 36 Facebook groups specifically dedicated to Holocaust denial.

Social Media's Holocaust Denials Are No 'Mistake' — They're Hate Speech

by Greg Schneider

It’s long past time for all social media companies to reflect on their role in enabling the hate speech proliferating on their platforms.

Australian Jewish Group Calls on Website to Stop Hosting ‘Miss Hitler’ Pageant

Anti-Defamation Commission urges GoDaddy.com web hosting firm to take down World Truth Historical Revisionism site, calling it ‘an incitement to murder.’

Appeals Court Upholds Teacher Firing Over Holocaust Denial, 9/11 Theories

A federal appeals court has upheld a New Jersey school district's firing of a teacher who allegedly taught his high school history students denial of the Holocaust and conspiracy theories linking the United States to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

A History of Holocaust Denial Comes Under Scrutiny in The Evidence Room

The Hirshhorn Museum exhibition, filled with reproductions and plaster casts of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, works through the wounds and scars of a gruesome history.

Robert Faurisson, a father of the Holocaust denial movement, dies at 89

The British-born Faurisson was a staunch defender of Marshal Philippe Petain, the French leader who collaborated with Nazi occupiers of the country during World War II, and whose government is named for its former seat of Vichy.

San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit agency is attacked for running Holocaust denier’s ads

by Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Morey Schapira

BART claims the group has a First Amendment right to buy advertising.

Holocaust denier poised to claim GOP nomination in Illinois race for Congress

Arthur Jones — an outspoken Holocaust denier, activist anti-Semite and white supremacist — is poised to become the Republican nominee for an Illinois congressional seat representing parts of Chicago and nearby suburbs.

Deborah Lipstadt went up against one Holocaust denier in a trial, but the death of another – Ernst Zündel – prompted her to say trials might make these figures more sympathetic

Her comment was cited in an obituary of Ernst Zündel, who was tried twice in Canada.

Estonian politician vows to legalize Holocaust denial

Estonian politician running for election promises to 'decriminalize' Holocaust denial and 'correct' education on Third Reich history.

Horst Mahler, German Holocaust Denier, Is Arrested in Hungary

Mr. Mahler, 81, is a former Marxist urban guerrilla who became an activist on the extreme right.

Video of the Week: Deborah Lipstadt Ted Talk

by Deborah Lipstadt

Behind the lies of Holocaust denial.

'Amazon should stop selling Holocaust denial books'

The appeal came in the form of a letter penned by Yad Vashem’s director of the libraries, Dr. Robert Rozett, to the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos.

Amazon selling books in US, UK online stores that deny the Holocaust

Amazon has removed books that deny the Holocaust from online stores in countries where Holocaust denial is illegal, but they remain available in the United States and the United Kingdom.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Google Search Still Helps Deniers

by Dan Friedman

Google shapes the worldview of billions so if we can’t trust Google, the bullies have won.

Google Demotes Holocaust Denial and Hate Sites in Update to Algorithm

“We recently made improvements to our algorithm that will help surface more high quality, credible content on the web."

What A Film About Holocaust Denial Can Teach Us About Electing The Next President

by Antonia Blumberg

Truth can be terrifying. And the strategic denial of truth can be equally so.

A Holocaust Historian’s Trial Against Holocaust Denier David Irving Hits the Big Screen

"If someone said, Let’s make a movie about a historian, I’d say bo-ring.” — Deborah E. Lipstadt