Holocaust denial
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Holocaust denial is a pseudohistorical ideology that falsely claims the Nazi genocide of six million Jews and other groups during World War II did not occur as documented, often for antisemitic or extremist political purposes.
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antisemitic propaganda
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conspiracy theory ⓘ historical negationism ⓘ pseudohistorical ideology ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
promote antisemitic narratives
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relativize Nazi crimes ⓘ undermine historical truth about the Holocaust ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
antisemitism
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far-right extremism ⓘ neo-Nazism ⓘ racism ⓘ white supremacism ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
hate speech
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historical distortion ⓘ intellectual dishonesty ⓘ pseudoscience ⓘ |
| condemnedBy |
Council of Europe
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European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contradictedBy |
Allied military records
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Nazi documentation ⓘ forensic evidence ⓘ overwhelming historical evidence ⓘ photographic evidence ⓘ postwar war crimes trials ⓘ survivor testimonies ⓘ |
| criminalizedIn |
Austria
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Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Liechtenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ Slovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ other European countries ⓘ |
| denies |
Holocaust
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Nazi genocide of Roma and other groups ⓘ genocide of six million Jews ⓘ systematic Nazi extermination of Jews ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
antisemitic ideology
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conspiracy thinking ⓘ delegitimization of Jews ⓘ extremist political purposes ⓘ rehabilitation of Nazism ⓘ |
| oftenIncludes |
claims of Allied or Jewish propaganda
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claims of forged documents ⓘ denial of extermination camps ⓘ denial of gas chambers ⓘ minimization of death tolls ⓘ |
| propagatedBy |
denialist publishers
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extremist organizations ⓘ online platforms ⓘ |
| rejectedBy |
Holocaust museums
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Jewish organizations NERFINISHED ⓘ international courts ⓘ major academic institutions ⓘ professional historians ⓘ |
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