• qaz@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    …led him to openly espouse Holocaust denial, specifically denying that Jews were murdered by gassing at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

    David Irving | Wikipedia

    I don’t get why there are people denying this when so much has been recorded and with the large amount of witness testimony

    • Wilco@lemm.ee
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      20 hours ago

      I am defending no one and taking no side. I’m just pointing out that there are laws against denying the holocaust all across Europe.

      These laws are harsh and will actually hit researchers that even try and dispute the number of victims … unless they are making the number larger. It is a fish tale. No doubt a fish was caught, but there is no way possible it was 11 million feet long.