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Holocaust Denial

One of the most inexplicable and controversial movements to develop in the 20th century was the organized effort to deny and/or minimize the Nazi-genocide in the Holocaust against the Jews during World War II. The people that claim that the Holocaust never happened are usually referred to as deniers. Deniers claim the Holocaust never happened for a number of reasons because of an interest in revising history, money, perversity, notoriety, ideology, politics, fear, paranoia and/or hate. In the research that follows, we will look at both sides of the story, which are Holocaust deniers, and Holocaust believers and we will get at the truth. The main facts that we will be discussing are the amount of Jews that were killed during World War II and what caused their deaths, whether or not there was a plan and/or order by the Nazi officials to exterminate the Jews, the gas chamber situation and their purpose, and last, but not least, the deniers look at all survivors' testimonies as hearsay...

Posted by: Gabrielle Gooch

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