Holocaust denial is the act of
denying the
genocide of
Jews in the
Holocaust during
World War II.[SUP]
[1][/SUP] The key claims of Holocaust denial are that the
German Nazi government had no
official policy or intention of exterminating Jews, Nazi authorities did not use
extermination camps and
gas chambers to
mass murder Jews, and the actual number of Jews killed was significantly (typically an
order of magnitude) lower than the historically accepted figure of 5 to 6 million.[SUP]
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Holocaust deniers generally do not accept the term
denial as an appropriate description of their activities, and use the term
revisionism instead.[SUP]
[5][/SUP] Scholars use the term "denial" to differentiate Holocaust deniers from
historical revisionists, who use established historical
methodologies.[SUP]
[6][/SUP] The methodologies of Holocaust deniers are criticized as based on a predetermined conclusion that ignores extensive historical evidence to the contrary.[SUP]
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Most Holocaust denial claims imply, or openly state, that the Holocaust is a hoax arising out of a deliberate
Jewish conspiracy to advance the interest of Jews at the expense of other peoples.[SUP]
[8][/SUP] For this reason, Holocaust denial is generally considered to be an
antisemitic[SUP]
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conspiracy theory.[SUP]
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in case you really wanna knock yourself out:
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