The Holocaust Denial

The Holocaust in the eyes of historians all across the country reiterate the importance of the Holocaust. As the first mass genocide so major in a group of people, it’s relevance continues to make a stand. Taking place in 1933 all the way until 1945, the Holocaust changed so much in so little time. Amass, 5-6 million jewish people dying from either being worked to death for taken to gas chambers and killed quietly. Though nothing about the Holocaust was quiet, as it’s name and hitler's wishes were spread across germany in its time of need. An event short enough to be considered just a blip, tacts itself up as one the largest genocides in history. It begs the question among educators and parents alike, whether schools should be teaching the Holocaust. But, the Holocaust is something that cannot be left untaught. The Holocaust should be vocalized to students because they have a right to an education and because it boosts their understanding of society and forms them into better civilians. Also because the side effects of bias in classrooms

Deborah Lipstadt, author of Denying the Holocaust: the Growing Assault on Truth and Memory, recently gave a TED Talk entitled “Behind the Lies of Holocaust Denial” about her experience with being chosen to write the book, conducting the research for it, and enduring the libel lawsuit against her that resulted. The book addressed Holocaust deniers, those who insist the Holocaust didn’t occur, and her speech mainly addressed how truth and facts are, as she put it, “under assault” (Lipstadt 11:58). The fifteen-minute impassioned speech employed the three persuasive strategies: Logos, by using straightforward facts; Ethos, by being established a well-respected author and college professor; and Pathos, by appealing to emotion through

It is arguable for various reasons that David Irving may be considered a historian regardless of his denial of the Holocaust. Under the definition of what makes a historian (i.e. someone who is a scholar, has had their works published, etc.) Irving fits the description. David Irving, as a historian, has a strong focus on the German military, not the Holocaust. Irving’s morality is definitely questionable based on the remarks he has made, but he has not published anything specifically on the Holocaust and he has claimed that he does not consider himself “a historian of the Holocaust”.

The Holocaust was an example of extreme institutional racism and remembering the events is a good way to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. This requires an understanding of tolerance and why people lack it. If we figure this out, we can teach against these habits and rehabilitate those who have them to make the world better.

The Holocaust, the systematic extermination of 11 million Jews and other minorities during World War 2, was an occurrence caused by human brutality and cruelty. Today, there is a wide variety of evidence including first person accounts, literature, images and other physical evidence from camps including Auschwitz-Birkenau and other death camps. Despite this evidence, there are still people to date who believe that the Holocaust did not take place, or that what is said to have taken place was exaggerated. This belief is formally known as Holocaust Denial or Distortion. People who believe in this ideology are called Holocaust deniers, or revisionists. This belief originated during the Holocausts with the Nazi’s. One main belief

Throughout history, the world has seen many horrible acts committed against its people, but of all these acts none are as horrendous as the Holocaust. This event led to the prosecution and execution of millions of people just because those from the Nazi Regime felt they were superior. The Nazis invaded Poland because of this assumed superiority over the Jewish population, and since Nazis thought that the Jews were beneath them they sent them to concentration camps to be worked like animals and to die. The entire world saw this as inhumane, but unlike the Polish and German Jews, the entire world did not experience this great atrocity first hand.

Madison McBride A. Hall Language Arts: 2A 15 December 2014 Defining and Interpreting Holocaust Denial What is Holocaust Denial? Holocaust Denial is the belief or assertion that the Holocaust did not happen or was greatly exaggerated. Though many consider the Holocaust a monumental historic event, “Holocaust Denial” and conspiracy theories surrounding this event exist in today’s modern society. Although it may sound like a simple topic, Holocaust Denial is more complex than it seems.

While the Holocaust may be a difficult topic for students to study in school, it still plays an important role in the history of our world and as a result should continue to be taught to all. It is not only important that the students learn about the Holocaust because is was arguably one of the largest acts of allowed discrimination and racism but because it helps students to learn why what happened was wrong so that they do not promote the kind of behavior shown during WWII and we have to experience another Holocaust. In other words, students need to learn about the Holocaust so it does not happen again in the future. While another genocide as damaging as the Holocaust does not seem possible, there are still people all throughout the world

Many mass killings have surprisingly or unsurprisingly have occurred in human history, but not many think just how long ago they have occurred and some happened closer when put into prospective. The Holocaust was a systematic persecution and murder of six million Jews during World War II committed by the Nazi regime. It is one of the most tragic moments in history and yet, claims that something so tragic had never occurred. Holocaust denial is the denial that the events of the Holocaust had never been committed for reasoning that ranges from anti-semitic views to claims of it being nothing but propaganda spread by the Allies to give the Axis a damaged reputation. Holocaust denial is often being described as “new anti-semitism” by some scholars due to the fact that it “ recycles many of the elements of pre-1945 anti-semitism in a post-World War II context,” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Origins of Holocaust Denial). Regardless of

Having concentration camps with gas chambers weren’t enough for the Nazis brutal actions. As time passed for the victims, it only got much worse. The Nazi doctors began using the prisoners as subjects for unethical human experiments. They suffered to stay alive and many were left with unpleasant memories.

The history of the Holocaust is taught systematically in all school systems throughout America and most of the known-world. The atrocities committed by Nazi-Germany are well-known and are likely to never be forgotten. The proof behind Hitler’s Final Solution is undeniable. However, with the rise of Holocaust deniers comes the grave danger of forgetting the truth behind the Holocaust, and dooming ourselves to repeating history once again. Holocaust deniers claim that certain events of the Holocaust never happened or are fabricated; however, there are numerous types of evidence that provide concrete proof that it did indeed occur.

“One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect men and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth.”

While most of adults believe the Holocaust took place, details are blurring as time wears on. Anti-semitic acts have shot up in the last year, particularly at schools. 2017 incidents had almost doubled from 2016 reports, clocking in at 457. The chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, which released the report, said, “(...) in an environment in which prejudice isn’t called out by public figures, figures of authority, we shouldn’t be surprised when we see young people repeat these same kind of tropes,” (Jonathan A. Greenblatt). Children are falling victim to wrong, hateful ideologies because they are lacking education and guidance from their role models. Harmful ignorance is being passed down by authority figures. For example, Ronald Reagan, as the president of the United States, had a ceremonial visit to a German military cemetery where many S.S. officers were buried. After public outcry, he tried to defend himself by saying, “They [the S.S. officers] were victims, just as surely as the victims in the concentration camps" Though not overtly anti-semitic, Reagan’s remarks spread misinformation and fed into the views of those trivializing the Holocaust. By belittling the tragedy and painting the perpetrators as victims, Reagan was erasing the history of Jewish persecution, which feeds into anti-semitic ideologies. If instances of intolerance aren’t addressed, big or small, children will have no

Holocaust deniers know they won’t be believed if they just outright deny that the holocaust happened at all, so instead, they decided they would take the stance that the holocaust happened but not to the extreme degree that people claim it to be. Most scholars believe Holocaust denial started because of issues with Israel, anti-Semitism, and skepticism of the widely accepted history. Holocaust denial has been going on since the Holocaust began. It would be incredibly difficult for me to convince you that the Holocaust never happened, but it would be much easier for me to undermine the validity of what you think you know about the Holocaust.

It’s hard for someone who is a Jew and who had extended family die during the Holocaust wrap their brain around the idea that there are people, even in 2017 who believe that the Holocaust did not happen. Despite the massive amounts of evidence, survivor testimony, and the most famous diary to be published through the eyes of Anne Frank who ended up dying during WWII, there is a population who still try to find ways to discredit the Holocaust. I can only imagine how survivors of the Holocaust felt in the 1990’s and early 2000’s when David Irving, a self proclaimed historian sued Professor Deborah E. Lipstadt a Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University for libel. Her life’s work was to be put on trial