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 Austria Holds 'Holocaust Denier' November 17, 2005 9:52 PM

British revisionist historian David Irving is being held in Austria under laws against denying the Holocaust.

An interior ministry spokesman said police in the province of Styria acted on a warrant issued in 1989 to arrest him last Friday.

Mr Irving was on his way to give a lecture in the capital, Vienna.

In his books, Mr Irving has argued that the scale of the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis in World War II has been exaggerated.

He also claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler knew nothing of the Holocaust.

He told a libel hearing in London in 2000 that there had been no gas chambers at the Auschwitz camp.

He lost the case and the judge branded him "an active Holocaust denier".

'Anti-Semitic'

A spokesman for the Austrian interior ministry, Rudolf Gollia, told the BBC that Mr Irving was first taken to the town of Graz, but was now in custody in Vienna.

Anti-Nazi groups in the UK congratulated the Austrian government.

The chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust, Lord Greville Janner, said he hoped the move would "lead to a successful prosecution".

The head of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust said denial was not a matter of opinion.

"Austrian law demands incisive action to protect its citizens from a repeat of the past," he added.

Mr Irving was previously arrested in Austria in 1984.

This time, the historian was stopped near the town of Hartberg while reportedly on his way to address a students' club in Vienna.

Mr Irving came into the spotlight in 2000 when he sued US academic Deborah Lipstadt for describing him as a "Holocaust denier" in her 1994 work Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory.

Giving his verdict, the British judge said Mr Irving was "an active Holocaust denier; that he is anti-Semitic and racist and that he associates with right-wing extremists who promote neo-Nazism".

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/4446646.stm

Published: 2005/11/17 20:55:35 GMT

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David John Cawdell Irving - listed as a Holocaust denier. November 18, 2005 4:27 AM

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Holocaust Denial November 18, 2005 4:37 AM

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Holocaust denial refers to the claims of a small number of individuals and groups, who argue that the Holocaust did not occur as it is defined by mainstream historiography. Key elements of Holocaust denial are the explicit or implicit denial that, in the Holocaust: * The Nazi government had a policy of deliberately targeting the Jews for extermination as a people; * Around 6 million Jews (and millions of non-Jews) were systematically killed by the Nazis and their allies; and * Among other methods, gas chambers were used in extermination camps to kill Jews. In addition, most Holocaust denial implies, or openly states, that the current mainstream understanding of the Holocaust is the result of a deliberate Jewish conspiracy. For this reason, Holocaust denial can be considered an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Because of this, Holocaust denial is also illegal in a number of European countries, as it is considered to be motivated by, and promoting, an antisemitic and anti-democratic agenda. While Holocaust deniers insist they are bona fide historians, some of their most prominent representatives have been shown in court to have a pattern of falsifying historical documents (e.g.David Irving) or deliberately misrepresenting historical data (e.g.Ernst Zündel). This history of Holocaust deniers distorting, ignoring, or misusing historical records has led to almost universal condemnation of the techniques and conclusions of Holocaust denial, with organizations such as the American Historical Association, the largest society of historians in the United States, stating that Holocaust denial is "at best, a form of academic fraud." Similarly, Public Opinion Quarterly, summarizing the work on the subject done by a range of historians including Jaroff, Lipstadt, Riech, Ryback, Shapiro, Vidal-Naquet, Weimann, and Winn concludes "No reputable historian questions the reality of the Holocaust, and those promoting Holocaust denial are overwhelmingly anti-Semites and/or neo-Nazis." (Vol. 59, p. 270) Holocaust deniers insist that they do not deny the Holocaust, preferring to be called "Holocaust revisionists". They are nevertheless commonly referred to as "Holocaust deniers" due to the fact that they deny the veracity of the commonly held historical definition of the event. ar  [ send green star]
 
1,000 hyperlinks to confront Iranian hate propaganda December 27, 2006 2:07 PM

The Iranian regime’s recent Holocaust denial cartoon contest and conference has unleashed a new wave of hate art and pseudo-academic propaganda designed to advance their political agenda. Together, these acts compose an effective advertising campaign against Jews and Israel. Their cartoon contest has generated 228 persuasive, but one sided images, that are now circulating around the Internet. The conference generated so much media attention that it provided Holocaust deniers an international media platform to spread their hate messages world-wide.

Although the Internet has become a breeding ground for bigots, it also provides a forum to voice opposition. When challenged, if you say nothing, then your detractors will speak for you. Why should a group of politically motivated hate advocates be allowed to rewrite history to suit their ends? Shouldn’t the historians make an accurate recording of this event, and appropriately refer to it as another low point for humanity in the 21st century?

The website (http://www.iranholocaustdenial.com) has been launched to confront Internet based Iranian propaganda head on. This site will chronicle international indignation towards Iran’s escalating hate campaign; it will shine a bright light on the regime’s motives and oppressive government; and at the same time, it will link to other campaigns so motivated individuals may find opportunities to respond that are suitable to their time and level of commitment. With approximately one billion Internet users, would you prefer if web searchers found Iran’s information weapons or a critical response to them?

If you think this is a suitable response to Iran’s hate campaign, then please spare a moment to help link up their site. They need help from webmasters; bloggers; discussion groups members; online campaigners; or any other web connected individuals who can make a hyperlink to this website. Please send this email to anyone who frequently publishes on the Internet. If you do not know any techies, perhaps your friends do—by sending this email to them, they may know people who can help.

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Holocaust!!! January 07, 2007 3:05 AM

That sickens me. It is a terrible insult to the Jews! I grew up watching everything i could about that and well researched on that and the history of this great people!!! all the way back in time they have fought on and on and on!!!!! I fight with them!!! My mother has seen holocaust survivors from the camps. She was raised in Scotland and to this day, she said she would never for get the horror and deadness in thier eyes.She would have been a young girl.

my great uncles from Scotland fought in that war. Oh I cannot believe how he is trying to provoke them!!! peace to all...

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