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Holocaust denial refers to rejecting or minimizing the Nazi regime’s intentional mass murder of Jews during the Second World War. Common denial claims include disputing the use of gas chambers, the scale of killings, crematoria capacity, or portraying the genocide as a hoax or exaggeration.

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Timeline

  1. 1941 · eventNazi mass-murder program and wartime concealment practices
  2. 1945 · mutationPostwar emergence of denial and minimization narratives
  3. 1970 · popularizationExpansion of organized Holocaust denial activism in the United States and Europe
  4. 1990 · investigationHigh-profile Holocaust denial trials and media-law challenges
  5. 1993 · document_releaseKenneth S. Stern’s book Holocaust Denial published
  6. 2003 · document_releaseUCSB student research paper on the rise of Holocaust deniers
  7. 2010 · amplificationGrowth of online Holocaust denial and platform-policy scrutiny
  8. 2020 · document_releaseSpecial briefing on effects of Holocaust denial published by antisemitism.org.uk

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