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'''Holocaust denial''' is the assertion that the Nazis either did not attempt to exterminate the [[Jews]] during [[World War II]], or deny that Hilter gave the order to do so. The view point has no support amongst any significant scholars.

'''Holocaust denial''' is the assertion that the Nazis either did not attempt to exterminate the [[Jews]] during [[World War II]], or deny that Hilter gave the order to do so. The view point has no support amongst any significant scholars. This denial is probably a result of a growing number of [[Existentialism|existentialist]] thinkers who refer to history as simply a myth.

One of its main purposes is to discredit the establishment of the nation of [[Israel]] in 1948. Questioning the historicity of the Holocaust is considered gravely offensive to Jews <ref>http://skepdic.com/holocaustdenial.html</ref>, and anti-Semitic in nature. Denying the Holocaust is illegal in a number of European countries. Recently, [[historical revisionist]] Ernst Zündel was sentenced in Germany to five years in prison for Holocaust denial. <ref>http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,466785,00.html</ref>

One of its main purposes is to discredit the establishment of the nation of [[Israel]] in 1948. Questioning the historicity of the Holocaust is considered gravely offensive to Jews <ref>http://skepdic.com/holocaustdenial.html</ref>, and anti-Semitic in nature. Denying the Holocaust is illegal in a number of European countries. Recently, [[historical revisionist]] Ernst Zündel was sentenced in Germany to five years in prison for Holocaust denial. <ref>http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,466785,00.html</ref>