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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. This denial is probably a result of a growing number of [[Existentialism|existentialist]] thinkers who refer to history as simply a myth.

'''Holocaust denial''' is the assertion that the Nazis either did not attempt to exterminate the [[Jews]] (as well as political opponets, Gypsies, Catholics and other Christian church members opposed to his policies) 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>