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'''Holocaust denial''' is the assertion that the Nazis did not attempt to exterminate the [[Jews]] during [[World War II]]. The view point has no support amongst any significant scholars. 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>

'''Holocaust denial''' is the assertion that the Nazis either did not attempt to exterminate the [[Jews]] during [[World War II]], or that Hilter gave the order to do so. The view point has no support amongst any significant scholars, although [[Wikipedia]] has recently given some credence to Holocaust denial theories. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference#_note-8 Wannsee Conference], Wikipedia, footnote 9.</ref>  Wikipedia reports,

:Although the accuracy of the translation has been criticised, the gist of these statements by Hitler has thus been known for more than 50 years: yet some writers still assert that there is no evidence that Hitler directly authorised the extermination of the Jews.  

 

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>

Recently, Iranian president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], who has made many public statements condemning Israel and Jews in general, has questioned the existence of the Holocaust and hosted a conference designed to cast doubt on the idea of its historicity. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,236014,00.html</ref>

Recently, Iranian president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], who has made many public statements condemning Israel and Jews in general, has questioned the existence of the Holocaust and hosted a conference designed to cast doubt on the idea of its historicity. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,236014,00.html</ref>