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A timely analysis of the antisemitism and prejudice that fuels Holocaust deniers, written by the inspirational author behind the major motion picture Denial, starring Rachel Weisz.

The denial of the Holocaust has no more credibility than the assertion that the earth is flat. Yet there are those who insist that the death of six million Jews in Nazi concentration camps is nothing but a hoax perpetrated by a powerful Zionist conspiracy.

Such notions used to be the province of pseudohistorians who argued that Hitler never meant to kill the Jews, and that only a few hundred thousand died in the camps from disease; they also argued that the Allied bombings of Dresden and other cities were worse than any Nazi offense, and that the Germans were the "true victims" of World War II. For years, those who made such claims were dismissed as harmless cranks operating on the lunatic fringe.

But now, in the first full-scale history of Holocaust denial, Deborah Lipstadt shows how—despite living witnesses and vast amounts of documentary evidence—this irrational idea not only has continued to gain adherents but has become an international movement, with organized chapters, “independent” research centers, and official publications that promote a “revisionist” view of recent history. Lipstadt shows how Holocaust denial thrives in the current atmosphere of value relativism, and argues that this chilling attack on the factual record not only threatens Jews but undermines the very tenets of objective scholarship that support our faith in historical knowledge.

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“Important and impassioned... A comprehensive account of Holocaust denial, particularly from an American perspective and particularly for the reader with little prior knowledge of the subject. It rigorously traces the movement's roots and development both in this country and abroad, describes the ways the deniers have managed to focus attention on their arguments in both educational institutions and the news media, and explores the susceptibility of Americans, as well as others, to their arguments.”—Walter Reich, New York Times

“Lipstadt, who has been sued for libel by Holocaust denier David Irving, was the first to call attention to the rapidly expanding movement to deny that the Holocaust ever took place. In this groundbreaking analysis, she profiles the deniers and explains their viewpoints and exposes the rabid anti-Semitism at the heart of Holocaust denial and the very serious threat it poses.”—Donna Seaman, Booklist

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Deborah E. Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. She is the author of History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving (a National Jewish Book Award winner); Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory; and Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust, 1933–1945. She lives in Atlanta.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Publishing Group; Reprint edition (July 1, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780452272743
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0452272743
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Always important to know the truth.

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2019

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And this book describes what is happening today from various sources. There are those who are trying to deny history. And it would be dangerous to allow that to happen. If we don't know history, if we don't learn about it in our early years, we may end up believing that some history never happened which would make humanity vulnerable to witnessing a repetition of evils.

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Steven L. Dundas

A Troubling Account Of Holocaust Deniers

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2019

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Dr. Lipstadt has produced an excellent account of Holocaust Deniers which is troubling because the Deniers continue their assault on truth. It is a necessary read for those who study the Holocaust as the Deniers accounts continue to spread online and in print. Recognizing them is essential in the battle for truth and to remember the Holocaust for the unique evil that it was.

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Michael J. Kahn

great book on a horrible subject matter

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2019

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Holocaust denial is such a disturbing subject, but Dr. Lipstadt gives a very engaging account of the evolution of a sub-industry of lies and the liars that tell them. I would read this and learn the history behind the pseudo-history, then folllow this up reading her other book "History on Trial", or see the movie "Denial" which is based on that book.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2016

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I watch a lot of WWII and Holocaust documentaries on WWII and kept seeing all these Neo-Nazis denying the Holocaust and giving links to supposed "sources" that it is all some big lie. I wanted to research for myself, and this book was one of the ways I did so.
If you have someone in your life that is denying these events, I suggest this book. It, along with other research, will tell you the truth and allow you to at least attempt to convince someone on the subject

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Good, slightly out-of-date overview

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2013

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Lipstadt's book is a good overview of Holocaust denial twenty-odd years ago. She does a thorough job showing us who the deniers were and are, as well as what their arguments are. She shows us the history of those who claim the Holocaust has been greatly exaggerated, from early pioneers like Harry Elmer Barnes and Austin App through their heirs today, such as Mark Weber and Bradley Smith. She shows that the premier Holocaust denier organization, the Institute for Historical Review, was founded by Willis Carto and David McCalden, tells us who they were and who they've associated with, and tells us about Carto's other Jew-hating projects, like the Liberty Lobby and the Noontide Press.
Lipstadt gives enough attention to the deniers' arguments that anyone who believes in or wants to refute that stuff would do well to read this book. She refutes some of the main arguments and shows the lack of qualifications and credibility of some of the characters involved in Holocaust denial, such as Fred Leuchter.
She has some interesting things to say about why people deny the Holocaust, such as the sheer unbelievability and horror of it. Worth quoting:
"Rationally one would like to assume that, since Leuchter has been exposed as a man without the qualificatons necessary to perform this analysis[of the gas chambers], and since his work has been demonstrated to be scientifically and methodologically fallacious, the destiny of the Leuchter Report would be the dustbin of history. But the Holocaust and, to only a slightly lesser degree, Holocaust denial itself remind us that the irrational has a fatal attraction even to people of goodwill. It can overwhelm masses of evidence and persuade people to regard the most outrageous and untenable notions as fact."p. 181.
I have a few minor quibble with Lipstadt. For example, she says that the University of London has no record of Richard Harwood as either a member of the staff or student body. In Harwood's tract, Did Six Million Really Die, it says he is "with the University of London," but it also clearly states that Richard Harwood is a pseudonym, so of course that university would have no record of him.

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The book is in very good condition and the price was reasonable.

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a must read for anyone interested in all aspects of The Holocaust

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2015

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I really enjoy Ms Lipstadt's work. She has written many books regarding the Holocaust. This book was recommended and it is an amazing testament of the unrelenting furor she has regarding the subject of Holocaust denial. Lipstadt chronicles her experiences with deniers and then talks about how dangerous it is to deny the Holocaust and how dangerous it is to even acknowledge or legitimize holocaust deniers. I applaud her work.

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The value of historical truth

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2017

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This book traces the history of Holocaust denial. Convincing and well-researched, Lipstadt's study is a solid work on the formation and significance of the neofascist movement. Her argument, that the distortion of historical truth threatens human society, is alarming and still relevant to America today. Worth a read.

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Jose R. Penteado

Fazer perguntas.

Reviewed in Brazil on September 5, 2018

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il libro è utile per avere una opinione di parte su un argomento "tabu'"

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Interessante conoscere moltissimi aspetti di questo problema ricorrente nei secoli. Una storia iniziata con la nostra civiltà. Cosa è stata realtà e cosa è stata manipolazione?

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George McCombe

Upholding Truth and Memory

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2023

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When ‘Denying the Holocaust’ was published in 1992 some criticised Professor Deborah Lipstadt's decision to write it. It gave, her critics argued, a great deal of coverage to a fringe group that was best left in obscurity. In her introduction she challenges this perspective, contending that while it is inappropriate to enter into debate with Holocaust Deniers, which inadvertently lends a legitimacy to their position, it is no longer appropriate or possible to simply ignore them. They are too dangerously close to entering the mainstream to do so. If this was true in the early 90s then it is even truer today.

Why do people deny the Holocaust? Why, despite the insurmountable weight of evidence that approximately six million Jews were murdered as part of a policy by the Nazi regime, do people insist that the historians have it all wrong? This is the question that Lipstadt provides a clear answer to in tracing the development of holocaust denial from the post-war years to the 1990s. How did this movement come about? Well, the evidence of Nazi brutality presented at Nuremberg obviously did not look good for defenders of National Socialism. It also cast doubt on the ethical validity of the pre-war arguments for adopting an isolationist approach to foreign affairs. The original response by many in these two groups consisted not so much of denial, but attempts at moral equivalency and suggestion that the horrors were a by-product of war rather than a deliberate operation. It was only after the 1950 publication of Paul Rassinier’s 'The Lie of Ulysses', in which he expressed doubt at the existence of gas chambers, that elements of the far-Right cottoned on to the potential usefulness of denying the genocide in its entirety. A few thousand perhaps died of disease in camps, but the blame for the poor conditions that allowed this could be blamed on Allied bombings. Other than that, the whole thing was a swindle designed to blame the Axis for crimes that were either never committed or which were perpetrated by the Allies. The original attempts at this by neo-Nazis were semi-literate, crude and too openly regretful in their belief that six million Jews had not been murdered. Gradually the outright antisemitism began to be toned down and the appearance of historical respectability was increasingly adopted.

This is, as Lipstadt emphasizes, a façade. The proposition that the Holocaust did not happen (or denial of the central tenants of the Holocaust) is only tenable if one believes in a powerful Jewish conspiracy that has been able to hoodwink a gullible public for the past seventy years. Despite the protest of deniers to the contrary, Holocaust denial is explicitly antisemitic and rests entirely on the belief in the existence of powerful nefarious Jews plotting how to con the goyim. There are not two equal sides on whether the Holocaust happened: The historical evidence is clear that it did. The other side is dependent entirely on fabrication. Historical revisionism it most certainly is not. The central thesis of Lipstadt’s book is that Holocaust denial bears absolutely no resemblance to real history, whether mainstream or revisionist.

As Lipstadt explores the main figures and organizations that have promoted Holocaust Denial, it becomes undeniable that, aside from one or two oddities, antisemitism is the motivating factor. The evidence of history in reaching such a conclusion is irrelevant; it can be dismissed or embraced as long as it fits into the conspiratorial narrative. Sometimes this sinister obsession has resulted in people with unquestionable talent as maverick historians, namely David Irving, moving from the edge of revisionism into outright denial.

This is an important book. Holocaust denial continues to be a pillar of neo-Nazi ideology, but it has become disturbingly visible amongst adherents of other ideological positions, some of which are no longer quite so fringe. Islamist groups openly embrace the antisemitic narrative of denial, and the sadly mainstream anti-Zionist Left are not shy in flirting with it. Deborah Lipstadt was right to publish this book and was right to stand by it when challenged in court. My opinion is that an updated version, taking into account developments over the past twenty-five years, is overdue. The assault on truth and memory is unfortunately growing.

Laura O'Reilly

Makes my head hurt

Reviewed in Canada on September 9, 2016

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Oh where to start - This book is a difficult read because it makes you so angry so angry that you want to scream at these people who deny something so horrible as the Holocaust... They say that their "side" should be heard and they should be able to debate their "views"
Okay but there is no "other" side - There is no debating the Holocaust - IT HAPPENED - There's too much documented information about it
You can debate the causes and effects of the Holocaust but you can't debate whether it happened or not
Its like saying you want to debate Slavery - Tons of documented information and artifacts so how can you say it never happened
What do these people think - 6 million people just got up and moved to Antarctica

Barbara M. Hill

I heartily recommend it.

Reviewed in Canada on April 4, 2018

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After watching the movie "Denial", I wanted to buy this book, and it totally lived up to my expectations. Lipstadt's book was--in my view--a scholarly, well-researched work that examined the reasons behind--and history of--Holocaust denial. I heartily recommend it.

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