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[–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Abbas quotes historian Raul Hilberg to support his allegations that fewer than one million Jews were killed.[13][14][15][16] However, Rafael Medoff of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies denied the assertion that "The historian and author, Raoul Hilberg, thinks that the figure does not exceed 890,000", and said this is "utterly false". He wrote that "Professor Hilberg, a distinguished historian and author of the classic study The Destruction of the European Jews, has never said or written any such thing."[12]

In the book Abbas raises doubts regarding the existence of the gas chambers, quoting Robert Faurisson, on the nonexistence of gas chambers.

So he doesn't deny that the Holocaust happened.....just that it was millions fewer deaths than reported, the Jews were a pivotal and willing part of the plan, and also there were no gas chambers. Cool.

[–] livus@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

@NounsAndWords yikes what a piece of work. According to your link he also claims the gas chambers were just "crematoriums" which is a ludicrous assertion to anyone who has seen them. Structurally they would be useless as crematoriums.

Holocaust denial is a terrible thing to perpetrate.

[–] Sharklaser@sh.itjust.works -3 points 10 months ago

Yeah seems a bit out there, what's your view on this

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haavara_Agreement