Holocaust denial movement

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The Holocaust denial movement is a network of individuals and groups who falsely claim that the Nazi genocide of six million Jews either did not occur or has been grossly exaggerated, often to promote antisemitic and extremist ideologies.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Holocaust denial movement canonical 2

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antisemitic movement ⓘ
conspiracy theory movement ⓘ
historical negationist movement ⓘ
activeIn Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North America ⓘ
claims Holocaust death toll is grossly exaggerated ⓘ
Holocaust is a hoax ⓘ
Holocaust was fabricated for political and financial gain ⓘ
contradictedBy Nazi documents and orders ⓘ
Nuremberg Trials documentation ⓘ
forensic evidence from extermination camps ⓘ
overwhelming historical evidence ⓘ
perpetrator confessions ⓘ
survivor testimonies ⓘ
criminalizedIn Austria ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
several other European countries ⓘ
denies Holocaust ⓘ
existence of Nazi extermination camps ⓘ
intentional Nazi policy of extermination of Jews ⓘ
systematic Nazi genocide of six million Jews ⓘ
use of gas chambers for mass murder ⓘ
disseminatedVia conferences and meetings ⓘ
pamphlets and self-published books ⓘ
social media ⓘ
websites and online forums ⓘ
emerged after World War II ⓘ
intensified during the late 20th century ⓘ
motivatedBy antisemitism ⓘ
far-right extremism ⓘ
racism ⓘ
opposedBy Holocaust education programs ⓘ
Jewish organizations ⓘ
anti-racism organizations ⓘ
promotes antisemitism ⓘ
extremist ideologies ⓘ
neo-Nazi ideology ⓘ
white supremacism ⓘ
recognizedAs form of antisemitism ⓘ
hate propaganda ⓘ
historical revisionism in bad faith ⓘ
rejectedBy Holocaust museums and memorial institutions ⓘ
linked to: Holocaust museums

international scholarly organizations ⓘ
major academic institutions ⓘ
professional historians ⓘ
subjectTo hate speech laws in some countries ⓘ
uses conspiracy theories ⓘ
forged or misrepresented documents ⓘ
misinterpretation of survivor testimony ⓘ
pseudoscience ⓘ
selective use of historical evidence ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David Irving → movement → Holocaust denial movement ⓘ
Hitler’s War → associatedWith → Holocaust denial movement ⓘ