Language:
English
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
4,1 (1989) 77-88
Keywords:
Zündel, Ernst,
;
Keegstra, Jim
;
Antisemitism History 1945-
;
Holocaust denial
Abstract:
In 1985 two antisemites were brought to trial in Canada: James Keegstra, an Alberta high school teacher, and Ernst Zundel from Toronto. Compares the similarities and differences in their views. Keegstra is a Protestant fundamentalist and an antisemitic conservative, influenced by Nesta Webster's writings and the antisemitic literature of the 19th century. He believes in the Jewish world conspiracy and the subversiveness of the Talmud, and denies the Holocaust. Zundel, originally from Germany, is first and foremost a Holocaust denier, who produced and disseminated his own revisionist writings. He is a racist and a worshiper of Nazi Germany, aiming to restore "Germany's honor". Both Keegstra and Zundel are examples of an extreme form of willful self-deception; they represent small groups in the Canadian population predisposed to antisemitism.
Note:
Appeared also in "Remembering for the Future" (1989).
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