Language:
French
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Cahiers - Bijdragen
Angaben zur Quelle:
12 (1989) 5-29
Keywords:
Faurisson, Robert
;
Roques, Henri
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
;
Holocaust denial
Abstract:
A revised version of a paper delivered at a seminar of the Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Historiques de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, Brussels, March 1988. Discusses the specific characteristics of French historical revisionism (as represented by Paul Rassinier, Robert Faurisson, Henri Roques, etc.) and its success among the extreme Right and extreme Left. Mentions Faurisson's talent and his provocative style, and focuses on his method of distorting the interpretation of documents concerning the Holocaust while ignoring their context and historical background. Concludes that Faurisson is neither dishonest nor a forger, as claimed by his adversaries, but belongs to a category of "mad scholars" characterized by lack of common sense, obsessions and delusions. However, their opponents' ban of revisionist authors and the absence of scientific responses have had an opposite effect from that intended.
Note:
On Holocaust revisionism in France.
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