Denying History
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Denying History takes a bold and in-depth look at those who say the Holocaust never happened and explores the motivations behind such claims. While most commentators have dismissed the Holocaust deniers as antisemitic neo-Nazi thugs who do not deserve a response, historians Michael Shermer and Alex Grobman have immersed themselves in the minds and culture of these Holocaust “revisionists.” They have conducted personal interviews with the deniers, read their literature, monitored their Web sites, attended their conferences, engaged them in debate, and even traveled around Europe to conduct research at the Nazi extermination camps. Uncovering a complex social movement, the authors go much deeper than ever before in not only trying to understand the motives of the Holocaust deniers, but also refuting their points one by one. In the process, they show how we can be certain that the Holocaust happened and, for that matter, how we can confirm any historical event.
conspiracies, extremism, hoaxes, holocaust, pseudohistory, pseudoscience
January 10th, 2008 at 8:42 am
I do not believe any of the religions. I think they are all untruthful, however that does not mean that there is no god - it is true that we don’t have any evidence he exists but atheists don’t have any evidence that he doesn’t exist either.
jared
January 14th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I have been writing a play about how a university community is affected when a Holocaust denial advertisement is published in a student newspaper. This book is one of a handful that I have found to be essential for my research.
April 11th, 2008 at 8:40 am
To Jared. Atheists (scientists) have plenty of evidence for the non existence of God. God fails every test. Please read ‘God-the failed hypothesis’ by Victor J Stenger. A short and easy read but unbelievably valuable towards understanding. The burden of proof today is on the believers, not the scientists. If you claim sommething is real, you have to prove it. Personal testimonies are not proof. Regards.