The Hoax of the Twentieth Century: The Case Against the Presumed Extermination of European Jewry is a book by Northwestern University electrical engineering professor Arthur Butz. The book was first published in 1976 in Britain by Anthony Hancock’s Historical Review Press, known as a Holocaust denial publisher. It has been influential in the Holocaust denial movement[1] and has been described as anti-semitic[2][3][4] with Alan Davies calling it an "antisemitic classic".[5] Butz argues that Nazi Germany did not exterminate millions of Jews using homicidal gas chambers during World War II but that the Holocaust was a propaganda hoax.[6] The book has been banned in Canada and is X-rated in Germany where it cannot be displayed or advertised.[7] In 2017, the online book seller Amazon.com removed the book, along with other holocaust-denying titles, from its US and UK sites.[8][9] Barnes & Noble has also stopped selling the book online.
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- ↑ Charny, Israel A. Encyclopedia of Genocide Volume 2, ABC-CLIO, 1999, pp. 181–182.
- ↑ Schweitzer, F; Perry, M (2002). Anti-Semitism: Myth and Hate from Antiquity to the Present. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 251. ISBN 978-0312165611. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VsTtCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=%22The+Hoax+of+the+Twentieth+Century%22+anti+semitic&source=bl&ots=SBDHezQpVC&sig=yBvCQT5XgvoexGqzMCTwpv4ofsI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSvb-QzMjOAhWSOsAKHXRqAwkQ6AEITDAI#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Hoax%20of%20the%20Twentieth%20Century%22%20anti%20semitic&f=false. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ Mason, Carol (2009). Reading Appalachia from Left to Right: Conservatives and the 1974 Kanawha County Textbook Controversy. Cornell University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8014-4728-0. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NfrtslWF15sC&pg=PA75&dq=%22The+Hoax+of+the+Twentieth+Century%22+anti+semitic&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifx8vav8jOAhUKLsAKHVKzDC04ChDoAQghMAE#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Hoax%20of%20the%20Twentieth%20Century%22&f=false. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ Dawidowicz, Lucy (1983). The Holocaust and the Historians. Harvard University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0674405677. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oA3HituGJXQC&pg=PA15&dq=%22The+Hoax+of+the+Twentieth+Century%22+neo-nazi&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif9sXI2cjOAhVrJMAKHbCFBYAQ6AEIRTAH#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Hoax%20of%20the%20Twentieth%20Century%22%20neo-nazi&f=false. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ Alan Davies (1992). Davies, Alan. ed. Antisemitism in Canada: History and Interpretation. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 242. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3kLgn7dIEwIC&pg=PA242&dq=arthur+butz+antisemite&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE6v6s9MfOAhUrLcAKHcdjBzAQ6AEIRTAH#v=onepage&q=arthur%20butz%20antisemite&f=false. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ Geri Yonover (2000). "Anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial in the academy : a tort remedy". In DeCoste, F. C.; Schwartz, Bernard. The Holocaust's Ghost: Writings on Art, Politics, Law, and Education. University of Alberta Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0888643377. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lLnBSq7YP0gC&pg=PA329&dq=%22The+Hoax+of+the+Twentieth+Century%22+butz&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis1MW7oN7WAhXDK8AKHSZuBNgQ6AEISTAG#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Hoax%20of%20the%20Twentieth%20Century%22%20butz&f=false. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ Green, Jonathan (2005). Encyclopedia of Censorship. Facts on File. p. 234. ISBN 978-0816044641. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bunHURgi7FcC&pg=PA234&dq=%22The+Hoax+of+the+Twentieth+Century%22+anti+semitic&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifx8vav8jOAhUKLsAKHVKzDC04ChDoAQhOMAg#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Hoax%20of%20the%20Twentieth%20Century%22%20anti%20semitic&f=false. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ Times of Israel. "Amazon UK Removes 3 Holocaust Denial Books from Sale." March 9, 2017
- ↑ Ziv, Stav (6 June 2017). "Under pressure, Amazon stops selling Holocaust-denial books". The Jewish Chronicle. https://www.thejc.com/news/world/under-pressure-amazon-stops-selling-holocaust-denial-books-1.433963. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
External links[]
- The Hoax of the Twentieth Century at archive.org
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