1990 ⟶ Robert Faurisson Convicted for Holocaust Denial
French literature professor Robert Faurisson was convicted a...
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✍️ Robert Faurisson's Holocaust Denial Letters
In December 1978 and January 1979, Robert Faurisson, a French professor of literature at the University of Lyon, wrote two letters to Le Monde claiming that the Gas chambers used by the Nazis to exterminate the Jews did not exist.⟶
Holocaust DenialHistorical RevisionismAnti-SemitismIntellectual DiscoursePropagandaAcademic ControversyPost-WarFaurissonGas Chambers
France🗣️ Jean-Marie Le Pen's Holocaust Denial Statement
On 13 September 1987 Jean-Marie Le Pen said, "I ask myself several questions. I'm not saying the gas chambers didn't exist. I haven't seen them myself. I haven't particularly studied the question. But I believe it's just a detail in the history of World War II." He was condemned under the Gayssot Act and ordered to pay 1.2 million francs (183,200 euros).⟶
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France⚖️ Robert Faurisson Convicted for Holocaust Denial
French literature professor Robert Faurisson was convicted and punished for Holocaust denial under the Gayssot Act in 1990.⟶
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France⚖️ Belgium Makes Holocaust Denial Illegal
In Belgium, Holocaust denial was made illegal in 1995.⟶
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Belgium📜 Luxembourg Outlaws Holocaust Denial
In Luxembourg, Article 457–3 of the Criminal Code, Act of 19 July 1997 outlaws Holocaust denial and denial of other genocides. The punishment is imprisonment for between 8 days and 6 months and/or a fine.⟶
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