Holocaust denial

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/holocaust-denial

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the nature of denial?Antisemitic and negationist claim that the Holocaust was a fabrication or exaggeration
2. What is the methodological flaws?Relies on predetermined conclusions, selective evidence, and dismissal of overwhelming proof
3. Why do some people deny the Holocaust?Some people deny the Holocaust because they want to hide the guilt of Nazis or to spread hateful ideas about Jewish people.
4. How do we know the Holocaust really happened?We know the Holocaust really happened because many survivors told their stories, Nazis wrote documents, and we can see the camps and gas chambers in photographs and on the ground.

Antisemitism: Prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against Jews.
Holocaust: The systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
Negationism: The denial or distortion of historical events, particularly atrocities, often with ideological motives.
Historical Revisionism: The re-examination of historical interpretations based on new evidence or perspectives, distinct from denial.