December 18, 2005

Recently I was asked for my opinion on the recent remarks ofIran's President Ahmadinejad on the subject of the Jewish"Holocaust". Here they are. I base my comments on the reports onthese remarks that I have read in the Western press.

In 1976 I published a book, entitled "The Hoax of theTwentieth Century", in which I argued:

1. The alleged slaughter of millions of Jews by the Germans,during World War II, did not happen.
2. The extermination allegation is properly termed a hoax,that is to say, a deliberately contrived falsehood. It was not at its source anhonest misunderstanding or accidental falsehood.
3. The hoax had a Zionist provenance and motivation. Thatis, while some of the original obscure stories did not come from Zionistsources, the elevation to allegations repeated by the American and othergovernments, and major institutions, was due to Zionist circles within thosecountries, who acted with Zionist motivations.

I continue to maintain those three theses, which have becomecore features of what is called "Holocaust" revisionism. Apart fromsome nuances of wording, the three theses were repeated by President Ahmadinejad. Therefore, there can be no question that I endorse his remarks inthose respects.

In the years since the publication of my book in 1976 therewere two developments that I did not expect:

4. Western countries undertook a massive repression of revisionism. In some cases, particularly in Europe, legally formulated persecution has sent revisionists to prison, in blatant contradiction of thesermons we have given the rest of the world on "human rights" and "freedom". In other cases, revisionists have been ruined professionally with the cooperation of government bodies.
5. The cognizance of the "Holocaust" in the West was transformed into a loud, never-ending series of ceremonies that can only beinterpreted as religious in nature.

President Ahmadinejad's remarks also included the last twoobservations, so of course I also endorse the remarks in those respects. Icongratulate him on becoming the first head of state to speak out clearly onthese issues, and regret only that it was not a Western head of state.

His political remarks receive no comment on my side. By "political remarks" I mean those that deal with questions of what ought to happen now.

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