dave on Nostr: While Paul Rassinier did not deny the existence of the Holocaust as a historical ...

While Paul Rassinier did not deny the existence of the Holocaust as a historical event, he did question certain aspects of the Holocaust narrative, including the scale and nature of the atrocities committed, and he disputed claims that the Nazi regime had a deliberate and intentional policy of genociding Jews.

Rassinier believed that the mass extermination of Jews was not part of a premeditated plan, but rather a product of confusion, mismanagement, and wartime conditions. He argued that the deaths of Jews and other minorities in concentration camps were largely the result of disease, malnutrition, and other factors, rather than a centralized policy of extermination.

However, Rassinier's views on the Holocaust have been widely rejected by experts and scholars, who insist that the Nazis implemented a deliberate and intentional policy of Jewish genocide, and that mass extermination was, in fact, the centerpiece of the Holocaust.

It is important to recognize that, while it is legitimate for historians to hold differing views on certain aspects of the Holocaust narrative or historical debates, Holocaust denial or revisionism-- which involve the minimization, denial, and trivialization of the genocide of six million Jews-- are widely considered to be morally and intellectually offensive, as well as deeply hurtful to the victims and survivors and their families.