No Room for Holocaust Denial in Germany

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No Room for Holocaust Denial in Germany

German politicians swiftly condemned Iran's president when he called into question Israel's right to exist and said the Holocaust was a myth. Their reactions reflect a broad consensus on the issue in German society.

[...] Aside from a small group of right-wing extremists, a broad consensus in German society sees the World War II extermination of six million Jews as a historical fact that cannot be denied, according to historian Wolfgang Benz, who heads the Center for Anti-Semitism Research in Berlin. [...]

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