Holocaust denial

France's Law Committee adopts controversial bill to combat 'renewed forms of antisemitism'

Critics of the bill have argued that it could criminalize ambiguous statements, irony, slogans, or political framing, and that it blurs the line between antisemitism and criticism of Israel.

People attend a demonstration against anti-Semitism at the Place de la Bastille after three teenagers aged 12 to 13 were indicted in Courbevoie, accused of rape and anti-Semitic violence against a 12-year-old girl, in Paris, France, June 20, 2024
A man wearing a mask depicting Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheal Martin holds a poster and props during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza to mark the 77th anniversary of the "Nakba", or "catastrophe", in Dublin, Ireland, May 17, 2025.

Half of Irish adults do not know six million Jews were murdered in Holocaust - poll

Charlie and Erika Kirk in Jerusalem in March of 2019

Israel to honor Charlie Kirk at Jerusalem 'Generation of Truth' antisemitism conference

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured during his first day in office, January 1, 2026.

Mamdani reverses antisemitism order defining anti-Zionism as hate


ADL Holocaust denial report rates all social media platforms poorly

The report came after the Anti-Defamation League reviewed several major outlet platforms and Holocaust denial-related comments on their content.

 A WOMAN stands next to walls etched with the names of Holocaust victims, during a funeral for the remains of victims in the Jewish cemetery in Budapest, 2016

David Strathairn plays historic Holocaust witness Jan Karski in PBS's 'Remember This'

“Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski” airs on PBS as part of the broadcaster’s “Great Performances” series.

 JAN KARSKI gestures doing a Reuters TV interview in 1997 at the Wannsee villa in Berlin, where in 1942, Hitler's deputies plotted the Final Solution to murder Europe's Jews.

Wikipedia’s ‘Supreme Court’ tackles alleged conspiracy to distort articles on Holocaust

A Polish group has taken to Wikipedia to distort Holocaust history – all while finding a way to evade editors on the website.

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Message projected onto Anne Frank House suggests diary was a forgery

Dutch PM Mark Rutte condemned the message saying that there is no room for antisemitism.

Anne Frank in 1940, while at 6. Montessorischool, Niersstraat 41-43, Amsterdam

Iran runs series on state TV featuring Holocaust deniers, antisemites

British Holocaust denier Nicholas Kollerstrom told the Iranian regime outlet it is time to put the "nightmare hallucination narrative" of the Holocaust "to bed."

A man holds up a poster of the late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani next to a burning Israeli flag as Iranians attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022

Letters to the Editor February 1, 2023: Home that I love

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Before and after Auschwitz: the legacy left behind - opinion

78 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, survivors still measure time as "before and after the camps."

 THE GATE to Auschwitz, photographed in January 2021, 76 years after the camp’s liberation: There are still countless Jews who say about the Shoah, ‘If this could happen, how can anyone still believe in God?’

The Man in the Basement: A thriller on Holocaust denial trolls - review

The Man in the Basement opens on January 27 in New York to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and will soon be shown around the US (and eventually, one would hope, in Israel)

 A SCENE FROM ‘The Man in the Basement.’

Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day: 10 universal lessons - opinion

At this important inflection historical moment, we should ask ourselves: What have we learned in the last 78 years – and more importantly – what must we do?

 PEOPLE STAND during the International Holocaust Memorial Day at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, last year.

Holocaust survivors are dwindling – we must keep the memory alive - opinion

As time goes on, there are fewer and fewer Holocaust survivors, and the responsibility for preserving the memory rests on the shoulders of us all – governments, the public and individuals.

 Israeli soldiers stand at the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes Remembrance Day opening ceremony in memory of the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators, at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem April 27, 2022