I've seen firsthand pictures and listened to a soldier who was among the first to walk into one of the extermination camps. They were even worse than we've been told if you can possibily imagine that.
That being said, I detest laws that say you cannot even ask questions about an historical event under penalty of law. What if that law was used as a precedent to control questions of other historical events or all official events? Forcing people at the point of a gun to believe the truth diminishes that truth, IMHO.
That being said, I detest laws that say you cannot even ask questions about an historical event under penalty of law.
The Holocaust is one of the most investigated and documented events in history. Holocaust deniers and "revisionists" are not about history, they are about Jewhating and Hitler apologia, in essence defending and perhaps even reviving German National Socialism.
And if you look into the histories of these crazies, you will find they have long histories as con men.
There are good reasons for the laws in Canada under which Zundel was jailed. He broke them, now he pays. Boo hoo.