How dare people question the holocaust?

Question

Why would they do somthing like that!?

Answer 1

Because people hate. They tend NOT to want to accept atrocities that were caused by the same hatred that they hold themselves.

Any action can be justified, or ignored by those who turn a blind eye to the truth...

Ignore them, they're not worth your time...

Answer 2

Mostly because people don't want to believe that other humans could do such awful things. If they did, then they'd have to admit that other people - and themselves - are capable of such horrendous acts in the future. It's that whole looking thru life with rose colored glasses bit - people are only good and rarely bad. It goes along with admitting that Hitler was human instead of a monster.

And then there's a much smaller group that if they happen to be biased against ethnic minorities and/or Jewish people, they don't want to accept the fact that it's wrong to wish they'd just go away in whatever manner possible. They can't come out and openly agree that the Holocaust was a good thing, because then they'd be ridiculed and harassed, so they just deny that it happened at all. It's just the lesser of the two evils.

That's excluding the conspiracy theorists that just enjoy being contrary. They're in their own little group.

Answer 3

The holocuast obviously DID happen, that said, people question it because they have seen or read evidence to the contrary.

How dare you tell anyone what they can or cannot question?

what about the 10 million Christians killed by Stalin? what about the millions of people killed by the Ottoman empire or the hundreds of other holocausts over the last 1000 years?

Whether the holocaust happened or not (to me personally) is a stupid self evident thing, of course it did and it was horrific, just as all the others that have happened. but it should never be off limits for anyone to question anything.

Answer 4

Because I would question the facts surrounding any historical event. There are two reasons for this.
1. History is written from the perspective of the winners of wars, and does not always consider facts that may or may not make them look bad, IE. the perspective of Indians, Slaves, burned witches, or looser of any war.
2. Modern history is told by the media which is owned and operated by the richest corporations.
This is not to say that the holocaust didn't happen, and I would not question the horror that these people went through, just that the facts may or may not be complete and accurate.

Answer 5

And How dare Philip Cohen question the Serbian holocaust and resistanse against Nazi occupation during WW2? Questioning the Jewish holocaust may be a reaction to some Jews questioning other peoples' suffer and history.

Answer 6

I believe that it is perfectly right and proper that people should question what is presented to them as fact. Only by proper investigation can we obtain a balanced opinion in life.

For myself, I do believe very strongly that the Holocaust happened. My father was in the medical corps in WW2 and was one of the first to go into Bergen-Belsen. He said very little about this during the rest of his life. The dreadful things he witnessed of man's inhumanity to man left a lifelong scar on him. When he came back from the camp his hair had turned from dark to pure white - the trauma had had such a profound effect.

I was born just after the war and, at first, was not able to understand much but I have tried, over the years, to find out more and encourage others to seek information. I know I am not directly responsible for what happened - I wasn't even born then - but I do feel a deep responsibility, not just to those who perished, but also to those who survived to try to prevent the likelihood of something like this happening again.

If you are ever in Israel, please take time to visit Yad Vashem, the Museum of the Holocaust. I think the evidence presented there is overwhelming. I'm not particularly pro-Jewish... just pro people!

I have children of my own and want them to grow up in an atmosphere of love and tolerance and am very proud of their care for others.

Answer 7

People who deny it ever happened are ignorant.
There are still people alive who survived the Holocaust
and have told about the horrors. It's like the people
who deny airplanes flew into Twin Towers and the
Pentagon. ...must have their head in the sand. It's
like if Clinton can say he "never had sex with that
woman", the rest of US can lie or not believe things
happened either. Wake up people.

Answer 8

Questioning is one thing. It is good to question things you learn about and to find out why something happened but DENIAL is quite another thing. Denial about the holocaust might be due to ignorance or the fear of believing that something like that could have occured.Truthfully though, I think it is due to ignorance and intolerance toward a group of people that is different from oneself.

Answer 9

The same as Stalins slaughter of 6,000,000 Russians,and all the slaughter that Napolean commited,civil war,and currently all the slaughter in Africa all these bad things happened and its sad to say but they are still happening all over this world everywhere you look.. Dont it just make you sick when you see a lot of talk of peace and good will from people who would not say S H I T if their mouth was full of it but they would allow and even encourage horrible acts and not think twice about it for $$$$$$$$ ?

Answer 10

It's like saying how could people question the theory of evolution and accept creationism (adam and eve) as reality?
It's just human nature to question things, especially in the face of propaganda. Despite the evidence, or lack thereof, it doesn't seem to matter. Some would rather believe what they want even if it defies logic.

Answer 11

Im not sure where you are coming from. Are you saying that people deny the holocaust happened or are you saying they think it was ok.

If its either of those. Then people need their head examined... but i suppose they will have to get it removed from their A$$ first.