Dangerous Efforts to Deny and Distort Holocaust History

As the Museum's hundreds of millions of archival documents attest, the Holocaust is the best-documented case of genocide: the U.S. military and its allies collected firsthand evidence. Survivors and other eyewitnesses testified about their personal experiences. And the Nazis kept meticulous records.

Yet people have always tried to distort the story or outright deny it, for various reasons. Countries minimize or ignore the role played by local collaborators in order to rehabilitate their image. Holocaust deniers quickly spread misinformation through the power of social media. And as history moves backward, new generations are exposed to the dangers of manipulation.

Speaker
Dr. Robert Williams, Deputy Director for International Affairs, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Expert commentary
Gideon Taylor, President, Claims Conference

Moderator
Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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