Taking a Position:
Holocaust Denial Laws

Holocaust denial laws, while differing in the exact wording country to country, generally prohibits citizens in countries where they are present from expressing the opinion that the holocaust did not occur. These laws are especially prevalent in Europe where thirteen nations currently ban the denial of the holocaust including; Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland and Switzerland (BBC). This essay will first exam why these laws have been passed and why they are considered to be just. It will then consider why despite this, why these laws are fundamentally wrong and are in fact counter-productive to the aims pursued in creating them.
Holocaust denial laws were passed in the wake of the atrocities that occurred in Nazi Germany during World War II. They were justified as preventing those that had been implicit in the regime and sympathized with Nazism from arguing that the holocaust did not occur, there for......

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Title: Holocaust Denial Laws
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