Bradley Smith (1930-2016) founded the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH) in 1987. He cites reading Faurrison’s The Problem of the Gas Chambers as his entrée into Holocaust denial in the late 1970s. He was affiliated... Read more

Victor Thorn (1962-2016), the penname for Scott Robert Makufka, was a conspiracy theorist and antisemite. He wrote for American Free Press, an antisemitic, conspiracy-oriented newspaper founded by white supremacist Willis Carto. Additionally, he authored antisemitic... Read more

Germar Rudolf is a German-born Holocaust denier. He authored works such as Auschwitz Lies: Legends, Lies, and Prejudices on the Holocaust and The Rudolf Report, the latter of which denies the existence of gas chambers at... Read more

Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) is a highly influential artist, record producer, fashion designer and former political candidate who has promoted numerous antisemitic and conspiratorial remarks, most notably in late 2022. In a series... Read more

Charles C. Johnson is a Holocaust denier and alt-right troll. Johnson’s Holocaust denial came to the forefront in January 2017 when he hosted an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit. When asked about his opinion on the... Read more

Arthur Butz is most well-known for his 1976 Holocaust denial work titled The Hoax of the Twentieth Century, in which he refers to the mass extermination of Jews as “legend.” He also wrote articles for the Journal... Read more