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In some post-Soviet states, Holocaust deniers do not deny the very fact of mass murder of Jews, but they deny the participation of their own nationals in the Holocaust. | In some post-Soviet states, Holocaust deniers do not deny the very fact of mass murder of Jews, but they deny the participation of their own nationals in the Holocaust. | ||
Most Holocaust deniers claim, either explicitly or implicitly, that the Holocaust is a | Most Holocaust deniers claim, either explicitly or implicitly, that the Holocaust is a hoax—or an exaggeration—arising from a deliberate Jewish conspiracy designed to advance the interest of Jews at the expense of other people. For this reason, Holocaust denial is generally considered to be an [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitic]] conspiracy theory commonly pushed by individuals on the far-right or the [[Alt-Right]]. | ||
A subset of Holocaust denial is the "clean Wehrmacht", which is the false claim that the German army was not involved in the Holocaust or other war crimes. This lie was peddled by German generals and scholars after the war, but since 1995 has stopped being promoted. | A subset of Holocaust denial is the "clean Wehrmacht", which is the false claim that the German army was not involved in the Holocaust or other war crimes. This lie was peddled by German generals and scholars after the war, but since 1995 has stopped being promoted. | ||