Paul Rassinier

Paul Rassinier
Born(1906-03-18)18 March 1906
Died28 July 1967(1967-07-28) (aged 61)
OccupationJournalist
Known forHolocaust denial
Political partyPCF (1923–1932)
FCIE (1932–1934)
SFIO (1934–1951)

Paul Rassinier (18 March 1906 – 28 July 1967) was a French political activist and writer who is viewed as "the father of Holocaust denial".[1] He was also a member of the French resistance who survived Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps. A journalist and editor, he wrote hundreds of articles on political and economic subjects.

  1. ^ Totten, Samuel; Bartrop, Paul Robert; Jacobs, Steven L. "Rassinier, Paul", Dictionary of Genocide, Volume 2, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008, ISBN 978-0-313-32967-8, p. 358.