The Hoax of the Twentieth Century

The Hoax of the Twentieth Century: The Case Against the Presumed Extermination of European Jewry is a book by Arthur R. Butz. It has been seen as having formed the basis of much of the Holocaust denial movement, of those who deny that the Germans attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe during World War II. It has been subject to a number of attempts to prevent its display at library events, and its importation to Canada.

It was first published in 1975 by Historical Review Press (Great Britain). It has since been republished by several times by the Institute for Historical Review (Torrance, California, 1976; 1980, ISBN 0-911038-23-X, ISBN 0-911038-00-0; Newport Beach, 1994, ISBN 0-9679856-9-2), Noontide Press (1977, ISBN 0-911038-23-X; 1979; 1992, ISBN 0-911038-00-0), the Legion for the Survival of Freedom (ISBN 0-939484-46-3), Truth Seeker (1985, ISBN 0-318-16703-4), and Theses & Dissertations Press (2003, ISBN 0-9679856-9-2). A French translation was published in 2002 with the title: La Mystification du vingtième siècle.

References

• 100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature by Nicholas J. Karolides, Margaret Bald, and Dawn B. Sova (Checkmark Books, 1999, paperback, ISBN 0-8160-4059-1), pp. 63-70.

Further reading

• "Calgary, Canada." Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, 34 (1985): 15-16.
• "CLA Cances 'Holocaust Hoax' Publisher." Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, 34 (1985): 1, 30-31.
• "Index Index." Index on Consorship 14 (1985): 48.
• King, Seth S. "Professor Causes Furor by Saying Nazi Slaying of Jews is a Myth." The New York Times (28 January 1977): A10.
• Landy, Heather "Protestors Condemn Butz, Holocaust Revisionism." The Daily Northwestern (10 May 1994): 4.
• McRae, Lorie "Seized Book Is Back." Feliciter (30 October 1984): 1.
• "Northwestern Is Thrust into Debate over Academic Freedom." Minneapolis Star Tribune (10 January 1997): A9.
• Schwendener, P. "The Holocaust Didn't Happen." The Reader 12 (4 February 1983): 8-9, 26-29.
• "Seizing Anti-Semitic Book Wrong—Jews." Edmonton Journal (14 September 1984): B3.
• "Storm Over Northwestern: A University Professor Writes His Own Version of the Nazi Era." ADL Bulletin 34 (February 1977): 4-5.
• Stadtmiller, Amanda "PARC Cancels Controversial Fireside after NU Intervention." The Daily Northwestern (10 May 1994): 4.
• Winter, Todd "Tangled Web: NU Professor and the Holocaust." The Chicago Jewish News (25-31 October 1996).
• Witteles, Ron "PARC Bureaucrats: 'We Know What's Best For You.'" Northwestern Chronicle (13 May 1994): 1.