Secondary Antisemitism: Denying and Diminishing the Holocaust

“2 out of every 3 people surveyed [globally] have either never heard of the Holocaust or do not believe the historical accounts to be accurate”^[1][1] https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-global-100-poll

“Only a third of the world’s population believe the genocide has been accurately described in historical accounts”^[2][2] https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/05/the-world-is-full-of-holocaust-deniers/370870/

MENA countries: “63% who had heard about the Holocaust agreed that “it was a myth or an exaggeration: “there is no parallel in any other post-war societies”^[3][3] http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/contemporary-antisemitism-among-muslims

“11% of U.S. Millennial and Gen Z respondents believe Jews caused the Holocaust while 20% of the sample in New York “felt” as though the Jews caused the Holocaust” followed by 16% in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Montana and 15% in Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Nevada and New Mexico”^[4][4] https://www.claimscon.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NO-WATERMARK-State-by-State-Executive-Summary-Millennial-US-Study-9.10.2020-EMBARGOED_added-language.pdf

The Middle East and North Africa had the largest percentage of “doubters”
“The Middle East and North Africa had the largest percentage of doubters, with only 8% of respondents reporting that they had heard of the genocide and believed descriptions of it were accurate. But only 12% of respondents in sub-Saharan Africa said the same, and only 23% in Asia. People in these groups were likely to say they believed the number of deaths has been exaggerated—just over half of Middle Easterners and a third of Asians and Africans think the body count has been distorted over time.” In Israel 28% of Israeli Arabs deny the Holocaust.” ^[5][5] https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/05/the-world-is-full-of-holocaust-deniers/370870/
“If the classical anti-Semites traditionally screamed “Death to the Jews,” the Holocaust deniers added something new: “the Jews did not die.” They have thereby committed a double assassination. To quote Swedish journalist Per Ahlmark: “First the antisemites take Jewish lives; a few decades later they take their deaths from them too.”^[6][6] Wistrich, Robert S.. A Lethal Obsession . Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. Location 12889

Selected Surveys:

15.6% of Italians think the Holocaust never happened (3.6 million people); — denial was highest among center-left voters (23.5%) and supporters of the populist Five-Star Movement^[7][7] https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/156-percent-of-italians-think-the-holocaust-never-happened-in-2004-it-was-27-percent-616060

49% of American adults under 40 … have been exposed to Holocaust denial or distortion across social media.^[8][8] https://www.adl.org/holocaust-denial-report-card

Britain

The Guardian: “One in 20 Britons does not believe the Holocaust took place”^[9][9] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/27/one-in-20-britons-does-not-believe-holocaust-happened

BBC: “Holocaust Memorial Day: ‘Shocking’ levels of denial remain”^[10][10] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47015184

The UK Times: 8% (2.6 million people) believe the scale has been exaggerated^[11][11] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/holocaust-denial-is-a-reality-in-britain-that-cannot-be-ignored-pdx7kssfr

More from the 50-State Survey of American Millennials and Gen Z^[12][12] https://www.claimscon.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NO-WATERMARK-National-Survey-Executive-Summary-9.2.20-EMBARGOED-3.pdf:

23% percent believe the Holocaust happened, but the number of Jews who died has been greatly exaggerated, is a myth and did not happen, or are unsure.”
15% believe it is acceptable for an individual to hold neo-Nazi views
49% have seen Holocaust denial or distortion on social media or elsewhere online
23% agreed that “people still talk too much about the Holocaust.”
17% said it is acceptable “for an individual to hold neo-Nazi views.”
62% said “in their opinion” there is anti-Semitism in the U.S.