Background:
Robert Faurisson is Europe's leading Holocaust revisionist scholar. He was educated at the Paris Sorbonne, and served as associate professor at the University of Lyon in France from 1974 until 1990. He is a recognized specialist of text and document analysis. After years of private research and study, Dr. Faurisson first made public his skeptical views about the Holocaust extermination story in articles published in 1978 in the French daily Le Monde. His writings on the Holocaust issue have appeared in two books and numerous scholarly articles, many of which have been published in the IHR's Journal of Historical Review.
Known as the dean of the world-wide devisionist movement and principal teacher of Ernst Zündel, Dr. Faurisson first discovered the technical and architectural drawings of the Auschwitz morgues, the crematories and other installations. He was also the first to insist that only a U.S. gas chamber expert could unravel the technical impossibility of the Auschwitz homicidal gassing story -- as falsely told to the public for over half a century. Zündel mentor, advisor and trial witness in the 1984 preliminary hearings and in the 1985 and 1988 Great Holocaust Trials. Slated as expert witness for the 1991 Munich trial of Ernst Zündel. (The prosecution dropped the Anne Frank Diary part of the charge in mid-trial after they learned that Dr. Faurisson was going to testify to that point.)
Repercussions:
At least 10 times physically assaulted by Holocaust Enforcers; on several occasions nearly killed. Jaws broken. Teeth knocked out. Hospitalized for weeks. Persecuted mercilessly in endless legal battles.
Writings in English by Robert Faurisson:
Robert Faurisson. "The Mechanics of Gassing," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 1 no. 1 (Spring 1980), p. 23.
Robert Faurisson. "Letter to The New Statesman, Nov. 30, 1979," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 1 no. 2 (Summer 1980), p. 157.
Robert Faurisson. "The 'Problem of the Gas Chambers'," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 1 no. 2 (Summer 1980), p. 103.
Robert Faurisson. "Confessions of SS Men Who Were at Auschwitz," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 2 no. 2 (Summer 1981), p. 103.
Robert Faurisson. "The Gas Chambers at Auschwitz Appear to Be Inconceivable," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 2 no. 4 (Winter 1981), p. 311.
Robert Faurisson and Antonio Pitamitz. "The Gas Chambers: Truth or Lie?," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 2 no. 4 (Winter 1981), p. 319.
Robert Faurisson. "Is The Diary of Anne Frank Genuine?," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 3 no. 2 (Summer 1982), p. 147.
Robert Faurisson. Memoire En Defense. Reviewed by Arthur R. Butz. The Journal of Historical Review, volume 3 no. 3 (Fall 1982), p. 341.
Robert Faurisson. "A Challenge to David Irving," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 5 no. 2, 3, 4 (Winter 1984), p. 289.
Robert Faurisson. "Revisionism on Trial: Developments in France, 1979-1983," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 6 no. 2 (Summer 1985), p. 133.
Robert Faurisson. "Response to a Paper Historian [Pierre Vidal-Naquet]," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 7 no. 1 (Spring 1986), p. 21.
Robert Faurisson. "How the British Obtained the Confessions of Rudolf Höss," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 7 no. 4 (Winter 1986), p. 389.
Robert Faurisson. "The Müller Document," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 8 no. 1 (Spring 1988), p. 117.
Claude Lanzmann. Shoah [film]. Reviewed by Robert Faurisson. The Journal of Historical Review, volume 8 no. 1 (Spring 1988), p. 85.
Robert Faurisson. "The End of a Myth," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 8 no. 3 (Fall 1988), p. 376.
Robert Faurisson. "The [Ernst] Zündel Trials (1985 and 1988)," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 8 no. 4 (Winter 1988), p. 417.
Robert Faurisson. "Anne Frank's Handwriting," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 9 no. 1 (Spring 1989), p. 97.
Robert Faurisson. "My Life As a Revisionist (September 1983 to September 1987)," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 9 no. 1 (Spring 1989), p. 5.
Arno J. Mayer. Why Did the Heavens Not Darken? The 'Final Solution' in History. Reviewed by Robert Faurisson. The Journal of Historical Review, volume 9 no. 3 (Fall 1989), p. 375.
Robert Faurisson. "A Revised Preface to Auschwitz: A Judge Looks at the Evidence," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 10 no. 2 (Summer 1990), p. 187.
Fred A. Jr. Leuchter and Robert Faurisson. "The Second Leuchter Report," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 10 no. 3 (Fall 1990), p. 261.
Jean-Claude Pressac. Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers. Reviewed by Robert Faurisson. The Journal of Historical Review, volume 11 no. 1 (Spring 1991), p. 25(42). Part 1.
Robert Faurisson. "A Request for Additional Information on the Myth of the 'Gassing' of the Serbs in the First World War," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 11 no. 2 (Summer 1991), p. 254.
Jean-Claude Pressac. Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers. Reviewed by Robert Faurisson. The Journal of Historical Review, volume 11 no. 2 (Summer 1991), p. 133(43). Part 2.
Robert Faurisson. "A Dry Chronicle of the Purge," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 12 no. 1 (Spring 1992), p. 5.
Robert Faurisson. "Americans to the Rescue? [Letter]," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 13 no. 3 (May/June 1993), p. 48.
Robert Faurisson. "The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: A Challenge," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 13 no. 4 (July/August 1993), p. 14. A red-letter day for revisionism, April 22, 1993.
Robert Faurisson. "The Adventure of Revisionism," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 13 no. 5 (September/October 1993), p. 42.
Jean-Claude Pressac. The Crematories of Auschwitz. Reviewed by Robert Faurisson. The Journal of Historical Review, volume 14 no. 1 (January/February 1994), p. 23. Jean-Claude Pressac's new Auschwitz book.
Robert Faurisson. "The Warsaw Ghetto 'Uprising'," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 14 no. 2 (March/April 1994), p. 2. A Jewish insurrection or German police operation?
Robert Faurisson. "A Holocaust Debate: Faurisson Still Waiting for 'Exterminationists'," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 14 no. 3 (May/June 1994), p. 41.
Robert Faurisson. "On [David] Irving, [Joseph] Goebbels, and [Jean-Claude] Pressac [Letter]," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 15 no. 2 (March/April 1995), p. 46.
Robert Faurisson. "Further Drastic Changes in the 'Official' View of Auschwitz and Other Wartime Camps," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 15 no. 6 (November/December 1995), p. 18. [Jean-Claude] Pressac makes new concessions to the revisionists.
Robert Faurisson. "Message of Greeting [to Attendees of the Weber-Shermer Debate]," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 16 no. 1 (January/February 1996), p. 24.
Robert Faurisson. "A New Version of the Holocaust Story," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 16 no. 2 (March/April 1996), p. 22.
Robert Faurisson. "Auschwitz: Facts and Legend," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 16 no. 4 (July/August 1997), p. 14.
Robert Faurisson. "On the [Roger] Garaudy/Abbé Pierre Affair," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 16 no. 4 (July/August 1997), p. 26.
Robert Faurisson. "The [Bernard] Notin Affair: Jewish Organizations Make the Law," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 16 no. 5 (September/October 1997), p. 17.
Robert Faurisson. "How Historian [Martin] Gilbert Falsifies and Invents," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 16 no. 5 (September/October 1997), p. 7.
Robert Faurisson. "The Detail," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 17 no. 2 (March/April 1998), p. 19. [The alleged Nazi gas chambers].
Robert Faurisson. "The [Maurice] Papon Trial," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 17 no. 3 (May/June 1998), p. 14.
Robert Faurisson. "An Orthodox Historian [Jacques Baynac] Finally Acknowledges: There Is No Evidence for Nazi Gas Chambers," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 17 no. 4 (July/August 1998), p. 24.
Michael Berenbaum. The Holocaust and History. Reviewed by Robert Faurisson. The Journal of Historical Review, volume 17 no. 5 (September/October 1998), p. 29.
Robert Faurisson. "'Ah, How Sweet It Is to Be Jewish ...'," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 17 no. 6 (November/December 1998), p. 11.
Robert Faurisson. "Genocide by Telepathy, [Raul] Hilberg Explains," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 18 no. 1 (January/February 1999), p. 15.
Robert Faurisson. "Revisionist Publications: Around the World," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 18 no. 1 (January/February 1999), p. 19.
Robert Faurisson. "Elie Wiesel: One More Lie," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 18 no. 3 (May/June 1999), p. 28.
Robert Faurisson. "No Light, No Smoke, No Stench, No Holes," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 18 no. 3 (May/June 1999), p. 28.
Robert Faurisson. "The 'Gas Chamber' of Auschwitz I," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 18 no. 5/6 (September/December 1999), p. 12-13.
Robert Faurisson. "Impact and Future of Holocaust Revisionism," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 19 no. 1 (January/February 2000), p. 2.
Robert Faurisson. "Not 'Reconstruction' but Falsification [Letter]," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 19 no. 1 (January/February 2000), p. 71.
Robert Faurisson. "Three Letters to Le Monde (1978-1979)," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 19 no. 3 (May/June 2000), p. 40.
Robert Faurisson. "A Black November for Revisionists," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 19 no. 5 (September/October 2000), p. 22.
Robert Faurisson. "The Diary of Anne Frank: Is It Genuine?," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 19 no. 6 (November/December 2000), p. 2. An update.
Robert Faurisson. ""Mr. Death' [Letter]," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 19 no. 6 (November/December 2000), p. 55.
Robert Faurisson. "The Shoah: Fictive Images and Mere Belief?," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 20 no. 1 (January/February 2001), p. 6.
Robert Faurisson. "The [Fredrick] Töben Affair, Seen by Voltaire," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 20 no. 3 (May/June 2001), p. 37.
Robert Faurisson. "It's Time the Arab Leaders Ended Their Silence on the 'Holocaust' Imposture," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 20 no. 3 (May/June 2001), p. 13.
Robert Faurisson. "An Imaginary Holocaust May Lead to a Real Holocaust," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 20 no. 5/6 (September/December 2001), p. 52.
Robert Faurisson. "Open Season on Revisionists," The Journal of Historical Review, volume 21 no. 1 (January/February 2002), p. 5.
