Barnes presented an argument that the Holocaust was created by Court historians and stated “To keep the public from getting bored, they manufactured stories about German crimes against humanity that were made more unceasing, exaggerated and inflammatory." (Barnes, 1967, The public stake in revisionism.) Through this there was a wide range of opinions, as there was very few people at this time arguing against the ideas that were being presented about the Holocaust. As there was only a very small amount of people, Mr Barnes was able to meet and become friends with Paul Rassinier a prof. A man commonly referred to as the father of Holocaust denial. It was through this meeting that Mr Barnes truly begun his turn to the idea of Denialism. As well as this Barnes …show more content…
Although this argument is easily argued by the fact that Britain and the rest of Europe were already against Germany, and there invasions of Poland and France, as well as this, evidence of Auschwitz was still surviving at the time of this publication and still stands today. It was through this friendship of the denialists that the concept of a historical idea started, one that would later come to be known as Historical negationism, or as it is now commonly referred to by modern historians. Denial.

The concept of an ethical discussion on such a controversial event was not pleasing to society and the two men were outcast, and there notability within the field was wiped clean. However it wasn’t until 2008, when Tony Taylor, a professor at Monash university reviewed the ideas of such a concept