The 20th Century was defined by two world wars. The old saying "history is written by the victors" is, I believe, true. World War II history was ostensibly written by the Allies who, having won an unreserved victory over Germany and the Axis powers in 1945, wrote a history that must by definition by biased from an Allied point of view.
The history of World War II was written in such a way that it has resulted in the entire blame and associated guilt relating to World War II being heaped upon one nation and her people, Germany.
I saw this guilt for a fact when I visited Munich in 2002. I was interested in seeing the Hofbrauhaus, where Hitler made some of his early speeches. Having briefly looked inside with Carin, the friend who was showing my wife and I the city, I felt Carin's discomfort and embarssment as she mumbled something about Germans not being able to do anything right.
The so-called Holocaust, the alleged intent of Germany to exterminate Jews within Europe, whereby millions of Jews were allegedly gassed to death in concentration camps such as Auchswitz, is assumed to be historical fact. This aspect of history has profoundly influenced the fate of Germany, Israel and hence the world ever since.
Revisionist Historians raise sceptical questions regarding our accepted view of history. Their work is essential because our present and future is in a large way based on this accepted history. Therefore, if that history can be revised, then so could our present and future.
Perhaps Germans and Jews can reconcile, for example.
One such historian is David Irving. He has questioned the accepted view of the "Holocaust", questioning that Jews were systematically gassed to death at Auchswitz. In fact, he presents evidence that suggests that they were not.
This idea, that the "Holocaust" did not occur as accepted history tells us it did, is so dangerous that, in some countries including Germany, you can be prosecuted for merely expressing the view. David Irving and others have suffered such prosecution.
This cannot be right.
We must always be free to express our views, both for the sake of free speech and for the sake of truth.
