The Holocaust-denying views of an Italian academic at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza,' Antonio Caracciolo, has sparked calls for him to resign. The 59-year-old philosophy of law researcher's blogs have described the World War II Nazi Holocaust - or extermination of six million Jews - as "a legend" and claim the gas chambers "are one of many 'truths' which need to be verified."
The head of Rome's Jewish community, Riccardo Pacifici, said it will take legal action against the academic. "We are waiting for the university to take measures to protect students and will certainly be taking action against Caracciolo," Pacifici said. "We are confident the university won't be the only institution to act and that the whole of civil society will react".'
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Professor Caracciolo is right. An example is the recent drop
ReplyDeletein the death toll of Majdanek from the Nuremberg figure of
1.4 million to a terrible but "normal" number of 78,000.
Riccardo Pacifici should be ashamed of himself for trying
to stifle discussion and research.