Holocaust Denial Versus 9/11 Truth

The association of challenges to the official myth of 9/11 with deniers of the Nazi Holocaust of Jews is one of the more potent weapons in the arsenal of the apologists for the official myth, although its use so far has been limited. In a column in Scientific American attacking the 9/11 "conspiracy theories" Michael Shermer states:

Following this, Shermer launches into a straw-man attack against 9-11 Research implying that the website embraces the same "conspiratorial thinking" as Holocaust denial, despite the fact that 9-11 Research does not endorse Holocaust denial or Holocaust revisionism, and avoids uncritically linking to websites that do. It is easy to find writers and websites that openly mix 9/11 skepticism with Holocaust denial or revisionism. Some of the more prominent ones are:

• Christoper Bollyn, writer for The American Free Press
• The American Free Press , part of a parent organization that includes the Hitler-praising Barnes Review
• Eric Hufschmid, the author of influential books and videos about the 9/11 attack.
• Public-Action.com , a site that highlights the Waco massacre, speculates about 9/11 conspiracies, and promotes neo-Nazi websites
• Serendipity.li , a site with extensive links to AmericanFreePress.net and public-action.com

In January of 2007 CNN devoted a segment of Paula Zahn NOW to attacking all 9/11 'conspiracy theorists' as racists who assert that Jews were behind the attack.

• That Zim Shipping Company broke its lease to move out of the World Trade Center just one week before the attack.
• That Benjamin Chertoff, author of the Popular Mechanics attack piece is the cousin of Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
• That Mossad infiltrated computer networks in the US using the start-up company known as Ptech.

Apparently because of his original reporting, Bollyn's work has been widely cited and copied. Unfortunately, this is also true of a number of hoaxes that Bollyn has promoted -- perhaps unknowingly.

• Bollyn wrote an article misconstruing the seismic data from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, seeding the basement bombs theory.
• Bollyn wrote an article misinterpreting WTC 2's rising dust cloud as an explosion in Building 6, starting a hoax that would be exploited by In Plane Site.
• Bollyn has been one of the principal proponents of the Pentagon no-jetliner theory.
• Bollyn apparently originated the theory that crash of Flight 93 in PA was faked.

• The Barnes Review praises Hitler as deserving of the Nobel Prize
• The American Free Press and The Barnes Review share the same address
• The American Free Press and The Barnes Review promote each other
• Christopher Bollyn has been a guest on David Duke's show a number of times
• The American Free Press was founded by Right Wing ideologue Willis Carto

The Barnes Review Praises Hitler as Deserving of the Nobel Prize.

The American Free Press and The Barnes Review Share the Same Address

The American Free Press and The Barnes Review Promote Each Other

Christopher Bollyn has been a Guest on David Duke's Show a Number of Times

Eric Hufschmid was one of the first researchers of the 9/11 attack to come to prominence, with his 2002 book Painful Questions , and his 2003 video Painful Deceptions. Both of these highly original works pair the idea that the Twin Towers and WTC 7 were felled by controlled demolition with the idea that the Pentagon was hit by a small aircraft such as a Global Hawk drone rather than Flight 77. Neither the book nor the video betray Hufschmid as a Holocaust denier or racist -- positions he has since openly embraced or been accused of. However, less publicized writings of Hufschmid foreshadow these things, such as one with the punchline, 'Duh! The Jews!':

By 2006 Hufschmid was describing himself as a Holocaust denier. Several of his articles published in iamthewitness.com blame the 9/11 attack on Zionists and Jews. Hufschmid even describes The American Free Press , which apparently fired Christopher Bollyn, as connected to the Zionist "criminal network". In his more recent (and increasingly vitriolic) rants, Hufschmid consigns ever more people to the criminal network.

Public-Action.com

Public-Action.com was on the scene before 9/11/01 with its "Waco Holocaust Memorial". In late 2001 it published several articles seeding alternative theories about the 9/11 attack. Most notably, the 'bumble-planes' theory, the prototype 'plane-swapping' theory.

Because of their originality, Public-Action.com's 9/11 articles have been widely linked to. In 2003, after establishing itself as a prominent 9/11 site, Public-Action.com began featuring more overtly anti-Semitic content, proclaiming that the 9/11 attack was "The American Coup D'Etat for Jewish Supremacy."

Part of the main banner on Public-Action.com, since April 2003


A few of the Holocaust revision links on the front page of Public-Action.com

Serendipity.li established a reputation before 9/11/01 by challenging the offial story of the Oklahoma City Bombing the crash of Flight 800, and the Branch Davidian tragedy. Within two days of the 9/11 attack, Serendipity.li published Did the World Trade Center Collapse on Demand and subsequently expanded the story into its centerpiece article The World Trade Center Demolition and the So-Called War on Terrorism. Although the analysis of the building collapses in this article is flawed, it notes some of the most basic features of the collapses indicating demolition. The article was widely copied and linked to on the web, and Serendipity became established as one of the most referenced 9/11 skeptics' websites.

Serendipity.li avoids making overtly racist statements, but it links extensively to sites like Public-Action.com and AmericanFreePress.net. Until 2/2/05, Serendipity featured an article Team Bush Betrays America as the final link of its The World Trade Center Demolition and the So-Called War on Terrorism. The article identifies all Jews named in the text with yellow Star-of-David icons, with the word "Jude" in the center. Anyone familiar with the history of European Jewry will understand that this is a chilling reference to the persecution of Jews: Nazi Germany, and other nations before it, required Jews to wear patches (just like the icons in the article) so that they could be identified -- the first step in the implementation of Hitler's Final Solution.

Serendipity.li has a large section on Zonism. Although it contains many articles of reasoned criticism of radical Zionism, it is sprinkled with some blatantly racist articles. It lists the following collection of articles by Edgar J. Steele.

http://www.serendipity.li/ziolynx.htm

In the article 'In Defense of Anti-Semitism', Steele states:

Serendipity.li features many articles by John Kaminski, who frequently writes about the 'Jewish-controlled media' and suggests that Israel was behind the 9/11 attack.

http://www.serendipity.li/zionism/jk_on_joos.htm

While Serendipity is more reserved in its promotion of anti-Semitism than American Free Press/Barnes Review or Public-Action.com, it is more strident in promoting nonsensical theories. Its section on 9/11 lists many sites that promote the missile pod theory, for example. Serendipity features a series of articles suggesting that the crashes of jetliners into the Twin Towers were faked.

Many other genocides are listed and described on Wikipedia.org's page Genocides in History. There have been efforts to deny or minimize each of these genocides, but only the denial of the Holocaust of the Jews has been mixed with claims of insider involvement in the 9/11/01 attacks. This may reflect a combination of factors, including anti-Semitism, and suspicions that Israel was involved in the attack.

As the author of OilEmpire.us points out, people may mix Holocaust denial with challenges to the official account of 9/11 out of ignorance, but the result is to discredit these challenges.