19 Facts About Robert Faurisson

Robert Faurisson is believed to be one of seven children born in Shepperton, Middlesex, England to a French father and a Scottish mother.

Robert Faurisson studied French, Latin and Greek literature, and passed the agregation in 1956.

The methodology of Robert Faurisson was challenged during the defense of his thesis.

Robert Faurisson became a lecturer, and then professor of French literature at the University of Lyon in 1973.

In 1974, Robert Faurisson contacted Yad Vashem with a lengthy letter detailing a variety of arguments which he claimed demonstrated that there had been no genocide of Jews during World War II.

Robert Faurisson became involved with the Institute for Historical Review during the 1970s, lecturing and publishing prolifically.

Robert Faurisson gave a lecture at the headquarters of the National Alliance outside of Washington, on September 14,1979.

Robert Faurisson twice testified in defense of Canadian-German Holocaust denier and Neo-Nazi Ernst Zundel, and his testimony has been associated with laying the groundwork for the "Leuchter Report", an influential Holocaust-denial publication.

Robert Faurisson's activism garnered him several dedicated critics, including the Jewish French historian Pierre Vidal-Naquet.

Robert Faurisson interviewed Otto Frank in researching the piece, though much of what Robert Faurisson asserted Frank had said was later contradicted by Frank himself.

Robert Faurisson's writing on the subject first came into the spotlight during a court case between Otto Frank and Heinz Roth, a publishing-house owner responsible for the circulation of various neo-Nazi writings, including several publications impugning the authenticity of Anne Frank's diary; Robert Faurisson's writing on the subject was entered into the court record as an expert opinion in defense of Roth.

In September 1989, Robert Faurisson was beaten by unknown assailants claiming to be "The Sons of the Memory of the Jews", an organization about which nothing has been discovered either before or since the incident.

Robert Faurisson had been walking his dog in a park in Vichy and was kicked and punched by three young men, breaking his jaw.

In 1991, Robert Faurisson was removed from his university chair under the Gayssot Act on the basis of his denialist views.

Robert Faurisson challenged the statute as a violation of international law, specifically the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, at the Human Rights Committee.

Robert Faurisson filed a complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee in 1993; in 1996, the Committee rejected Robert Faurisson's claim that France's prosecution of him was a violation of the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Robert Faurisson challenged the statute as Faurisson was charged again in a trial on 11 July 2006.

Robert Faurisson was accused of denying the Holocaust in an interview with the Iranian television station "Sahar 1" in February 2005.

In December 2006, Robert Faurisson gave a speech at the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust, which was sponsored by the government of Iran.