Maurice Bardèche was a French art critic and journalist, better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism and Holocaust denial in post–World War II Europe. Viewed as the "father-figure of H
Bardèche in 1985
Robert Brasillach, fascist poet and brother-in-law of Bardèche. His execution in 1945 turned Bardèche into a "political animal".
Gravestone of Maurice and Suzanne Bardèche
Bardèche cited José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the founder of the Falange, as his main influence.
Holocaust denial is the negationist and antisemitic fringe view that Nazi Germany and its collaborators did not commit genocide against European Jews during World War II, ignoring overwhelming histori
April 12, 1945: Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and George S. Patton inspect an improvised crematory pyre at Ohrdruf concentration camp.
United States Army clerks with evidence collected for the Nuremberg trials
Protest in Brazil against former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, criticizing his Holocaust denial