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Holocaust denial set to rise, warns Bazalgette, as memorial designs go on display

Sir Peter issued the warning on Tuesday, as designs for the new national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre went on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

August 3, 2017 16:27
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ByRosa Doherty, Rosa Doherty

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Holocaust denial could rise in the next two decades, a leading campaigner has warned.

Sir Peter Bazalgette, chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation, said: “I have the impression that Holocaust denial may well grow in the next 20 years rather than diminish.”

Sir Peter issued the warning on Tuesday, as designs for the new national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre went on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The danger posed by Holocaust deniers “underlines the importance of this and other exercises to do with learning the lessons of the Holocaust,” he argued.