Auschwitz Museum launches global digital tool to fight Holocaust denial online
‘Stop Denial’ campaign equips users with verified evidence to counter false claims on social media
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum has launched a new global initiative to combat Holocaust denial, providing a public-facing tool that allows users to directly challenge falsehoods circulating online.
The Stop Denial campaign compiles historical evidence, survivor testimony, photographs and academic research to refute the most common denialist claims related to the Nazi death camp.
“Today, there are very few survivors left,” said Dr Piotr M.A. Cywiński, director of the Museum. “And so antisemitic, xenophobic, and populist voices grow louder, trying to profit from lies. Let us show that we are greater in number, that truth is stronger.”
The site currently addresses 14 claims, including widely circulated conspiracies that crematoria were incapable of burning large numbers of bodies, that Zyklon B was only used for disinfection, and that the International Red Cross found nothing objectionable at the camp.
Users encountering Holocaust denial on social media are encouraged to copy and paste direct response links from the site into comment threads to correct misinformation in real time. A submission form also allows users to flag new or evolving denial narratives for inclusion in future updates.
“Fighting deniers online is extremely difficult work,” said Dr Igor Bartosik of the museum’s Research Centre, who helped develop the initiative. “Their goal is not the search for truth, but the desecration of the memory of the victims.”
The platform builds on earlier work by the museum’s researchers, including an online lesson on denialist strategies and a recent episode of its On Auschwitz featuring historians Dr Bartosik and Dr Piotr Setkiewicz.
Museum spokesperson Paweł Sawicki said the site would continue to expand. “Only through collective effort can we oppose the falsification of history and the spread of hatred,” he added.
Access the campaign and materials at: stopdenial.auschwitz.org
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