France: Death of Holocaust denier Serge Thion at 75

Serge Thion

French sociologist and Holocaust denier Serge Thion died at Créteil on October 15, at the age of 75.

"A French sociologist and associate of Robert Faurisson, Serge Thion has described the Holocaust as a "religion" that was "pushed by Zionists to attract capital, as well as political and military protection."

Wikipedia:

In 1993 Thion privately published Une Allumette sur la banquise (A Matchstick on an Ice Flow). The book criticized what he perceived as sensationalization of the Holocaust compared to other mass deaths since World War II. He also criticized the prosecution of Robert Faurisson for Holocaust denial, and cast doubt on the accuracy of Filip Müller's book Eyewitness Auschwitz. He met Noam Chomsky during the 1970s and presented his editor Pierre Guillaume for publication.

Thion has been described as a Holocaust denier, and in November 2000 was dismissed from CNRS for Holocaust denial activities. He was condemned and fined for defamation by the French Correctional Tribunal Court of Appeal in December 2002 for attacks on writer Didier Daeninckx.  

Thion attended the 2006 International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust in Iran, often described as a Holocaust denial conference.  

Israeli philosopher Elhanan Yakira has cited Thion and his friend Alain Guionnet, as one of a number of deniers on the radical left (and right) in France whose extreme views on the Holocaust have made Holocaust denial "a central issue in France and elsewhere".

Translated from Wikipedia's article on Serge Thion in French:

- After the attacks of 11 September 2001, Serge Thion doubted Osama bin Laden's role in their organization.
- In 2003, he participated in public meetings organized by members of the Muslim Party of France.
- During the elections of 2007, chronicles were published under the pseudonym "Serge Noith" on the campaign site of Dieudonné M'bala M'bala; the magazine L'Arche made a comparison between this pseudonym and the name of Serge Thion.
- In June 2009, Serge Thion joined the Kemi Séba's Movement of Those Damned By Imperialism.