Erik Haaest (14 March 1935 – 23 January 2012) was a controversial Danish journalist and author.[1]
Erik Haaest | |
|---|---|
| Born | Erik Hansen 14 March 1935 Toftegaard, Hundslev, Kølstrup, Denmark |
| Died | 23 January 2012 (aged 76)[1] |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and author |
| Known for | Books on Danish pro-Nazi collaborators |
On 18 July 2007 the newspaper Information wrote that Haaest in September 1977 had published a pamphlet asserting that the Nazi concentration camp gas chambers never existed and that the Diary of Anne Frank was a forgery. This caused the Danish Arts Council to be condemned since it had funded Haaest's research into Danes who had served in the SS.[2] Information subsequently brought a retort from Haaest where he claimed to have been deliberately misquoted and referred to the allegations as an outrageous lie made to discredit and sabotage his authorship regarding Danish pro-Nazi collaborators.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Andreas Lindqvist (2012-01-26). "Statsstøttet dansk holocaustbenægter er død" [Government funded Danish holocaust denier dies] (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Anna von Sperling (2007-07-18). "Kunstrådet giver penge til Holocaust-skeptiker" [Arts council funds Holocaust sceptic] (in Danish). Dagbladet Information. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ^ Haaest, Erik (2007-08-01). "Informations kronik var løgn" [Information's article was a lie] (in Danish). Dagbladet Information. Retrieved 2015-01-05.