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‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust

JL;DR SUMMARY Scott Adams, the creator of the renowned comic strip Dilbert, has sparked controversy by questioning the veracity of the well-documented Holocaust death toll of 6 million Jews in a 2006 blog post, which he later deleted. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustYad VashemHolocaust DenialAdolf EichmannRacismControversyMediaScott AdamsDilbert

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Jerusalem, Israel
"So where does the 6 million figure come from? According to Yad Vashem, Israels official memorial to Holocaust victims, that was the number cited by senior Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, who was in charge of the logistics of the campaign to annihilate Jews."
Israel
"According to Yad Vashem, Israels official memorial to Holocaust victims, that was the number cited by senior Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, who was in charge of the logistics of the campaign to annihilate Jews."

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