‘Nazis had no death camps’: Israel demands action against Norway professor

Israeli Embassy in Oslo demands disciplinary measures against University of Bergen historian Stephan Sander-Faes after statements denying Nazi extermination camps and questioning Holocaust death tolls; university rector initially cites freedom of speech as Israel warns of risks to Jewish students. Israel has demanded disciplinary action against a Norwegian university professor accused of Holocaust denial, accusing the University of Bergen of putting Jewish students at risk by failing to confront his statements. The diplomatic dispute erupted after history professor Stephan Sander-Faes claimed in online posts, some published under a pseudonym, that Nazi Germany had never established dedicated extermination camps, contradicting extensive historical evidence of the Holocaust. The controversy prompted Eytan Halon, Israel’s chargé d’affaires in Oslo, to send an open letter to university rector Margareth Hagen, demanding immediate action. Halon accused Sander-Faes of promoting Holocaust revisionism by questioning the number of Jews murdered by the Nazis, challenging established death tolls at Auschwitz and Majdanek, and describing historical accounts of the Holocaust as an “abundance of lies.” He also criticized the professor for drawing comparisons between Nazi atrocities and government restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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