Katsuya Takasu

[[File:Img katsuya 01.jpg|thumb|right|165px|The face of a smug bastard.]]
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{{cquote|I think Nanjing and Auschwitz are fabricated.<ref group=note>Original Japanese text; 南京もアウシュビッツも捏造だと思う。</ref>|||@katsuyatakasu (Katsuya Takasu)<ref>Twitter; Katsuya Takasu, Sunday October 18th 2015: [https://twitter.com/katsuyatakasu/status/655958931190124544 南京もアウシュビッツも捏造だと思う]. ([http://archive.ph/aOaw3 archive snapshot])</ref><ref name="engkyodo" />}}
'''Katsuya Takasu''' (Japanese: '''高須克弥''', ''Takasu Katsuya'') {{lived|1945}} is a [[Japanese]] plastic surgeon and media personality. He is a [[Holocaust]] and [[Rape of Nanjing|Nanjing massacre]] denier.<ref name="engkyodo">Kyodo News; Berlin, Monday March 18th 2019: [https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/03/034eed68c07a-auschwitz-museum-rebuts-japanese-doctors-holocaust-denial-tweet.html Auschwitz museum rebuts Japanese doctor's holocaust denial tweet in 2015]. ([https://archive.ph/iBgpI archive snapshot])</ref>

== Holocaust denial ==
In 2017, Katsuya tweeted a series of tweets in which he praised [[Nazism]] for the progress made in German technology under the Nazi regime. He stated that the death toll of Auschwitz and Holocaust victims was exaggerated by the Allies.<ref>''The Jerusalem Post''; Tamara Zieve, Wednesday August 23rd 2017: [http://www.jpost.com/International/Leading-Japanese-surgeon-urged-to-step-down-for-praises-of-Nazism-503213 Leading Japanese surgeon urged to step down for praises of Nazism]. ([http://archive.ph/ZagYC archive snapshot])</ref><ref>''Global Voices''; Nevin Thompson, Thursday August 24th 2017: [https://globalvoices.org/2017/08/24/a-popular-japanese-cosmetic-surgeon-is-called-out-for-admiring-nazism/ A Popular Japanese Cosmetic Surgeon Is Called Out for Admiring Nazism]. ([http://archive.ph/7g9fb archive snapshot])</ref> 

=== Simon Wiesenthal Center ===
Katsuya's Holocaust and Nanjing Massacre denial came to the attention of Jewish human rights organization, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in 2017.<ref>Simon Wiesenthal Center [http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=8776547&ct=15003641&notoc=1].Retrieved August 29,2017</ref><ref>American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery[http://cosmeticsurgery.site-ym.com/members/?id=28533996].Retrieved August 29,2017</ref> On November 8 2017, the Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery had expelled him.<ref>[http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=8776547&ct=15007267&notoc=1 Wiesenthal Center: American Academy Of Cosmetic Surgery Has Expelled Prominent Japanese Surgeon For Praising Hitler, Denying Nazi Holocaust And Nanjing Massacre]. Retrieved November 8,2017</ref>

=== Auschwitz museum response ===
In March 2019, The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in [[Poland]] responded to Katsuya's original 2015 tweet.<ref>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/19/national/auschwitz-museum-rebuts-japanese-doctors-holocaust-denial-tweet/#.XJFKx1X7TeQ</ref> Their response was in Japanese, as was the original tweet;

{{cquote|Auschwitz is a historical fact that constantly advises the hearts of people around the world. The historical sites of the compulsory extermination camps, built by the Nazi Germany, symbolize the greatest tragedy in human history.<ref group=note>Original Japanese text;アウシュビッツは世界中の人々の心に絶えず忠告する史実です。 ナチス・ドイツによって造られたその強制・絶滅収容所の史跡は、人類史上最大の悲劇を象徴しています。</ref>|||(translated) @AuschwitzMuseum<ref>https://archive.ph/20190319015908/https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum/status/1106462599540105218</ref>}}

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