birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name
shepperton , surrey , england , uk french 25 january 1929 robert faurisson
 robert faurisson
robert faurisson

robert faurisson -lrb- born 25 january 1929 -rrb- is a franco-british holocaust denier and former academic .
faurisson generated much controversy with a number of articles , published in the `` journal of historical review '' and elsewhere , as well as various letters he has sent to french newspapers -lrb- especially `` le monde '' -rrb- , which deny various aspects of the holocaust , including the existence of gas chambers in nazi death camps , the systematic killing of european jews using gas during world war ii , the authenticity of `` the diary of anne frank '' , and the veracity of elie wiesel 's accounts of his wartime suffering .
after the passage of the gayssot act against holocaust denial in 1990 , faurisson was prosecuted and fined .
in 1991 , he was dismissed from his academic post .
