Serge Thion (born 1942) is a controversial French sociologist known for his Holocaust denial.[1][2] Thion worked as a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) from 1971 to 2000. Most of his research focused on Cambodia and Vietnam. Thion was the subject of some controversy when he wrote that "genocide" was, technically, not a proper description of what happened in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge rule, because it was not a type (or an attempt) of killing based on purely ethnic grounds. According to Thion:
- "The reality is that genocide, massacres, wiping out entire peoples or cultures, and other inhuman atrocities, torture, massive corruption, and so on, are part and parcel of government policies, most usually applied to foreign countries. There is no other law than the law of the jungle. If we want to change this situation, we must reform our own laws first, strip the authorities of their political immunity, abolish the "Reason of State" and the system of official secrecy which covers up all these crimes. If we could reach a stage in which any official would be tried according to the same rules that apply to you and me, to any other ordinary human being, we would not need all these extraordinary concepts because common law is quite enough."
In 2000 he was dismissed from the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) for remarks he made denying the Holocaust.[1]
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- ^ a b "Serge Thion is a French sociologist who has gained infamy as a Holocaust Denier. Thion was fired from his position with the French National Center for Scientific Research in 2000 for remarks denying the Holocaust." Dr. Harold Brackman and Aaron Breitbart, Holocaust Denial's Assault on Memory: Precursor to Twenty-First Century Genocide?PDF (719 KiB) , Simon Wiesenthal Center, April 2007, p. 40. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
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- "a transnational ultra-leftist movement based in Italy and supported by orthodox Communists as well as by Holocaust denier Serge Thion." France - 2004, Stephen Roth Institute, Antisemitism and Racism, Annual Reports, Country Reports. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- "A number of radical leftists in France are intimately connected to Holocaust denial. They include Serge Thion, who is a defender of both Rassinier and Faurisson. Thion is linked with the Marxist publishing house "La Vieille Taupe" (The Old Mole), founded by Pierre Guillaume." Holocaust Denial Today, Part VI, Manuel Prutschi, Canadian Jewish Congress, Nizkor Project. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- "A French sociologist and associate of Robert Faurisson, Serge Thion has described the Holocaust as a "religion" that was "pushed by Zionists to attract capital, as well as political and military protection." Conference Attendees: A Who's Who of Hate, Iran Hosts Anti-Semitic Hatefest in Tehran, Anti-Defamation League, December 14, 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- "...Serge Thion and Pierre Guillaume, who are both prolific holocaust—deniers in their own right." Rachel Neuwirth, The Chomsky File, American Thinker, January 06, 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
