Iranian Movie 'Sympathetic' To Holocaust: Iranian Lies; AP Coverup (UPDATED)

Both the Wall Street Journal and The Jerusalem Post have written about the TV series about the Holocaust being shown in Iran--about how popular the show is and how it admits that something did happen.

But Spiegel Online tells a different version:

Irans Präsident Ahmadinedschad ist als Holocaust-Leugner berüchtigt. Umso erstaunlicher ist eine iranische Fernsehserie, die eine objektive Sicht auf die Judenverfolgung zu vermitteln scheint - und dafür von westlichen Zeitungen gelobt wird. Doch der Schein trügt.

For those whose German is no better than mine, via Babelfish

Of Iran president Ahmadinedschad is notorious as Holocaust Leugner. An Iranian TV serial, which seems to obtain an objective view on Jew pursuit - and but by western newspapers is praised, is the more amazing. But the light deceives.

Fortunately, we don't have to know German to know what the rest of the article says. AllahPundit has a post that the AP report about the TV show may be wrong:

Reader Niko K. writes below that a Spiegel story on the miniseries sharply contradicts the AP’s account. So sharply, in fact, that I’m wondering now if the AP story is a deliberate whitewash. Writes Niko:

The article has it all wrong, and also the Wall Street Journal article that appeared earlier.

Mohammed Reza Kazemi cleared up the matter in a recent SPIEGEL article (link in German only, sorry). Main points:

* the major point of the series is that it was allegedly the German Jews themselves who collaborated with Hitler to kill those Jews who opposed the re-settlement of Palestine

* for example, a plot line shows that a Jewish researcher is in possession of documents that prove the connection between Hitler and Zionists

* the credits of each episode feature the work of anti-Semite Roger Garaudy as a “historical source”

* “historical adviser” to the series is Holocaust denier Abdollah Shahbazi who openly admits in his blog that he’s a denier

* director and screenwriter Hassan Fatthi alleged to SPIEGEL that according to “historical evidence” a majority of Hitler’s victims were those who opposed the re-settlement of Palestine

The Iranian TV show is a sham.
And apparently so is the AP reporting of it.

UPDATE: MEMRI has made clips from the show available online with English subtitles.

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