Holocaust Denial and Relativisation in Far-Right Publishing

Revisionism as print culture and political messaging 

After 1989, new publishers and periodicals promoted revisionist interpretations of Slovak wartime history. Instead of outright denial, many relied on relativisation—minimising responsibility, recasting perpetrators as protectors, shifting blame to external actors, or portraying Jewish suffering as exaggerated or politically driven. This publishing sphere fed into broader nationalist debates about Jozef Tiso, the Slovak State, and the legitimacy of wartime governance. It shaped public discussion by normalising “two histories”: one based on scholarship and documentation, and another rooted in ideological reinterpretation. By the early 2000s, these trends were widely recognised as a persistent challenge for public memory and democratic culture.