Holocaust Hoax

To many Americans, it's odd to think that the Holocaust didn't exist, considering that we begin learning about it in middle school. However, some people, even countries (such as Iran) believe that the Holocaust was a hoax. I think that The Painted Bird and it's magic realism and horrifically graphic events may lead people to think that the Holocaust didn't actually exist. For many 1st world cultures, the mixed religion conveyed by the book of Christianity and 'traditional' can come off as 'unreal' or 'fabricated'. Additionally, some of the scenes thus far in the book, such as the scene with the miller gouging the farmhand's eyes out with a spoon, are so descriptive and graphic they seem as if they could have only have come from the imagination. However, the 'evidence' that those whom don't believe in the Holocaust seem to be very circumstantial and conspiratorial. I feel as if this is some of the criticism Jerzy Kosinski had to deal with on top of plagiarism and fabrication.

http://www.takeourworldback.com/short/holohoax.htm