# Why this Holocaust survivor had to prove the death camps were real | Part 1 of 2

https://mins.news/en/video/87762

- CBC News, 2026-10-06 10:00 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJxmWft8E0I

> Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel used his Toronto bunker to publish pamphlets questioning the Nazi murder of six million Jews. Auschwitz survivor Sabina Citron set out to stop him, sparking a fierce 1985 battle over false news. The trial became a nightmare for Jewish survivors forced to prove the death camps existed. Zundel lost the initial case but gained the publicity and appeal opportunity he wanted.

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