Michael Anthony Hoffman II (born January 2, 1957) is an American author. He has been described by critics as a conspiracy theorist and by the

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(among other sources), as a Holocaust denier and

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Biography

Hoffman was born to a

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family in Geneva, New York. His father, the chief of physical therapy at Clifton Springs Hospital, was German-American. His mother was Italian-American. According to biographical information on the back cover of his book ''Judaism Discovered'', Hoffman studied at the

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under Dr. Richard Funk and Dr. Faiz Abu-Jaber, father of Diana Abu-Jaber. Hoffman was reportedly taught at an early age about William Morgan, whose disappearance in 1826 resulted in the formation of the

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. He said that he learned from his maternal grandfather that elections in the United States were rigged by

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. From this, Hoffman was said to have deduced that " thing is as it seems to be," which in turn led to a "life long vocation, researching the subterranean workings of the occult cryptocracy's orchestration of American history". Hoffman claims to have operated an organic farm and to have lived among the

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for several years. In 1995, Hoffman moved with his family to northern

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. There, he hoped to establish a museum that would detail the "Communist holocaust against Christians" (i.e., the

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), "the holocaust against the Germans", (i.e., the

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and other major German cities in

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), and the "Holocaust against Japan" (i.e., the

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and the

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). Hoffman has written articles for the UK-based magazine '' Fortean Times'', as well as the

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newspaper ''Christian News'' of New Haven, MO, which is published by Otten. He has claimed to have worked as a reporter for the Albany, New York, bureau of the

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. His interests include the alleged occult roots of

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, the command ideology of the Cryptocracy,

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phenomena, and the sacred texts of

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Views

Holocaust denial and the Jews

Hoffman has been described by the

as a "Holocaust denier and anti-Semitic ideologue". Other authorities to call him a Holocaust denier include Michael Barkun of

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and Michael Whine.Stephen E. Atkins,
Holocaust Denial as an International Movement
' (Praeger: 2009), p. 178.Michael Whine, "The Far Right on the Internet" in ''The Governance of Cyberspace: Politics, Technology and Global Restructuring'' (ed. Brian D. Loader: Routledge, 1997), p. 212.

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has asserted: "Antisemitism is prominent... in the worldview of Michael Hoffman II". Hoffman has worked on the projects of

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Tom Metzger and of the Holocaust deniers

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, David Irving, Ernst Zündel, and Herman Otten. Hoffman was the Assistant Director of the

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(!HR), a

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organization for a period. He retains a connection with it. Stephen A. Atkins, in his book, ''Holocaust Denial as an International Movement'' (2009), wrote that Hoffman's newsletter ''Revisionist History'' promotes Holocaust denial and Hoffman contends that "the real Holocaust of World War II was deaths caused by the

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." He quotes Hoffman denying the existence of gas chambers: ''The Great Holocaust Trial: The Landmark Battle for the Right to Doubt the West's Most Sacred Relic'' (1985) is a sympathetic account of the 1980s Canadian trials of Ernst Zündel. At the time, Zündel was required to appear before the

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for "spreading false news", by distributing the Holocaust-denying pamphlet ''

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'' in Canada. Hoffman's book argues that Holocaust denial material should be completely legal to publish. On his

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channel in 2016, Hoffman said: "Judaism’s focus is on self-worship, people who worship themselves, and this is where I see a corollary with Nazis and with what Hitler was doing." He has claimed that Judaism has a positive view of pedophilia and advocates the hatred of non-Jews. He has claimed that early Jewish texts are equivalent to teachings "from the church of Satan".

Irish slavery myth

Hoffman is the author of ''They Were White and They Were Slaves: The Untold Story of Enslavement of Whites in Early America''. The book was self-published in 1993. According to

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, Hoffman is "overtly racist" and "attempts to make the case that the enslavement of whites by commercial interests in Britain and the Americas was worse than the enslavement and genocide of Africans... perpetrated by those same interests." Jensen said "Hoffman's analysis is seriously flawed" but that "his scholarship is impressive, and the story he tells is both interesting and horrifying". The book's espousal of the

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is considered by Liam Hogan (interviewed by the

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in 2016) to be responsible for the notion being absorbed by white supremacists.

Cryptocracy

Hoffman is the author of ''Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare'' which outlines his conspiracy theory of a shadow government or "cryptocracy" that gains power through manipulation of symbols and twilight language. Examples of such "psychodramas," in Hoffman's view, include

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(which connects various centers of

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significance), and the

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, in which Hoffman sees ritualistic elements. The theory of masonic symbolism in the assassination of President Kennedy was first articulated by

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, with whom Hoffman co-authored ''King/Kill-33'' which became the inspiration for a song by

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. Hoffman also states that this ruling cabal is slowly revealing the truth through movies such as '' They Live'' and '' The Matrix'' and other forms of symbolic and subliminal communication. Hoffman has appeared on the Alex Jones radio show to discuss his theories. In a 2002 lecture in Sandpoint, Idaho, Hoffman analyzed the

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terror attack in terms of human

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and

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Publications

Hoffman is the author of these self-published books: *''The Great Holocaust Trial: The Landmark Battle for the Right to Doubt the West's Most Sacred Relic''Originally published in 1985 by the Institute for Historical Review *''Adolf Hitler: Enemy of the German People'' *''They Were White and They Were Slaves: The Untold History of the Enslavement of Whites in Early America'' *''The Israeli Holocaust Against the Palestinians'' (with Moshe Lieberman) *''Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare'' *''Judaism's Strange Gods'' *''Judaism Discovered: A Study of the Anti-Biblical Religion of Racism, Self-Worship, Superstition and Deceit'' *''Usury in Christendom: The Mortal Sin that Was and Now is Not'' *''A Candidate for the Order'' (a novel) *''The Occult Renaissance Church of Rome'' Hoffman has also written the introductions for modern reprints, which he also published, of: * ''The Traditions of the Jews'' by Johann Andreas Eisenmenger * ''The Talmud Tested'' by Alexander McCaul, D.D.

References

External links

Revisionist History
personal website of Michael A. Hoffman II. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffman, Michael A. Ii 1957 births Living people Alt-right writers American people of German descent American people of Italian descent Anti-Masonry American Holocaust deniers State University of New York at Oswego alumni Critics of Judaism Jewish–Christian debate