Salvador Borrego
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Salvador Borrego is a revisionist Mexican
journalist
who has written several books which have been described by several prominent historians as revisionist history
.
His works include Derrota Mundial (Worldwide Defeat), in which he claims that the defeat of Adolf Hitler
and Nazi Germany
was a defeat for the entire world because the Nazis were fighting against what they believed to be an international Jewish plan to take over the world. In America Peligra (America in Danger), he adapts the story of the alleged international Jewish conspiracy to provide what he claims to be the true account of the unfolding of historical events in Mexico
and Latin America
.
His work has been criticized by Mexican intellectuals, as well as by Tribuna Israelita and other human rights
groups who argue that his ideas are lacking in historical fact and are antisemitic propaganda. On the other hand, he has been praised by writer José Vasconcelos
who wrote in the prologue for the book Derrota Mundial, "This is one of the most important books ever written in America". The book is now at its 48th edition.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
who has written several books which have been described by several prominent historians as revisionist history
Historical revisionism (negationism)
Historical revisionism is either the legitimate scholastic re-examination of existing knowledge about a historical event, or the illegitimate distortion of the historical record such that certain events appear in a more or less favourable light. For the former, i.e. the academic pursuit, see...
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His works include Derrota Mundial (Worldwide Defeat), in which he claims that the defeat of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
and Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
was a defeat for the entire world because the Nazis were fighting against what they believed to be an international Jewish plan to take over the world. In America Peligra (America in Danger), he adapts the story of the alleged international Jewish conspiracy to provide what he claims to be the true account of the unfolding of historical events in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
.
His work has been criticized by Mexican intellectuals, as well as by Tribuna Israelita and other human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
groups who argue that his ideas are lacking in historical fact and are antisemitic propaganda. On the other hand, he has been praised by writer José Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos Calderón was a Mexican writer, philosopher and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities in the development of modern Mexico. His philosophy of "indigenismo" affected all aspects of Mexican sociocultural, political, and economic...
who wrote in the prologue for the book Derrota Mundial, "This is one of the most important books ever written in America". The book is now at its 48th edition.