I actually know two old guys from Gemany and they would probably be considered "Holocaust deniers" back in Germany. They don't actually deny the whole thing, but they deny responsibility and claim that the numbers the Nazis killed are inflated and that other countries were either participating or choosing to look the other way because they really didn't mind. Passive participation I guess you could say.
I'm not sure if that is similar to what this guy was thinking, but I agree that they are dangerous ideas. I'm not actually a supporter of free speech without boundaries set by cultural acceptance, so this doesn't really bother me too much. For obvious reasons, the German and Austrian cultures are going to be more sensative to this particular issue.
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