Erik Haaest

Erik Haaest (14 March 1935 – 23 January 2012) was a controversial Danish journalist and author.^[1]

Erik Haaest
Born	Erik Hansen 14 March 1935 Toftegaard, Hundslev, Kølstrup, Denmark
Died	23 January 2012(2012-01-23) (aged 76)[1]
Nationality	Danish
Occupation(s)	Journalist and author
Known for	Books on Danish pro-Nazi collaborators

On 18 July 2007 the newspaper Information wrote that Haaest in September 1977 had published a pamphlet asserting that the Nazi concentration camp gas chambers never existed and that the Diary of Anne Frank was a forgery. This caused the Danish Arts Council to be condemned since it had funded Haaest's research into Danes who had served in the SS.^[2] Information subsequently brought a retort from Haaest where he claimed to have been deliberately misquoted and referred to the allegations as an outrageous lie made to discredit and sabotage his authorship regarding Danish pro-Nazi collaborators.^[3]