Our* understanding of, and the importance we attach to, the fate of the Jews in WWII (what is now solely referred to as 'the Holocaust') (Revisionists-in-the-know might call the pair of these things, our understanding of it and the importance we attach to it, "Holocaustism") has been an evolving issue since the 1940s. I would propose that "Holocaustism," if we can date such things to single years, begins in 1978 with the Holocaust miniseries on U.S. television, which, this was before cable TV and so on, was watched by an incredible 49% share of all households who watched TV on the nights it aired (in four parts).

Before the late 1970s, the issue of the fate of the Jews was murkier, the capitalized term 'Holocaust' did not exist, and the fate of the Jews was not as hyper-emphasized as it is today and by the 1970s Germans were just as often seen as victims, or the entire war was more and more seen as a heroic tragedy than a morality play of Evil Germans gassing Jews (as it became later).

The year 1978, besides being the year of the 'Holocaust' TV series, was also the year that (1) Ernst Zundel first got involved in Revisionism -- I have heard Ernst became converted to Revisionism after reading Dr. Butz' Hoax of the Twentieth Century (published 1976), (2) The IHR was first organized by Willis Carto as a scholarly platform for Holocaust and other historical Revisionists, (3) Le Monde published Dr. Faurisson's article in which he proclaims "the non-existence" and concludes saying that their non-existence "is good news for humanity. Good news which it would be wrong to keep hidden any longer."

By the 1990s, the 'Holocaust' had largely become the cornerstone of the Western political mind. The Holocaust-Pushers seemed to have won and Zundel and the Revisionists seem to have lost, but put up a good fight with Zundel at the very front.

If you agree with we that Holocaustism begins in 1978, then next year, 2018, will make forty years of Holocaustism, and also forty years of Revisionism. Zundel was alive for thirty-nine of them, and very active for the first ten or so, somewhat active for the next fifteen or so, then in the prison systems of three countries (Canada, USA, Germany) for about seven, and quiet for the last seven (under threat of a return to prison in Germany). He will be remembered as a member of the first generation of revisionists of the Holocaustian Era. He will be remembered for being right from the very beginning, from AD 1978, or Holocaustism Year One.