Eminent historians, as well as the state of Israel, have condemned a Spanish newspaper for publishing an interview with Holocaust denier David Irving as part of its World War II coverage.

El Mundo's interview, which they say is justified by freedom of expression, saw Irving make statements such as: 'The Holocaust is just a slogan, a product like Kleenex or Xerox printers.'

'They've turned it into a commercial phenomenon, and succeeded in making money out of it - producing films about it which have made millions,' he said.

Israeli ambassador Raphael Schutz called Irving a 'con man' and called it an insult to free speech, legitimate historians and to those reading it.

Irving went on: 'Until the 1970s [the Holocaust] was just a speck of dust on the horizon. The proof is that it doesn't appear in any of the biographies of the great leaders of the Second World War. But from then on it became fashionable

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