Prominent conservative media personality Candace Owens ignited a firestorm of controversy when she made a series of false claims about World War II and the Holocaust.

Owens’ comments, which downplayed the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany, have drawn swift and widespread condemnation from a variety of public figures and organizations.

In the video, titled ‘Literally Hitler. Why Can’t We Talk About Him?’, Owens questioned the taboo that surrounds discussions of Hitler and Nazi Germany, and suggested that education about this period amounts to “indoctrination” akin to “Soviet tactics.” She further claimed that the portrayal of Hitler as the “greatest evil” is not factually or statistically accurate.

Owens said, “Some of the stories, by the way, sound completely absurd… They just cut a human up and sewed them back together? Why would you do that?… Literally, even if you’re the most evil person in the world, that’s a...