G. was raised by Catholic and atheist parents, then became a Protestant, later a Catholic, and finally a Muslim. During World War II, G. was imprisoned in Djelfa, Algeria, as a prisoner of war of Vichy France. In the postwar years he was elected to public office several times as a member of the French Communist Party, and served as their 'in-house philosopher' until his expulsion in 1970, due to his criticism of the U.S.S.R. G. has written over 50 books, chiefly on Marxist themes.

In the winter of 1995-96, G. published a work with the title 'The Foundation Myths of Israeli Politics' (Les mythes fondateurs de la politique israélienne). In this book - quoting extensively from material by Dr. Faurisson (without attribution) and by Barbara Kulaszka's book "Did Six Million Really Die?" (with attribution) - G. claims that Jews under Nazi control died of starvation and disease, not poison gas, presenting the 'holocaust' merely as an excuse for the aggressive policies of the State of Israel. In February 1998, Garaudy was convicted by the Paris Court of First Instance on the basis of this book to a suspended jail sentence of several years and to a fine of 120,000 Francs. French courts consequently banned the book. G. appealed this decision to the European Court of Human Rights, but the appeal was rejected. 

In 2001, G. and others were invated to a large conference on 'Revisionism and Zionism' , to take place in Beirut in the spring of 2001, yet was cancelled at the last minute due to international protest. G. has lived in south of Spain, near Córdoba, for over 20 years.
 
 
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