I have always been curious about why and how the Holocaust has spawned new anti-Semitic tropes, such as Holocaust denial. Anthony Julius famously wrote in Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England that, “[T]he Holocaust should have altogether put paid to anti-Semitism. It should have rebutted once and for all the principal anti-Semitic fantasy of malign Jewish power; it should have satiated the appetite of the most murderous anti-Semites for Jewish death. And yet instead it precipitated new versions or tropes.” I wonder why this is. While it would be naïve to assume that all anti-Semitic thought died along with the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, the question is, why and how has a regime that had no other clear principle except murderous hatred of the Jews become the vehicle, at least in the way it is remembered, for further anti-Jewish resentment and hatred? I took the opportunity to try to understand the reasons for, and the impact of two Holocaust spawned tropes that have become commonplace in discourses around the Israel / Palestine conflict here in the UK, when I was invited to present a paper on ‘anti-Semitism and the Holocaust’ at a recent conference in Brazil. Known as ‘Holocaust Inversion’ and ‘The Livingstone Formulation’ respectively, I chose these tropes because they were used earlier this year by a member of parliament in the coalition government and a by court of law, not only to criticise Israel, but also to criticise and insult Jews. I gave my paper, titled, ‘Political and Legal Judgment: Misuses of the Holocaust in the UK’ on May 23rd at the international and multidisciplinary II Coloquio Internacional Politicas, Direitos, Eticas, which was hosted by Rio de Janeiro State University. My presentation can be viewed at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xsVLfcAU5s0