Wanna point out that this is not an educator organically advocating for Holocaust denial in the classroom, it's a direct response to the insane anti-CRT legislation passed by Republicans that is now requiring educators to think like this lest they be accused of lawbreaking. 
https://twitter.com/Mike_Hixenbaugh/status/1448725929623175175
I think this quote summarizes it really well, how are teachers supposed to arbitrate what counts as an "opposing" perspective on social issues that meets the arbitrary requirements of a state legislature that isn't thinking about students but about winning bs culture war points.
This same school district reprimanded a 4th grade teacher for having an anti-racist book in her classroom library. It's censorship, the only reason it's not being called that is because republicans created a moral panic to justify wielding the power of the state against teachers.
I don't know why the Holocaust was chosen as the example here, what I do know is that if you're a teacher and your state is passing vague laws that subject you to punishment if you "incorrectly" teach topics that were not that controversial a few years ago...
...you would also start to reconsider how you teach well, everything. And that's entirely the point of anti-CRT legislation, to frighten teachers and school boards out of teaching whatever topic conservatives are freaking out about in any given moment.
Anyone could accuse a teacher of violating the law based on something as little as a book on a shelf and there's little to no standard to determine what is or is not a "controversial topic." As more of these anti-CRT bills are passed we will absolutely see more things like this.
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