A French court yesterday ordered the publishers of the encyclopedia-like reference book called Quid to remove from its next edition a revisionist historian's claim that the figure of 6 million Jewish deaths during the Holocaust was grossly exaggerated. According to a report by the Associated Press, five French Jewish groups took legal actions against the books' publishers claiming that French law deems it illegal to publish revisionist theories. While the court ruled that the publishers of Quid did not have to retract the 300,000 copies of its 2003 edition, they would be forced to remove the passages in its 2004 edition as well as from its Internet website. A representative of the Jewish groups said that he was satisfied by the court's decision.