A heads up for Down Under: for readers in Australia and NZ

• Joel S Hayward [thesis]: The Fate of Jews in German Hands (900K .zip file, expands to a 1 MB pdf file: requires Acrobat Reader)*
• Dr Thomas A Fudge: "The Fate of Joel Hayward in New Zealand Hands: from holocaust historian to holocaust?" (fully annotated original article, pdf file: requires Acrobat Reader)*
• Dr Joel S Hayward: Profile
• Dr Joel S Hayward, of Massey University, New Zealand, has posted this contribution to the German Armed Forces in WWII Online Forum on the Internet on November 5, 1998
• Dr Joel S Hayward: David Irving, the Third Reich and the Holocaust
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• The Guardian, May 18, 2000: University gave MA for thesis denying Holocaust
• David Cohen in The Jerusalem Report, May 29, 2000: University won't revoke degree for student who queried the Holocaust
• Joel S. A. Hayward: Stopped at Stalingrad. The Luftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East, 1942-1943 (Univ. Press of Kansas), 1998 [extract praising David Irving's Hitler's War]
• Professor Richard ("Hired Gun") Evans hired to destroy career of New Zealand academic Dr Joel Hayward
• Finding by New Zealand university board that Prof Evans was not neutral or objective in Hayward inquiry, but motivated by malice
• Chronicle of Higher Education reports on Joel Hayward case
• New Zealand: Dec 2000 Canterbury University Working party report:
  • Covering letter
  • Joel Hayward Working Party Report
  • Executive Summary
  • University's apology to NZ Jewish Community
  • University's news site
• Outgoing Israeli ambassador's outrage at NZ universities' attitude on "Holocaust denial"
• NZ Univ Chancellor Prof Gould, threatened to resign if inquiry into the enrolment of an alleged neo-Nazi Hans-Joachim Hupka went ahead
• The Listener (NZ) correspondence Nov 2002 on the Hayward case: "Like the Mafia, Holocaust deniers never like to let go -- a lesson that Dr Joel Hayward has learnt the hard way."
• July 2003: Holocaust scholar at heart of 'book burning' row | 'Book-burners' feared libel suit
• July 2003 The Fate of Joel Hayward in New Zealand Hands: From Holocaust Historian to Holocaust? part I | Part II : New Zealand Herald excoriates Richard "Skunk" Evans, states the unthinkable: "There seems to be a determination . . . to silence inquiry into the facts of the Holocaust." | New Zealand Herald editorial belatedly supports Hayward, condemns Canterbury University history department
• July 2003: Profile in NZ Sunday Star Times: "Death threats and breakdowns - the Holocaust thesis destroyed my life" | NZ Herald: "Holocaust thesis ruined my life says historian" | Wife's reader's letter, Husband is Joel Hayward, not Joel Holocaust | More NZ reader's letters on the Joel Hayward case
• David Cohen in NZ National Business Review scoffs at fears of backlash against the Jews over the Hayward Case: "Media watch: Open minds, empty minds and the Holocaust"
• Canberra MP Rodney Hide signs petition calling on University to recompense Joel Hayward
• Aug 19, 2003: University chief's job in doubt. The position of Canterbury (NZ) University Vice-Chancellor Roy Sharp to be reviewed after Hayward scandal
• Richard J. Evans defends himself: Academic standards the issue, not freedom; he was asked by New Zealand Jewish Council to destroy Joel Hayward's reputation | Evans publishes essentially the same article in the Christchurch press | Hayward replies, reminding us that Evans was highly paid to destroy him
• Dozens of NZ community leaders and academics sign petition in major NZ newspapers condemning treatment of non conformist historian Joel Hayward | The petition (pdf, 56K)* | Hayward not surprised by move
• Lecturer Fudge warns he will stay at university to battle for academic freedom
• NZ Academic Martin Lally corresponds with Prof Richard 'Skunky' Evans on whether universities should accept theses on 'Holocaust denial' | NZ Journalist Philip Matthews asks Lally how his correspondence with Evans is being leaked to this website
• Yahoo, Aug 26, 2003: Canterbury University's treatment of Holocaust detractor Joel Hayward has prompted a campaign to clear his name, involving academics and political figures
• Professor Martin Lally comments on two newspaper editorials about the Joel Hayward petition | Christchurch Press opinion, "History lessons," on Joel Hayward case | Wellington Dominion-Post opinion, "Academic Freedom must apply to all"
• The Listener article smears Hayward and "deniers" | Reader's letter by Martin Lally to The Listener | Other letters about this article
• Canterbury University (NZ) Council passes two resolutions in Sept 2003 rejecting complaints by Dr Thomas Fudge of book burning and loss of academic freedom in Hayward Case | Dr Fudge's letter of response to these resolutions | letter from Martin Lally's committee circulating these items

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