Thursday, April 22, 2004 "HD"-obsession
score=8 Press
Release by Wyman Institute 'The Nation'
Cuts Ties to
Holocaust-Denial
Group after Complaint
by Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies -
- To: National Desk
- Contact: Rafael Medoff of the David S. Wyman
Institute for Holocaust Studies,
215-635-5622
PHILADELPHIA, April 22 [U.S. Newswire]
-- In response to a complaint by
The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies,
The Nation -- one of America's leading
weekly magazines -- has adopted a new policy of
refusing to accept paid advertisements from
Holocaust-deniers. Wyman Institute director Dr. Rafael
Medoff said: "The Nation deserves praise for
its swift and decisive action to end its
relationship with
Holocaust-deniers. It
has affirmed the principle that those who deny the
Holocaust are 'fraudulent' and hate-mongers, who
should be treated as pariahs by civilized
society." The controversy began when an advertisement from
a Holocaust- denying
organization, the Institute for Historical Review
(IHR), appeared in the latest issue of The
Nation (which is dated May 3, 2004). The IHR ad
promoted a new book which, it said, "dissects the
most sacred of Jewish-Zionist icons, the Holocaust
story." Wyman Institute director Dr. Rafael Medoff sent
a letter to The Nation on April 21, 2004,
protesting the publication of the IHR ad as well as
the "sponsored link" by The Nation which appears on
the web site of the Institute for Historical
Review. ( http://www.ihr.org ) Dr. Medoff wrote:
"Holocaust-deniers are
not offering a legitimate alternative viewpoint.
They are in the business of hate-mongering. They
should not be in The Nation, and The
Nation should not be on their web site." Dr. Medoff said that The Nation's link to
the IHR "is especially troubling in view of The
Nation's proud history as one of the few
prominent American publications to speak out,
during the Holocaust, for the rescue of Jews from
Hitler. . . A business relationship with
Holocaust-deniers
today sullies that proud record." His letter
concluded: "We therefore urge you to sever The
Nation's relationship with the Institute for
Historical Review and to publicly affirm the
principle of refusing to accept advertisements from
the IHR and similar groups in the future." The Wyman Institute has received a letter from
The Nation's advertising spokesman, Leigh
Novog, dated April 21, 2004, announcing that
the Wyman Institute's protest "prompted a meeting
of The Nation's Advertising Acceptability
Committee." The conclusion of the meeting, Novog
wrote, was that "(T)here is a strong presumption
against censoring any advertisement, especially if
we disagree with its politics. This case, however,
is different. Their arguments are 'patently
fraudulent.' The magazine has requested the
advertiser, The Institute for Historical Review not
run advertising in future issues." ------NOTE:
The Wyman Institute publishes the only annual
report on Holocaust-denial
around the world. 'Holocaust
Denial:
A Global Survey - 2003,' by Dr. Alex Grobman and
Dr. Rafael Medoff, can be found at
http://www.WymanInstitute.org ABOUT
THE WYMAN INSTITUTE: The David S. Wyman Institute
for Holocaust Studies, located on the campus of
Gratz College (near Philadelphia), is a research
and education institute focusing on America's
response to the Holocaust. It is named in honor of
the eminent historian and author of the 1984
best-seller The Abandonment of the Jews, the most
important and influential book concerning the U.S.
response to the Nazi genocide. The
Institute's Advisory Committee includes Nobel Peace
Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel, Members of
Congress, and other luminaries. The
Institute's Academic Council includes 45 leading
professors of the Holocaust, American history, and
Jewish history. The
Institute's Arts & Letters Council, chaired by
Cynthia Ozick, includes prominent artists,
writers, musicians, and filmmakers. (A complete
list is available upon request.) 
Website
of the Institute for Historical Review
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