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on August 10, 2004 “Against Backdrop Of Antisemitic Attacks: Simon Wiesenthal Center Urges New Zealand To Bar Holocaust Denier” The Simon Wiesenthal Center is urging New Zealand to bar convicted racist and Holocaust denier David Irving from entering the country.
In a letter to John Wood , New Zealand’s Ambassador to the U.S., Rabbi Abraham Cooper , ( right ), the Center’s associate dean wrote, “We would like clarification as to whether professional Holocaust denier, David Irving, who was convicted [sic] in the British court for ‘Defaming the dead’ and ‘Incitement to racial hatred’ will be permitted to lecture in your country?
Considering Irving’s track record as a professional hate monger, and the recent multiple desecrations of cemeteries housing Jewish dead in New Zealand, there is every reason to believe that Irving’s racist rhetoric would further antisemitic sentiment in your country.” The letter added, “The Simon Wiesenthal Center also urgently requests an update from New Zealand authorities if any suspects have been identified or apprehended in connection in the spate of anti-Jewish hate crimes.”
In a related development, the Wiesenthal Center welcomed today’s resolution in the New Zealand Parliament condemning antisemitism and all forms of racial hatred, persecution and discrimination following attacks in the past few weeks on Jewish cemeteries in Wellington. The Simon Wiesenthal Center was established in 1977 to draw the lessons of the Holocaust to the analysis of contemporary prejudice. It holds consultative status at the UN, UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the OSCE.
For more information, contact the Wiesenthal Center’s Public Relations Department at (310) 553-9036. ©