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Atlanta Journal
21 October 1992
Atlanta Journal- ConstitutionOctober 21, 1992
Sarah Anne Minkin, a 16-year-old protester who attends Riverwood High School, said she made a trip with Jewish organizations earlier this year to Poland where she visited Auschwitz and other camps where Jews were imprisoned.
“There’s no way for me not to be here,” she said.
Mr. Irving’s speech was interrupted four times by shouts of “Nazi, Nazi” and “Shame, Shame.” One audience member yelled at the protesters, and police quickly escorted those disrupting the speech out of the room.
Mr. Irving told an audience of about 100, including some protesters who paid $6 for a ticket, that no documents have turned up proving Hitler carried out a systematic extermination of Jews. The appearance by Mr. Irving, who is banned from Canada [1] and Germany because of his views, was booked at the community center by city employees who knew nothing about him, Smyrna officials said.
Mr. Dickson thanked the audience for braving the “harassment” of the protesters. Several audience members, including a “skinhead” dressed in black, declined to give their names to a reporter.
A story in the Marietta Daily Journal, October 21, 1992 amplifies:
“Demonstrators from ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), the Center for Democratic Rrenewal and the AFL-CIO [trades union] made their presence felt outside and inside the community center … At one point, Irving turned the podium over to a demonstrator, Daniel Levitas, executive director of the Center for Democratic Renewal.” [However:] “Levitas called Irving several names while in front of the audience before police could remove him.”
See witness statement by Daniel Levitas