The ADL: More about the “monitors” — Jan 2005

" The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of B'nai Brith, USA other traditional enemies of Free Speech: Anti-Nazi League Australian Government Australian B'nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission Board of Deputies of British Jews Center for Democratic Renewal, Atlanta Canadian Jewish Congress Canadian League of Human Rights of the B'nai Brith Coalition for Human Dignity, Oregon Community Security Trust of Board of Deputies German Government Jewish Telegraph Agency Searchlight and Gerald Gable Simon Wiesenthal Center Surfwatch Internet censorship The Proof of a Smear Campaign organised by the New-York based "Anti-Defamation League" and the International Jewish Community against a British Author A copy of this libellous secret report was furnished anonymously to Mr Irving a few days after its secret distribution world-wide. He at once wrote a stiff letter of protest to its American-Jewish author, Justin Finger.

ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE OF B'NAl B'RITH 823 United Nations Plaza New York N Y 10017 MEMORANDUM To: ADL Regional Offices From: Justin J. Finger Date: July 6, 1983 Subject: Special Backgrounder: David Irving British author David Irving has been of concern to ADL , as well as to the Jewish community generally, since the 1977 publication of his book Hitler's War , in which he promoted the outrageous notion that Hitler was unaware of the existence of Nazi death camps and did not order the genocidal "Final Solution" carried out against European Jewry.

[1] Since that time Irving has become involved in activities sponsored by Gerhard Frey, publisher of the far-right West German newspaper National Zeitung (including a memorial meeting dedicated to Hans-Ulrich Rudel, "ace" pilot of Hitler's Luftwaffe), and by the Deutsche Volksunion (DVU), a group also headed by Frey that seeks to end all war-crimes trials. [2] Over the years, Irving's writings have sought to rehabilitate the image of Hitler and the Third Reich. Now we have learned that Irving is scheduled to be a featured speaker at the upcoming Labor Day convention, in the Los Angeles area, of the Institute for Historical Review, the pseudo-academic propaganda outfit inspired by Liberty Lobby's Willis Carto and dedicated to denying the reality of the Holocaust.

The attached background report, prepared by Assistant Research Director Alan Schwartz, refutes Irving's distortions and sets the record straight with regard to historical fact by quoting from a wide range of renowned historians and experts on the Nazi period. It is not yet clear whether Irving will make other public appearances. Should he surface in your region, please notify the Fact Finding Department and your Civil Rights Coordinator. In the meantime, this fact sheet can serve as an effective response to inquiries about Irving and his work. We gratefully acknowledge the editorial guidance provided by Dr. Lucy Dawidowicz, the eminent historian of the Holocaust, during the preparation of this paper. JJF:bl att.