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We're
not looking to create a big media
storm. We're not going in there with
'David Irving's a liar' on banners, we
are just handing out fact sheets to
people that are there. ![](../../std/dings/quoteend.gif)
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![The Age](../../std/masthead/Age.gif)
Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, July 9,
2003 Protest
planned for Irving film JEWISH students will stage a
protest outside tomorrow night's Melbourne
screening of a film by Holocaust denier David
Irving. Australasian Union of Jewish Students Victorian
vice-president Geoffrey Kozminsky said a
candle-lit service, including a speech from a
Holocaust survivor, would be held outside the
Melbourne theatre. "It's not going to be a rally. It's a small
ceremony ... we'll be handing out pamphlets to
people coming in about the Holocaust," Mr Kozminsky
said. The Jewish Community
Council of Victoria (JCCV) lost its bid on
Monday for a temporary injunction preventing the
screening, but will appeal the decision in the
Supreme Court on the grounds the film incites
hatred against Jews. Mr Kozminsky said the group had considered the
possibility of attracting more publicity for Mr
Irving and would endeavour to keep the protest
low-key. "We're not looking to create a big media storm.
We're not going in there with 'David Irving's a
liar' on banners, we are just handing out fact
sheets to people that are there," he said. The film: The Search for the Truth in
History, was made in response to the refusal to
allow the British historian entry to Australia in
1993. A Melbourne Underground Film Festival
spokeswoman said security would be bolstered at the
screening at the Bughouse Omniplex in Flinders
Lane, and police had been informed. She said the festival had received up to 500
phone inquires regarding ticket sales for the
film.![](../../std/dings/square.gif) - AAP ![](../../std/dings/related.gif)
Gerard Henderson
writes of Intellectual garbage by David
Irving
Australia's Jews
protest plans to screen a film made by
Irving
Feb 1993: "The
Search for Truth in History", videotaped
speech to Australians, after Labour Government
refused David Irving permission for a third
tour
Sam
Lipski reviews Irving video in The
Australian, May 21, 1993
May
30, 1993: Australian newspapers report: "Israeli
secret agents linked with bugging" device
found in Irving Video Censorship Bureau
Jeremy
Jones, Oct 27, 1994: Film Scheduled, Dropped by
Adelaide Television
How
Jews tried to ban Irving speech video: An inside
glimpse
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