Did
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Posted on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 6:52
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Report:
Holocaust-denial activity increased worldwide in
2007
![click for origin](../../../pictures/RadDiTrans2.gif) David
Irving comments: |
THESE people are
obsessed, and should seek help; I feel
inclined to shout, Go get a
Life! Except that they might
misread that as Go Take a Life
-- "Kill Tryl!" Of course,
without "holocaust denial", whatever
that is, this Institute would have no
raison d'être. Just as the security
services of Europe have had their eyes
fixed on the "extremist right" ever
since Joseph Stalin died, and
then the Berlin Wall came down, and
their jobs were threatened. One almost feels
sorry for them. Almost, but not
quite. And what are we to
make of this pricless piece of
pseudo-scientific piffle: The
report found that Holocaust-denial
activity increased worldwide in 2007,
following a lull in 2006 due to the
imprisonment of leading denier David
Irving, in Austria. How on earth did they prove that?
"Due to" -- did these selfless scholars
stand in white lab smocks in Fifth
Avenue with clipboards, blinking
through their thick-lensed glasses and
flagging down pedestrians? "Is your Holocaust
Denial level Up or Down,
Sir/Madam?" "Marginally up?
Shocking. Why would that be?" "Oh, Mr Irving's
release from solitary confinement in a
two-centuries old Viennese jail is to
blame is it?" (Right, we'll soon fix
that). AS for the European Union urging
"all its member-states to adopt
legislation prohibiting Holocaust
denial" - what would we think if the US
Congress adopted legislation
prohibiting historians from speculating
about Pearl Harbor, or September 11,
2001? Perish the
thought. |
Source: Press Release:
David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies
(12-27-07)HOLOCAUST-denial activity
increased worldwide in 2007, following a
temporary lull in 2006, according to this year's
annual report on Holocaust-denial activity
around the world.
The year-end report, Holocaust Denial: A
Global Survey - 2007, is published by The David
S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, which
is based in Washington, D.C. The report's
co-authors are Holocaust
scholars
Dr. Rafael Medoff, below, director
of the Wyman Institute, and Dr. Alex
Grobman, right, coauthor of the book
Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never
Happened and Why Do They Say It?
The report found that Holocaust-denial
activity increased worldwide in 2007, following
a lull in 2006 due to the
imprisonment of leading denier David
Irving, in Austria. In 2007, Irving
returned to the lecture circuit, and other
deniers continued their efforts in various
countries, including holding a conference in
Italy to defend Holocaust-denial. At the same
time, however, efforts by some European
governments, especially Germany and Austria, to
prosecute Holocaust-deniers helped curb the
extent of denial activity.
The report also found that in the Middle
East, some Arab and Muslim regimes continued to
sponsor Holocaust denial and sought to impede UN
resolutions opposing denial." The government of
Iran went so far as to organize a conference of
Holocaust deniers in Teheran. In addition, a
poll found a substantial level of Holocaust
denial among Israeli Arabs.
At
the same time, the report cited several hopeful
developments: a prominent Muslim figure, the
former prime minister of Indonesia, condemned
Holocaust denial; the United Nations General
Assembly and UNESCO both passed resolutions
opposing Holocaust denial; and the European
Union urged all its member-states to adopt
legislation prohibiting Holocaust denial.
![Jerusalem Post](../../std/masthead/JerusalemPost2.gif)
December 30, 2007Holocaust
denial up since Irving released, report
says
By Etgar
Lefkovits
HOLOCAUST denial increased
around the world during 2007, following a
temporary lull last year, a report released this
weekend found.
The annual report, "Holocaust Denial: A
Global Survey - 2007," published by the
Washington-based David S. Wyman Institute for
Holocaust Studies, found that Holocaust-denial
activity was up worldwide, following a drop in
2006 due to the
imprisonment in Austria of leading denier
David Irving.
Irving returned to the lecture circuit this
year after his release, and other Holocaust
deniers continued their activities in various
countries, including holding a conference in
Italy to defend Holocaust-denial, the report
said.
In the Middle East, the report said, some
Arab and Muslim regimes continued to sponsor
Holocaust denial, with the government of Iran
organizing an internationally-condemned
conference of Holocaust deniers in Teheran.
At
the same time, the report cited several hopeful
developments: The former prime minister of
Indonesia, a prominent Muslim figure, has
condemned Holocaust denial; the United Nations
General Assembly and UNESCO have both passed
resolutions opposing Holocaust denial; the
European Union has urged all its member states
to adopt legislation prohibiting Holocaust
denial; and efforts by some European
governments, especially Germany and Austria, to
prosecute Holocaust-deniers have helped curb
denial activity.
Dr. Rafael Medoff, right, the
director of the Wyman Institute, said Sunday
there was much the West could do to combat
Holocaust-denial.
"When European governments prosecuted
individual Holocaust-deniers, it led to a
decrease in denial activity overall," he said.
"But when there was leniency, such as releasing
David Irving from prison early, it had the
opposite effect. In addition, American and
European aid to Arab or Muslim regimes that
sponsor Holocaust-denial could be used as
leverage to persuade them to change."![](../../std/dings/square.gif)
Medoff co-authored the year-end report
with Holocaust
scholar
Dr. Alex Grobman.