Swedish politician resigns after Holocaust denial

Published on April 10, 2013

A Swedish local politician who resigned after questioning the Holocaust became the third public figure to be embroiled in scandals involving anti-Semitism in Sweden in recent weeks.

A Turkish Muslim perspective on Yom HaShoah

Published on April 8, 2013

When people of reason and conscience look back on the subject of Shoah (otherwise known as the Holocaust) today, it is common to hear questions like: "How could a nation of philosophers, composers of classical music, technology, poets, in this seat of the Enlightenment itself, suddenly give vent to savagery not seen since the Dark Ages? How could such dreadful, inhumane impulses seize every apparatus of a nation and cause it to commit such atrocities?"

German university fires professor for denying Holocaust

Published on March 15, 2013

The University of Aachen in Germany fired historian Vladimir Iliescu for claiming the Holocaust never happened in Romania.

Holocaust-denying bishop expelled from radical Catholic sect

Published on October 24, 2012

Bishop Richard Williamson, who has denied the Holocaust, was expelled from a radical Catholic sect for disobeying his superiors. Williamson was expelled from the Society of Saint Pius X, which opposes Church reforms decided by the second Vatican Council, the society said Wednesday. The British bishop is opposed to recent society efforts to reintegrate into the Catholic Church.

Italian Prime Minister says he will stand by country’s Jews

Published on October 17, 2012

Italy’s prime minister promised Italian Jews he would stand beside them in the fight against anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.

Auschwitz museum won’t let Holocaust denier lead tour

Published on September 22, 2010

The Auschwitz museum will not allow Holocaust denier David Irving to give a tour at the site of the former concentration camp.

Denying the Deniers

Published on April 16, 2009

This month marks nine years since Holocaust denier David Irving lost his libel suit against historian and scholar Deborah Lipstadt, who chronicled her battle against him in the book, “History on Trial: My Day in Court With David Irving” (HarperCollins, 2005). Lipstadt, the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, has just unveiled the translations of the popular “Myths & Facts” sheets, which help refute deniers with historical evidence, in Arabic, Farsi, Turkish and Russian.

The professor the anti-Semites love

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 8, 2008

Kevin MacDonald had just completed the first in a series of books that would come to define him.MacDonald, 64, has been deemed America's "foremost anti-Semitic thinker" by civil rights experts.

New U.N. chief puts priority on Israeli-Palestinian peace

Published on January 4, 2007

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Living in Denial

By James D
Published on April 6, 2000

Arab Anti-Semitism Batters Peace Process