26.3.02

Auschwitz-museum to put names of prisoners online
The Museum plans to place the names of thousands of prisoners on its website in 2002. A database covering people who were registered in the camp has been compiled on the basis of extant documentation.
The museum has more information here.
posted by Mikkel at 06:18

23.3.02

Holocaust-deniers schedule conference in June
The flagship of anti-semitism and Holocaust-denial, 'The Institute for Historical Review' has scheduled another conference in June. The list of speakers include the old vanguard of Holocaust-denial, but interestingly enough does not include any of the rising "stars" of this pseudo-scientifc movement such as Germar Rudolf, Carlo Mattogno or Jürgen Graf. The omission of Germar Rudolf is particularly puzzling since he is currently living in exile in the US.
If you want to check the list of speakers, click here.
Getting entrance to this conference might pose a problem with these self-styled champions of freedom of speech though, as they "reserve the right to refuse admission to anyone".

posted by Mikkel at 14:14

22.3.02

Switzerland 'helped Nazi Germany'
An independent investigation into Switzerland's wartime past has published a report which concludes that the country largely ignored moral and ethical issues.
BBC news has the story here.
posted by Mikkel at 14:49

7.3.02

Jewish cemeteries in Germany desecrated
Several tombstones and graves were dececrated at a Jewish cemetery in the German city of Rostock. Earlier this year cemeteries in the towns of Grabow and Boizenburg were also dececrated by suspected right-wing extremists. Holocaust-memorials in the towns of Raben Steinfeld and Wöbbelin have also recently been vandalized.
According to the German Minestry of the Interior 1400 antisemitic crimes were committed in the year 2000, compared to an average of 800-900 the previous 3 years.
Read the whole article (in Danish) here.
posted by Mikkel at 14:09

5.3.02

Seminars and lectures at the Danish Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies this spring
The Danish Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies has put it's schedule of arrangements this spring online here.
posted by Mikkel at 04:46

4.3.02

David Irving bankrupt
The British Holocaust-denier David Irving has been declared bankrupt at the High Court in London. David Irving faces a legal bill of an estimated 2 mio. pounds. The bill is a consequence of his failed legal attempt to prevent American scholar Deborah Lipstadt from labeling him a Holocaust-denier.
Read the story at BBC here or at The Times here.
posted by Mikkel at 09:52

3.3.02

David Irving's financial backers
The Guardian has an interesting article about the financial backers of the court-certified racist, anti-semite and Holocaust-denier David Irving. The article is written by D.D. Guttenplan, author of The Holocaust on Trial. Click here to read.
posted by Mikkel at 18:12

1.3.02

David Irving' selective memory
David Irving lost the libel trial that saw him branded a racist. But, as the winners take him back to court to claim their due, Irving seems to have forgotten his defeat. It wouldn't be the first time his memory has been shown to be selective....
Read the whole article here
posted by Niels Ivar at 02:47