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Faurisson Convicted of Questioning Gas Chambers

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell On April 18, 1991 Professor Robert Faurisson was convicted of violating France's peculiar law against questioning “the existence of one or more crimes against humanity as defined by Article 6 of [the charter of] the International Military Tribunal, annexed to the London Agreement of August 8,…

David Cole: Portrait

On January 2, 1998, David Cole renounced Holocaust revisionism and all of the work that he had done for the cause of historical truth. Many people are wondering what happened. What brought on this change of heart? From all appearances it was a result of threats made against him by the Jewish Defense League (JDL)….

Museum Protester Attacked and Beaten

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell David Willcox was among the protesters when the Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated. He waved a Palestinian flag. “I thought that somehow that day we had to make a presence for the Palestinians,” he said. Later that day he was attacked and beaten. Michael Schneider, self-identified…

Revisionist Historian Suffers Savage Beating

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell One of Europe's most prominent Holocaust revisionists, Dr. Robert Faurisson, was severely injured in a nearly fatal attack on September 16, 1989. After spraying a stinging gas into his face, temporarily blinding him, three assailants punched Dr. Faurisson to the ground and then repeatedly kicked him…

Free Speech Denied at Berkeley

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell On October 13, at the University of California at Berkeley, the university chancellor cancelled a hall contract for British historian David Irving. It was claimed that the last minute cancellation was due to insufficient security resources. The organizers of Mr. Irving's lecture were forced to move…

German General Sentenced To Imprisonment

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell A German court has sentenced Otto-Ernst Remer, an 80-year-old retired army general, to 22 months imprisonment for publishing articles disputing wartime mass killings at Auschwitz in gas chambers. On October 22, 1992, a criminal court in Schweinfurt found Remer guilty of “popular incitement” and “incitement to…

French Investigate Garaudy for Holocaust Revisionism

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell A French magistrate launched a probe into French historian, Roger Garaudy on allegations that he illegally questioned established beliefs about the holocaust. Garaudy commented that he had “done nothing wrong'' in his work, The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics. This action is the latest in a…

Abbe Pierre Condemned for Support of Revisionist

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell Abbe Pierre, a Roman Catholic priest known for championing France's poor and homeless was condemned for supporting the author of a book that presents revisionist arguments which cast doubt on more traditional beliefs about the holocaust. Abbe Pierre, 83, is regularly shown by opinion polls to…

History Denied as Publisher Buckles to Pressure

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell St. Martin's Press has canceled publication of British historian David Irving's long-awaited biography of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels due to growing criticism from several Jewish groups. The American publisher had been standing up to the extreme pressure and gave statements in March that Mr. Irving's critics…

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