By David Merlin ∙ February 27, 2016
I am a member of CODOH and am responding to an article published in your paper regarding Bradley Smith, the Krema I building at Auschwitz, and accusations of Anti-Semitism. Mr. Smith failed to respond not from indifference to the University of Vermont or rudeness but because he died on February 18. His e-mail was not…
By David Merlin ∙ February 12, 2015
Suzanne Nossel Executive Director PEN[email protected]Karin Deutsch Karlekar Director of Free Expression Programs[email protected]Katy Glenn Bass Deputy Director of Free Expression Programs[email protected]Shreya Balhara Free Expression Coordinator[email protected] Dear PEN- I am writing in response to Executive Director Nossel's recent letter regarding the release of reporter Jason Rezaian and poets Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Medhi Mousavi. Thank you for the…
By David Merlin ∙ February 13, 2016
God-given: Dieudonné M'bala M'bala On January 28, 2016, French and Asian media reported that the French comedian with revisionist sympathies Dieudonné M'bala M'bala was arrested at Hong Kong airport after French and Israeli diplomatic interventions claiming that "his planned appearances […] could have led to disorder and even violence if they went ahead." (see The Asia Times…
By David Merlin ∙ January 26, 2016
Scene from "Son of Saul" The week before Christmas seems an odd time to release a Holocaust movie, particularly one as macabre as Son of Saul. As one review describes it, it is a tale from “Inside the Gas Chamber of Auschwitz,” presumably Morgue 1 of Krema II and focuses on a Jewish Sonderkommando named,…
By David Merlin ∙ February 12, 2014
Los Angeles Times202 W. 1st St.Los Angeles, CA 90012Letters to the Editor[email protected] 12 February 2014 I am writing to comment on a February 6th article by Richard Simon, “The Search for the Lost Nazi diary, regarding the recovery of the diary of Alfred Rosenberg.” The pages of the Rosenberg diary have been posted on the…
By David Merlin ∙ December 13, 2013
The New York Review of Books435 Hudson Street, Suite 300New York, NY 10014Tel 212 757-8070Fax 212 333-5374 12 December 2013 Letters to the Editor: I am writing to comment on Mark Lilla's article, Arendt & Eichmann: The New Truth, http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/nov/21/arendt-eichmann-new-truth/ Professor Lilla defines his approach to history at the beginning of his article: "Every advance in research that adds a…
By David Merlin ∙ November 8, 2013
Edward RothsteinNew York TimesNew York Cityhttps://twitter.com/EdRothstein 07 November 2013 I am writing to comment on your article Playing Cat and Mouse With Searing History, addressing the new Anne Frank exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance. http://tinyurl.com/kauo33a While Anne Frank’s story is tragic, you ignore the manner of death of the 8 people in the Annex. The official history…
By David Merlin ∙ September 12, 2013
Peter Cassells, ChairpersonHolocaust Education Trust IrelandClifton HouseLower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2Tel: +353 1 6690593Email: [email protected]http://www.hetireland.org 29 August 2013 Dear Chairperson Cassells- First, congratulations on your election as new Chairperson of HETI. In November 2010 the Holocaust Education Trust held a conference entitled International Conference on Anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Since I am what you refer…
By David Merlin ∙ August 23, 2013
Peter BlackSenior HistorianCenter for Advanced Holocaust StudiesUnited States Holocaust Memorial MuseumE-mail: [email protected]Tel: 202.479.9728 August 23, 2013 Dear Mr. Black: On July 3, 2013 Mr. Bradley Smith wrote your office at the USHMM regarding the Rosenberg papers, asking, "Why do you not simply scan and post the documents publicly so that everyone who is interested…
By David Merlin ∙ January 1, 2012
Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau ChiefChicago Sun-Times350 N. Orleans St., 10th FloorChicago, IL 60654[email protected] Copy toTom McNamee, Editorial page[email protected] 23 November 2011 Dear Ms. Sweet: I am writing in response to your rejection of several comments sent to you regarding your article, Fight against anti-Semitism still has hurdles http://tinyurl.com/7go3zl7 Your article is laudatory of Hannah Rosenthal,…
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