Bradley R. Smith was born in Los Angeles on February 18, 1930. At 18 he joined the army and in 1951 served with the infantry in Korea where he was twice wounded. After three decades of a variety of professional activities, it suddenly hit him: In 1979 he read a leaflet by Professor Robert Faurisson, "The Problem of the Gas Chambers." Then, Arthur Butz’s The Hoax of the Twentieth Century did it for him. He understood from the beginning that he would address the censorship, the suppression of independent thought, the taboo against publishing and debating revisionist arguments—not the arguments themselves. That has remained his position. In 1989, Smith founded Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH) dedicated to defending free speech and free inquiry into the Holocaust question. He handed over CODOH's helm in late 2014. He passed away on his 86th birthday, February 18, 2016. Read a series of obituaries here.
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ January 8, 1998
Details for Entrants The Offer: CODOH will award $250,000 cash to the one individual instrumental in arranging a 90-minute debate on National Network Television, in prime time, between three members of CODOH (Bradley R. Smith, Dir.) and three members of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. One individual: CODOH will award the benefits of the…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ January 8, 1998
“…the fanatic hides from true debate… He knows how to speak in monologues only, so debate is superfluous to him.”—Elie Wiesel $250,000 Offer Every historical controversy can be debated on national television except one–the Jewish holocaust story. Why? Who benefits? Open debate, nothing else, will expose the facts behind this taboo. To this end Committee…
By Bradley R. Smith, Marco Den Ouden ∙ July 23, 1998
Entries May 17, 1998 May 18, 1998 May 23, 1998 May 27, 1998 June 03, 1998 June 14, 1998 June 20, 1998 July 08, 1998 July 16, 1998 July 23, 1998 Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 14:37:00 -0700 MARCO DEN OUDEN: Brad, I understand that you are a political Libertarian as am I. I am…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ January 1, 1998
Details for Entrants The Offer: CODOH will award $100,000 cash to the one individual instrumental in arranging a 90-minute presentation on National Network Television, in prime time, of the Video of the Century, our documentary on Auschwitz, David Cole Interviews Dr. Francizek Piper. One individual: CODOH will award the benefits of the Offer tot he…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ January 1, 1998
When the staff of the Georgetown Voice decided to run the CODOH advertisement titled, “A Revisionist's View of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum,” it was perfectly aware that the ad would cause controversy and bruise the sensibilities of some. The Voice moved deliberately. After substantial preliminary discussion, it placed the issue before the newspaper's general…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ January 1, 1998
This article does not claim “the Holocaust never happened.” Those who say it does want to muddy the issue. This is what the ad does claim: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum displays no convincing proof whatsoever of homicidal gas chambers, and no proof that even one individual was “gassed” in a German program of “genocide.”…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ February 20, 1998
The Phoenix reports that President Bloom (“himself Jewish”) states that I wrote my article “The Holocaust Controversy: The Case for Open Debate” to “express [my] personal prejudices,” and that I have an “anti-Semitic agenda,” a small-minded ad hominum assault that I dismiss out of hand. It's the kind of thing you overhear in your local…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ January 8, 1997
The Committee for Open Discussion of the Holocaust Story (CODOH) offers $100,000.00 to the one individual instrumental in arranging a 90-minute presentation on National Network Television, in prime time, of the “Video of the Century,” our documentary on Auschwitz, David Cole Interviews Dr. Franciszek Piper This authentic documentary, not a Hollywood movie, written and directed…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ January 8, 1997
[This ad is no longer valid nor in effect] A CODOH benefactor is willing to offer $100,000 to one individual who performs a certain valuable achievement to promote CODOH and revisionism in national media. Our benefactor has suggested a specific (and very challenging) achievement to be accomplished in order to receive the $100,000, but has…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ January 1, 1997
I understand perfectly well that the Hitlerian regime was anti-Semitic and persecuted Jews and others. I understand many peoples, European Jews among them, experienced unfathomable tragedies in Europe during World War II. Nevertheless, I no longer believe the German State pursued a plan to kill all Jews or used homicidal “gassing chambers” for mass murder….
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