There is the ideal of free speech, and then there is reality: censorship, persecution, and prosecution of dissidents.
By Mark Weber ∙ July 1, 1997
Ever since the publication two decades ago of his pioneering revisionist study, The Hoax of the Twentieth Century, Northwestern University teacher Arthur Butz has been something of an embarrassment for the highly regarded private educational institution. Recently the Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering has again come under attack for presenting his dissident view…
By Theodore J. O'Keefe ∙ July 1, 1997
Theodore J. O'Keefe worked as an Institute for Historical Review editor from 1986 until 1994. He led the IHR's research effort during the second Mermelstein lawsuit, devoting hundreds of hours without pay to uncovering and organizing the evidence. He served as chief editor of this Journal from 1988 until April 1992, and addressed the IHR…
By Mario Consoli ∙ April 1, 1996
An Italian Voice for Freedom Now in its 17th year of publication, an impressive Italian journal, l’Uomo libero (“The Free Man”), has been a consistently intelligent and outspoken champion of free speech and intellectual inquiry, and a staunch defender of Europe’s cultural heritage. Editorial director is Mario Consoli, who is also a frequent contributor. The…
By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1997
Twenty-one Italian scholars and historians have issued a public statement defending freedom of speech and of historical research on the Holocaust issue, and criticizing the laws in France and Germany that restrict these rights for revisionist scholars who question the orthodox Holocaust extermination story. It specifically cites a French government order banning distribution in France…
By Mark Weber, Greg Raven ∙ May 1, 1997
American military service personnel are now being told that skepticism toward the official history of Europe’s Jews during World War II is not permissible. A recently published Department of Defense booklet tells armed forces members that revisionist criticism of the Six Million extermination story is nothing less than a threat to national security. Entitled Holocaust…
By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1997
In early 1995 a major Japanese magazine, Marco Polo, was forced to shut down because it had published a ten-page article disputing the orthodox Holocaust extermination story. Jewish organizations responded with an international boycott campaign, promptly pressuring major corporations into cancelling advertising. Even Japan’s Foreign Ministry intervened. Under this pressure, the large Bungei Shunju publishing…
By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1997
Thies Christophersen, 1918-1997 Thies Christophersen – pioneer revisionist writer and courageous fighter for truth in history – died February 13, 1997, at Molfsee, Kiel, in north Germany. He was 79. In a memoir first published in Germany in 1973, he related his wartime experiences as a German army officer in the Auschwitz camp complex. “During…
By Robert Faurisson ∙ March 1, 1996
This essay, written in June 1995, is based on documentation provided by Robert Faurisson. Copies of the French-language text have been sent to key French government and police authorities. In its issue of June 1991, the French monthly Le Choc du mois (“The Shock of the Month”) published a rather lengthy report entitled “Jewish Militants:…
By Douglas Collins ∙ September 27, 1995
The Press Council Decision [From the North Shore News, Oct. 22, 1995] Here's a shot from the battle front and the British Columbia Press Council decision that “in part” upholds the complaints made by my Jewish friend Lionel Kenner concerning a column I wrote two years ago. The piece was headed “The Story Keeps Changing,”…
By Mark Weber ∙ January 1, 1996
For some years now, one of Europe's most important revisionist publishing centers has been the Foundation for Free Historical Research, or Vrij Historish Onderzoek (VHO). From the Flemish region of Belgium, the VHO publishes and distributes a range of revisionist materials in Dutch, French, German and English. Through the efforts above all of Siegfried Verbeke,…
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