There is the ideal of free speech, and then there is reality: censorship, persecution, and prosecution of dissidents.
By David Baxter ∙ April 1, 1985
I have the honor to discuss an historical event in which I played a personal role, the notorious Sedition Trial of 1944. As a Christian I have long since forgiven those who were responsible for instigating this persecution of American citizens and I have no axes to grind with anyone. Some of what I have…
By Wilhelm Stäglich ∙ April 1, 1984
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”—President Abraham Lincoln [retranslation] I was not yet acquainted with these wards of Lincoln when, after the Second World War, I repeatedly expressed doubts in conversations with a wide range of people about the alleged atrocities in German concentration camps. It simply appeared to…
By Mark Weber ∙ April 1, 1985
During the Second World War, George Orwell wrote a weekly radio political commentary, designed to counter German and Japanese propaganda in India, that was broadcast over the BBC overseas service. His wartime work for the BBC was a major inspiration for his monumental novel, 1984. Very few readers of 1984 know, for example, that Orwell's…
By Willis A Carto ∙ December 1, 1984
This special issue of The Journal of Historical Review includes issues Two, Three and Four of Volume Five, 1984. There is a reason for this. At approximately midnight on the Fourth of July last, the business office and warehouse of the publisher were burned to the ground by arson. Lost in the gutted ruins were…
By Robert J. Chapman ∙ July 1, 1985
It has been often said that the first casualty of war is truth. Belligerents have always had their own versions of history, particularly with regard to responsibility for wars. And yet certain basic facts and events have not been totally suppressed, if only due to the lack of total media technology and control. Roman statesmen…
By Arthur R. Butz ∙ October 1, 1982
Mémoire en Défense, by Robert Faurisson, 275 pp, Preface by Noam. Chomsky, La Vieille Taupe; B.P. 9805; 75224 Paris Cedex 05, 1980,FF65. Intolerable Intolerance, by Jean-Gabriel Cohn-Bendit, Eric Delcroix, Claude Karnoouh, Vincent Monteff, and Jean-Louis Tristani, 206 pp, Editions de la Différence, Paris, 1981, FF42. This review of the two cited books is a continuation…
By Richard Fusilier ∙ April 1, 1982
Submitted to the California Superior Court in the case Mermelstein vs. IHR et al. Introduction The defendants in the above-entitled cause respectfully submit the following Points and Authorities, and the appended Declaration of Mark Edward Weber, in opposition to the Plaintiff’s Request that Court take Judicial Notice of the fact that Jews were gassed at…
By Mark Weber ∙ April 1, 1982
Introduction On October 9, 1981, California Superior Court Judge Thomas. T. Johnson, took “judicial notice” of the fact that “Jews were gassed to death at Auschwitz concentration Camp in Poland during the summer of 1944.” Johnson’s ruling was made in response to a Motion for “Judicial Notice” that had been made by plaintiff Mel Mermelstein…
By Lewis Brandon ∙ April 1, 1981
One of today's pet Indisputable Historical Truths is that the German Chancellor Adolf Hitler advocated the “Big Lie Technique” to discredit and confuse one's political opponents. However, a close look at the German leader's writings displays a somewhat different approach. On pages 134, and 173 of Mein Kampf (My Stuggle) (Hurst & Blackett edition, 1942;…
By John T. Bennett ∙ April 1, 1981
Since I was a speaker at the convention here in this city of Los Angeles last year, it seems to me very little has changed in America since that time. You seem to be still living in a “1984” situation where important public issues can't be debated in the media. Perhaps you need some guarantee…
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