In response to a complaint by The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, leading American weekly magazine The Nation has adopted a new policy of refusing to accept advertisements from Holocaust-deniers.
Wyman Institute director Dr. Rafael Medoff praised the magazine for "its swift and decisive action to end its relationship with Holocaust-deniers. It has affirmed the principle that those who deny the Holocaust are fraudulent and hate-mongers who should be treated as pariahs by civilized society... Holocaust-deniers are not offering a legitimate alternative viewpoint. They are in the business of hate-mongering." Medoff noted The Nation's "proud history as one of the few prominent American publications to speak out, during the Holocaust, for the rescue of Jews from Hitler."
The Nation"s advertising spokesman explained, "[T]here is a strong presumption against censoring any advertisement, especially if we disagree with its politics. [Holocaust-denial], however, is different... The magazine has requested the advertiser, The Institute for Historical Review, not run advertising in future issues."
The Wyman Institute, located on the campus of Gratz College (near Philadelphia), is a research and education institute focusing on America's response to the Holocaust.
In other Holocaust-denial news in the U.S., the 150-year-old Turn Verein (German for "gymnastic club") social club in Sacramento, California booted out a Holocaust-deniers conference that was to take place on its premises this coming weekend. The conference was to be organized under Walter Mueller's European American Culture Council.
Turn Verein says it was unaware of the nature of the conference at the time the reservations were made, but when the matter was brought to its attention, it withdrew its consent to host the 325-person anti-Semitic conference. Turn Verein was started shortly after the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century by German and Swiss immigrants to America, and today has members of many faiths and extractions.
Wyman Institute director Dr. Rafael Medoff praised the magazine for "its swift and decisive action to end its relationship with Holocaust-deniers. It has affirmed the principle that those who deny the Holocaust are fraudulent and hate-mongers who should be treated as pariahs by civilized society... Holocaust-deniers are not offering a legitimate alternative viewpoint. They are in the business of hate-mongering." Medoff noted The Nation's "proud history as one of the few prominent American publications to speak out, during the Holocaust, for the rescue of Jews from Hitler."
The Nation"s advertising spokesman explained, "[T]here is a strong presumption against censoring any advertisement, especially if we disagree with its politics. [Holocaust-denial], however, is different... The magazine has requested the advertiser, The Institute for Historical Review, not run advertising in future issues."
The Wyman Institute, located on the campus of Gratz College (near Philadelphia), is a research and education institute focusing on America's response to the Holocaust.
In other Holocaust-denial news in the U.S., the 150-year-old Turn Verein (German for "gymnastic club") social club in Sacramento, California booted out a Holocaust-deniers conference that was to take place on its premises this coming weekend. The conference was to be organized under Walter Mueller's European American Culture Council.
Turn Verein says it was unaware of the nature of the conference at the time the reservations were made, but when the matter was brought to its attention, it withdrew its consent to host the 325-person anti-Semitic conference. Turn Verein was started shortly after the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century by German and Swiss immigrants to America, and today has members of many faiths and extractions.