18 Friday, August 10, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ONE LADY 4' BAND FOCUS piano or portable organ with rhythm box 353-9566 • Recent neo-Nazi publications dispel the Holocaust 'myth' BY JOEL BAINERMAN Special to The Jewish News It has been said that his- tory is the interpretation of the past and each genera- tion brings with it a new perspective on those events that preceded it. Disguised under the academic pursuit of "revisionist history," a new form of anti-Semitism has emerged whose aim is to reject the actuality of the Holocaust. In the early 1970s a book- let entitled Did Six Million Really Die? circulated in Great Britain, written by someone called Robert Harwood. The pamphlet was published by the His- torical Review Press in Sur- rey, England, a neo-fascist organization and the prop- aganda arm of the National Front, the British Nazi Party. In it, the author con- tended that the Holocaust was "a gigantic hoax, "the most colossal piece of fiction of all time" and that "the number of Jewish dead was in the thousands:" The writer maintained that the prisoners of the concentra- tion camps were given pro- per medical care and abun- dant parcels of food by the Red Cross. Since the pamphlet's pub- lication, the identity of Include renting in plans ns pa Your next party can be your best when you rent: Whether its a dinner party for eight or a garden party for eighty we can help make it easier and more economical too. We have decorations, chairs, tables, party tents, cups, glaszes, silverware, china. linens ... and much more! Call on us for your next party. BLOOMFIELI? HILLS 334-1577 A 2390 Franklin Rd. OA Robert Harwood has emerged. His real name in Richard Verral and he is chief editor of Spearhead, the mouthpiece of the Na- tional Front. The booklet asserts that he is a writer and specialist in the politi- cal and diplomatic aspects of World War II at the Uni- versity of London. However Paul Foster Vowles, the academic registrar at the university, has testified in an affidavit that no person named Robert Harwood is now or has ever been a pro- fessor at the University of London. A court order has since restrained the Histor- ical Review Press from re- producing the booklet. Kingdom as a result of his Nazi-related activities. Three major works have been written on the subject of denying the Holocaust. way onto the shelves of uni- versity and public libraries throughout North America. The three treatises claim that the "Holocaust story" was a lie fabricated by the World Zionist Organization in collaboration with the Al- lies in order to derive moral support for the creation of the State of Israel. The Journal of Historical Review was established in 1980 in Torrance, Calif. by the Liberty Lobby (an American-based anti- Semitic pressure group) for the sole purpose of inves- tigating the "myth" of the genocide of the Jewish people. The founder of the organization, Arthur Butz, is an associate professor of electrical engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. who was de- ported from the United The first two books were written by the late Paul Rassinier of France. In a rambling and sometimes incomprehensible style, Rassinier concludes that at least 4,416,108 of the "al- leged" six million were not killed. He contends that the Final Solution did not mean the extermination of the Jews and any Jews who were killed were the work of "one or two foolish Nazi zealots and camp adminis- trators anxious to please them." Debunking the Genocide Myth, The Drama of the European Jews, and The Hoax of the Twentieth Cen- tury have all made their Why should such books be found in public libraries? The fact that there is a book selection department in every library suggests that a criteria of scholarly rele- vance exists, which accepts or rejects books on any given subject. It can hardly , be the policy o government-sponsored in- stitutions to contribute to the financial survival of such infamous and notori- ous groups as the Liberty Lobby and the Historical Review Press. Just as they distort the history of the Holocaust, the boOks do however shed some light on the state of contem- porary anti-Semitism. What if the Holocaust shelf at the neighborhood library were to become saturated with sufficient number of works "proving" that the Holocaust was a myth? The truth about the, Holocaust and the six million who died because of the crime of being Jewish would in such circumstances become dou- ble victims — victims of the Holocaust itself and victims of an historical hoax. World Zionist Press Service The Workmen's Circle & Sholem Aleichem Institute Jewish Community Council Sarah K. Gold Philanthropic Fund, United Jewish Charities PRESENT THE 6th ANNUAL • • • OIL in cooperation with the City of Oak Park** FEATURING • The instrumental music for this occasion Is made possible by funds supplied by the recording com- panies of America through the Music Performances Trust Fund. The grant for this performance was ob- tained with the co-operation of Local 5, Detroit Federation of Musicians. SIDNEY RESNICK RUTH SAVAGE LILLIAN ZELLMAN MACK PITT & HIS ORCHESTRA Sunday, August 12 1 1984 2:00 pm Shepherd Park in Oak Park ?lease bring chairs or blankets for your comfort -••••• A.,. • - • •••••-• •••••••••••-•••••••• - , . . . it A No admission charge