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Shir Shalom students write letters in support of
EMory University Professor Deborah Lipstadt.
DIANA LIEBERMAN
St4/T Writer
Holocaust," Kideckel said.
Irving, 62, the author of 30 books
on World War II, has been denounced
olocaust denier David
throughout his career by watchdog
Irving has very little credi-
groups, including the Anti-Defamation
bility among reputable
League. He gained additional notoriety
historians.
recently because of the libel suit he has
His reputation is even worse among
filed against author Deborah Lipstadt,
the sixth-grade Sunday School stu-
a professor at Emory University in
dents at Temple Shir Shalom in
Atlanta, and her publisher,
West Bloomfield.
Penguin Books.
The students, aged 11 and 12,
Irving's lawsuit, which is
were filled with "anger and disbe-
being heard now in a London
lief" when they viewed an inter-
courtroom, claims that
view with Irving on cable station
Lipstadt's 1993 book, Denying
CNN, said teacher Alan Kideckel
the Holocaust: The Growing
of Berkley. Kideckel and fellow
Assault
on Truth and Memory,
Deborah
teacher Lisa Jackier of Waterford
has defamed him and damaged
Lipstadt
teach a curriculum largely based
his career.
on Holocaust study.
Irving's charges were filed in
The fact that people are downplay-
Great Britain to take advantage of
ing the significance of the Holocaust,
British libel law. There, the burden of
or denying even that it happened, was
proof is on the person charged, rather
completely outside the temple stu-
than with the accuser. In other words,
dents' experience.
Lipstadt is guilty until proven innocent.
"Many of these students have fami-
In her writings, Lipstadt alleges that
ly members who remember the
Irving "misrepresents data in order to
reach untenable conclusions." Among
Diana Lieberman can be reached at
these conclusions, expressed by Irving
(248) 354-6060, ext. 247, or by e-mail
both in print and in public: that there
at dlieberm@thejewishnews.com
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The Whole Truth
Michigan woman gives eyewitness
report of the Lipstadt trial.
T
here's a big chasm between the
facts of the Deborah Lipstadt libel
trial and the material reported on plain-
tiff David Irving's Web site, according
to a local Jewish agency professional
who spent several days in London
observing the court proceedings.
Jennifer Doeren, assistant director of
the Anti-Defamation League's Michigan
Regional Office in Southfield, stopped
short of calling the 62-year-old British
author a liar. However, she said, his Web
site often quotes statements by the judge
and witnesses on the stand that make it
appear they agree with his assertions. By
her observation, the opposite is true.
In the courtroom, Irving, who
serves as his own attorney, uses
excerpts from historical documents
that may be
Do you feel the
quoted out of
Lipstadt trial gives
context, abbre-
more legitimacy to
viates quotes
Holocaust deniers?
to eliminate
Give your opinion at
any evidence
www.detroit
that Hitler had
jewishnews.com
planned to
exterminate
the Jews, and, in general, hectors and
bullies witnesses, Doeren said.
The Michigan woman, who spent
one full day and two partial days in
the London courtroom, said Irving
shows witnesses a folder of documents
they appear not to have seen before
entering the courtroom.
Doeren observed Irving's cross-
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