Dear Charles Weinblatt,
Do you agree with the Holocaust denial laws?
From: Chuck Weinblatt <csw2@bex.net>
Date: Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Subject: RE: Academic Freedom and Holocaust Denial
To: ReporterNotebook <reporternotebook@gmail.com>
Yes. European Holocaust laws protect Jews from bigots who did not learn from the Holocaust; it is necessary to prevent another genocide. I dearly love free speech. But, I would be in favor of the same type of laws against denial of the American genocide of Native Americans. The blood of six million innocent Jewish men, women and children has not detracted Europeans from continued anti-Semitism. In fact, Jew-hatred is on the rise today. So, yes, I agree with the laws. Even as a writer and published author, I agree. I deplore censorship and I adore free speech. I wish that the world would never require any law that inhibits free speech. Yet, when I see that the same sentiments that led to the murder of my innocent family (because they were Jews) exist today in Europe, then I understand why such laws are necessary. As long as there are people who deny that Nazi Germany murdered millions of innocent people, and those people promote their mendacity via public means (the Internet), then there will be a need to prevent them from spreading that poison to vulnerable minds.
Captured German war records prove that millions of innocent Jews (and tens of thousands of other innocent people) were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany - mostly in gas chambers. Those poor people were murdered because they did not fit into the Nazi vision for a pure Aryan society. These facts have been proven repeatedly through countless thesis and dissertation research papers. Virtually every PhD in History in the world will stake their career on these known Holocaust FACTS. Despite this knowledge, Holocaust deniers ply their mendacious poison everywhere, especially with young people on the Internet. The deniers have only one agenda - to distort the truth in a way that promotes antagonism against the object of their hatred (Jews), or to deny the culpability of their ancestors and heroes (Germans).
Museums and mandatory public education are appropriate tools to dispel bigotry, especially racial and ethnic hatred. Books and films can also establish the veracity of genocides, such as recent Holocaust films. They help to tell the true story of the perpetrators of genocide; and they reveal the abject terror, humiliation and degradation resulting from such blind loathing and prejudice. We must disclose the cruelty and horror of genocide to combat the deniers' virulent and inaccurate historical revision. By doing this, we protect vulnerable future generations from making the same mistakes. Yet, when people ignore genocide education, then we have no recourse but to enact laws that prevent the denial of such proven genocide. I guarantee that millions of Jews perished in the Shoah. I did not need to conduct five years of daily research to understand this. But, it is no less a fact than the fact that the moon orbits the earth, or that gravity exists.
Whenever we stand up to those who deny or minimize genocide we send a critical message to the world. As we continue to live in an age of genocide and ethnic cleansing, we must repel the broken ethics of our ancestors, or risk a dreadful repeat of past transgressions. A world that continues to allow genocide requires ethical remediation. We must show the world that religious, racial, ethnic and gender persecution is wrong; and that tolerance is our progeny's only hope. Only through such efforts can we reveal the true horror of genocide and promote the triumphant spirit of humankind.
Charles Weinblatt
Author, Jacob's Courage
http://jacobscourage.wordpress.com/
From: ReporterNotebook [mailto:reporternotebook@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5:16 PM
To: csw2@bex.net
Subject: Re: Academic Freedom and Holocaust Denial
Dear Charles Weinblatt,
Do you agree with the Holocaust denial laws?
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