Jenin youth orchestra disbanded after Holocaust survivor concert

March 30th, 2009

A youth orchestra from Jenin in the West Bank has been disbanded after its conductor arranged a concert for Holocaust survivors in Israel. Read more here (http://www NULL.jpost NULL.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727563412&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull)

Holocaust denier Toben freed

November 21st, 2008

Australian Holocaust revisionist Frederick Toben will not face extradition to Germany, after the German authorities withdrew an appeal against a decision by a London court that the arrest warrant issued against him was too vague. Read more here (http://www NULL.timesonline NULL.co NULL.uk/tol/news/uk/article5199874 NULL.ece)

Calls for German economist to step down after Nazi remark

October 27th, 2008

Germany’s largest trade union has called for the resignation of Hans-Werner Sinn, president of the Ifo ecomonic research institute, after he compared the criticism of bank managers during the credit crunch to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. Read more here (http://www NULL.bloomberg NULL.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aSJCUXJ3pYLs&refer=germany)

Debate: the Kollerstrom question

April 28th, 2008

Academic Dr Nicholas Kollerstrom was last week stripped of his honorary post at University College London, after his controversial views on the Holocaust and 9/11 were uncovered by bloggers. Was the university right to disassociate itself from him, or is he being punished for a thought crime? Index asked Unity, of Liberal Conspiracy (http://www NULL.liberalconspiracy NULL.org/), and Brendan O’Neill of Spiked (http://www NULL.spiked-online NULL.com/), to weigh up the argument

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