Nizkor Project
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Type of site | Educational,anti-fascism |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | B'nai Brith Canada |
| URL | nizkor |
TheNizkor Project(Hebrew:נִזְכּוֹר,"we will remember" ) is anInternet-based project run byB'nai Brith Canadawhich is dedicated to counteringHolocaust denial.[1]
About the project
[edit]The website was founded byKen McVay[2]as a central Web-based archive for the large numbers of documents made publicly available by the users of the newsgroupalt.revisionismand gifted to B'nai Brith Canada in 2010.[citation needed]
The site also archives numerous postings made to the newsgroup since the early 1990s. It does not archive every single posting ever made to the newsgroup; rather, the maintainers of the web site have selected various messages for display that are seen as presenting factual information aboutthe Holocaust;[3]or, in the case of some posters, about the authors of the messages themselves.[citation needed]
In addition to providing an extensive archive of documents regarding the Holocaust, including the transcripts of the 1st Nuremberg Tribunal,[4]the Nizkor Project also seeks to expose the activities of Holocaust deniers themselves.[5]Based on the postings to the newsgroup over the years, it has compiled extensive writings from self-proclaimed revisionists, includingDavid Irving,[6]Ernst Zündel,[7]Michael A. Hoffman II,and others. Among the various pieces of information stored at Nizkor is a sound recording of ananswering machinemessage allegedly made bywhite supremacistTom Metzger,encouraging various individuals to "take action" against "Zinkor [sic] on the Internet. "[8]
In 2009, theSimon Wiesenthal Centercongratulated the Nizkor Project for having initiated an effort which led to the successful prosecution of three Nazi war criminals.[9]
Criticisms
[edit]Holocaust denial web sites and spokespersons challenged McVay's neutrality and attacked him personally.[10]The original Nizkor web site was accused by self-proclaimed "Holocaust revisionists" andneo-NaziWeb sites as being funded byIsraeland otherZionistsources, though McVay consistently denied these charges. He stated that the Nizkor Project was funded solely by donations from the general public, as well as his own personal finances.[citation needed]
In the late 1990s, theSimon Wiesenthal Centercriticized the Nizkor Project for increasing the visibility of hate groups and Holocaust deniers, even as it sought to debunk them.[11]This debate betweenfree speechadvocates such as McVay and those who favor the suppression of speech withhate crimelaws continued throughout the late 1990s, but has now mostly been resolved with the two sides agreeing on the common goal of confronting Holocaust deniers and keeping their disagreements over specific tactics private. In 1996, McVay spoke out against Internet hate crime laws in Canada in front of a committee of theCanadian parliament,stating that it is better to address the false claims of Holocaust deniers, rather than to censor them.[12]
References
[edit]- ^"The Nizkor Project".Fight Hatred.Retrieved27 May2015.
- ^"Community Directory - The Nizkor Project".Archived fromthe originalon 8 August 2014.Retrieved28 September2013.
- ^"Nizkor Project holocaust web crawler".University of Pennsylvania.Retrieved16 February2014.
- ^"The International Military Tribunal Nuremberg".Nizkor.Retrieved16 February2014.
- ^"Newslink".CNN.May 10, 1996.Retrieved16 February2014.
- ^"David Irving".Nizkor.Retrieved16 February2014.
- ^"Ernst Zündel".Nizkor.Retrieved16 February2014.
- ^"W.A.R. Targets Nizkor".Nizkor Project.Retrieved16 February2014.
- ^"Wiesenthal Center Praises Indictment by Spanish Court of Three Nazi War Criminals Denaturalized and Ordered Deported From the United States - Simon Wiesenthal Center".Archived fromthe originalon 2017-01-13.Retrieved2017-01-12.
- ^"How much of Nizkor's material is truth?".codoh.Retrieved28 September2013.
- ^"The Littman Letter".Nizkor.Retrieved16 February2014.
- ^"Committee Evidence, House of Commons of Canada".