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22-12-2006 / Latvia

Latvia– Antisemitic Deranged Person Arrested

A violent offender who escaped from a mental institution three years ago was arrested on 22 December. In the past he had shot a policeman and park ranger and defined himself as a ”committed fighter against Zionism.” When arrested he was found in possession of anti-Semitic literature.



21-12-2006 / Canada

Canada– Denunciation of Shiraz Dossa by her Academic Colleagues for her Participation in the Conference in Iran
On 21st December 2006, more than 100 of her Dr. Shiraz Dossa's colleagues at the St. Francis Xavier University sent her an open letter denouncing her participation in the Holocaust deniers conference in Iran an demanded that she at least apologize. No decision has as yet been made concerning her future in academe.
Source: thechronical.ca
Date: 21st December 2006


20-12-2006 / Germany

Germany - Condemnation of the Conference

Chancellor Merkel denounced the conference stressing that attempts to claim that genocide of the Jews never happened reflects the dangers that the State of Israel is forced to face. The German Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that "The German Government decries any attempt to deny the Holocaust and to cast doubt on the right of Israel to exist as an independent State. We, who live in the country in which the mass murder of the Jews was planned and executed, feel a special obligation to the memory of the victims of Nazi terror. It is in this context that we denounce any effort to provide a forum for the revisionists who wish to rewrite history in an unacceptable manner". The spokesman went on to say that nothing of any scientific value will emerge from this conference. The President of the Bundestag sent a letter to the President of Iran in which he sharply denounced "any attempt to promote antisemitic feelings claiming scientific freedom and objectivity".

Source: CFCA


20-12-2006 / Poland

Poland - strongly condemned this conference
The Polish Government strongly condemned this conference, which represents the antithesis of the idea of preserving the memory of the Holocaust on which the United Nations resolution is based. In addition, it expressed concern at the possibility that the conference would be exploited in order to deny the Holocaust, which is a cause of particular concern for Poland in which six million Poles were the victims of Nazi genocide, adding that Poland would react strongly to any such attempt.
Source: CFCA


20-12-2006 / Norway

Norway - Norway condemns Iran conference
Norwegian Prime Minister Stoltenberg strongly denounced the conference and called on Iran to recognize historical facts which cannot be refuted.
Source: CFCA


19-12-2006 / Sweden

Sweden – Suspension of teacher who participated in Iranian conference

A member of the Swedish parliament called for the dismissal of the teacher Jan Bernhoff from his job following his participation in the Iranian Holocaust denial conference held in Tehran in December. Bernhoff, a computer science teacher at an adult education school in Stockholm has been suspended as a result of pressure brought to n bear by politicians, pupils and staff members of the school. Berhoff, in his presentation at the conference claimed that 300,000 died in the Holocaust. The Minister for Schools defined the teacher's participation in the conference as unacceptable but stated that he had no constitutional right to intervene in the case.

source: www.rawstory.com
date: 19/12/2006 


19-12-2006 / France

France – Dozens of Research Institutes are Severing Ties with the Institute that Organized the Holocaust Denial Conference in Te

On 19th December 2006, the Directors of dozens of international relations research institutes signed a declaration stating that they had severed relations with the IPIS, the Iranian research institute for science and international relations, because it had organized the Holocaust denial conference in Tehran. According to the signatories to the declaration, the decision was based on the fact that they do not wish to cooperate with the deniers of the absolute evil that was the Holocaust. The vast majority of the signatories belong to European research institutes such as CERI, IRIS, and IFRI.



18-12-2006 / Britain

Russia – The Mayor of Moscow Openly Denounces Iran
On 18th December 2006, during a mass Hanukkah celebration organized by the Union of Jewish Congregations in Russia, Moscow's Mayor Yuru Luzhkov received a rousing ovation when he called on the regime to come out openly against the Iranian threat. His remarks were directly connected with the antisemitic Holocaust deniers' conference in Iran. "We cannot allow people with an antisemitic agenda to deny the Holocaust and the acts of murder perpetrated against the Jewish People and those of other nationalities", Luzhkov said. He added: "We will not allow the acts of the Nazis to be forgotten. We must invest everything in order to prevent a repetition of the Holocaust". 
Source: http://www.nfc.co.il/
By: Idan Yosef
Photograph: http://www.axisglobe.com/


15-12-2006 / France

France- Chirac orders probe on Holocaust denier
President Jacques Chirac ordered an investigation into a retired French professor who spoke at this week's  conference in Iran of Holocaust deniers from around the world. Chirac ordered Justice Minister Pascal Clement to "carry out a thorough preliminary investigation" into statements by Robert Faurisson at a press conference in Teheran, the president's office said. Clement then ordered Paris prosecutors to launch the probe to determine whether Faurisson's statements can be prosecuted under a 1990 French law making it a crime to deny the Holocaust. The law would apply if the statements were published on the Internet or in a newspaper distributed in France. Faurisson has been convicted five times in France for denying crimes against humanity. Last month he was fined for denying in an interview with the Iranian TV channel Sahar 1 that the Nazis meant to exterminate Jews. Faurisson has claimed that no gas chambers were used in World War II Nazi concentration camps.
source: www.ynet.co.il
Date:15/12/2006


14-12-2006 / Canada

Canada - An insult to Holocaust survivors and their offspring.

Foreign Minister Peter MacKay in the name of the Canadian government, condemned in parliament the conference claiming that it was scandalous and an insult to Holocaust survivors and their offspring. MacKay stressed that Canada would never participate in such a shameful conference. Prime Minister Harper joined MacKay's condemnation and stressed that this was an insult to all Canada's citizens. He added that the conference was the latest example of anti-Israeli and racist declarations voiced by the Iranian president.



14-12-2006 / Ukraine

Ukraine - Antisemitic Literature No Longer On Sale Inside Ukrainian Parliament Building

After complaints from two members of the Ukrainian parliament, antisemitic literature is no longer on sale inside the parliament's building. Vadim Kolesnikov and Aleksandr Feldman had both complained in interviews and in speeches that the sale of such works as "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" inside the parliament's book store was unacceptable and damaging to the image of Ukraine.



13-12-2006 / United States

USA - CAIR Condemns Iranian Holocaust Denial Conference

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned a conference in Iran that seeks to deny the Holocaust, the systematic destruction of the Jewish community in Europe by the Nazis during World War II. In a statement, CAIR said: No legitimate cause or agenda can ever be advanced by denying or belittling the immense human suffering caused by the murder of millions of Jews and other minority groups by the Nazi regime and its allies during World War II. Cynical attempts to use Holocaust denial as a political tool in the Middle East conflict will only serve to deepen the level of mistrust and hostility already present in that troubled region."

Read the statement


13-12-2006 / Italy

The Vatican - The Vatican condemned Iran's Holocaust conference

The Vatican condemned Iran's Holocaust conference. The Vatican said that the Nazi genocide against the Jews was a historical fact that served as a warning to people to respect each others' rights. According to the Vatican, the last century saw an attempt to exterminate the Jewish people, which led to the killing of millions of Jews of all social categories merely because of the fact that they belonged to that people. "The Shoah was an immense tragedy before which one cannot remain indifferent."



13-12-2006 / Poland

Poland– Denunciation of the Conference

An official communiqué by the Polish Foreign Ministry on 13th December 2006 stated that in order to ensure respect for historical truth, Poland would react sharply to any attempt by the Iranians to deny the Holocaust. The communiqué read: "We owe the truth not only to our citizens but also to the memory of those murdered by the Nazis in the concentration camps and to their families. Poland has passed on to Iran a great deal of information on the Holocaust which we hope enrich their information on the genocide and the barbarism in human history. The victims of the Nazi regime were mainly Jews from all over Europe, but so were Poles and citizens of other European countries. The Polish Foreign Ministry strongly negates the conference which contradicts the idea of the preservation of the memory of the victims on which the United Nations Security Council resolution is based".



12-12-2006 / Czech

Czech – Condemnation of the Conference in Iran

Czech Senate President Sobotoka published a press statement condemning the Holocaust deniers' conference in Tehran. To counter this conference, Sobotoka will convene a special session of the Senate to discuss the issue.



12-12-2006 / United States

USA - US calls Iran's Holocaust conference 'awful'
The US has condemned a Holocaust conference underway in Iran that questions Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews during World War II. "A conference designed to try to deny the fact that six million innocent people lost their lives in a brutal, despicable manner is just awful," US State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said on Monday.
It focuses on whether the destruction during the Holocaust has been exaggerated, while raising questions about whether the Nazis actually used gas chambers to kill Jews. The US has regularly criticised Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for trivialising the Holocaust by calling it a myth and his calls for Israel to be wiped off the map.
"Coupled with the fact that this is a regime that says it wants to wipe Israel off the face of the map, (the conference) should be of grave concern to everybody around the world," McCormack said.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Date: 12/12/2006


12-12-2006 / Canada

Canada - Dion condemns anti-Semitic attacks on Raes

Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion has issued an official condemnation of anti-Semitic attacks launched against former ival Bob Rae and his wife during the convention that elected Mr. Dion chief.

"The hateful comments made against Liberal leadership candidate Bob Rae and his wife Arlene Perly Rae at the Liberal leadership convention in Montreal are reprehensible and will not be tolerated within the Liberal Party of Canada," Mr. Dion said in a statement.
  • Source: www.theglobeandmail.com
  • By: Steven Chase
  • Date:12/12/06


12-12-2006 / France

France - French Foreign Minister condemns Iran conference

 French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy was interrupted by applause from legislators when he told parliament in Paris that the conference showed a resurgence of "revisionist" theories "which are quite simply not acceptable ."

Source: www.brandonsun.com
Date: 12/12/2006


12-12-2006 / Austria

EU – The EU condemns Iran conference
The European Union's top justice official, Franco Frattini, condemned the conference as "an unacceptable affront" to victims of the Second World War genocide.
Date: 12/12/2006


12-12-2006 / Britain

Britain - Blair Shocked By Holocaust Denial Meeting
Prime Minister Tony Blair said he found it "unbelievable" and "shocking" that Iran hosted a conference examining hether the Holocaust took place,
  Source: http://www.wral.com/
Date:13/12/2006


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