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What happened when a historical institute offered $50,000 to anyone who could prove that Jews were gassed at Auschwitz?


61. What happened when a historical institute offered $50,000 to anyone who could prove that Jews were gassed at Auschwitz?

The IHR says:

No proof was submitted as a claim on the reward, but the institute was sued for $17 million by a "Holocaust" survivor who claims the reward offer caused him to lose sleep, caused his business to suffer, and represented "injurious denial of established fact."

Nizkor replies:

That "historical institute" was, of course, the IHR itself. See the answer to question 5.

Recommended reading:

The Mermelstein Court Order & Apology from the 'historical institute.'


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