Embattled Bigots:
IHR's internal politics are as contentious as its "revisionist" theories
about the Holocaust are hateful and absurd. Recently, a power struggle
within IHR culminated in the ousting of the group's founder, the longtime
anti-Semite Willis Carto. Carto -- who has lamented Hitler's defeat at the
hands of the "International Jews" -- was ejected as IHR's leader in
September 1993 after the Institute's editorial staff and board of directors
voted to terminate association with him.
A month later, on October 15, Carto unsuccessfully tried physically to
"retake" the IHR building and was dragged from the premises by the police
as he reportedly screamed, "You're killing me." The scuffle then moved
into the courtroom, where lawsuits and countersuits have been filed
regarding who would head the organization. The victor would not only
control IHR, but also a bequest of $10 million in stock share certificates
from the late granddaughter of the inventor Thomas Edison. A key figure in
the coup against Carto summed up the imbroglio by stating, "I think it's
all about money."
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