Occasionally the Institute is denounced as a racist or fascist “hate group.” This too is a baseless smear. Since its founding the IHR has steadfastly opposed bigotry of all kinds in its efforts to promote greater public understanding of history. It does not seek to whitewash any past regime or rehabilitate any ideology. The IHR is proud of the backing it has earned from people of the most diverse political views and racial and ethnic backgrounds.
At the 13th IHR Conference (May 2000). a featured speaker was John Sack. who is Jewish. A report by this veteran American journalist and author based on his participation in the three-day meeting appeared in the February 2001 issue of Esquire magazine.
Rejecting the often-repeated lie
IHR and the revisionists are “haters” or bigots. Sack described those who spoke at and attended the IHR conference as “affable. open-minded. intelligent [and] intellectual.” He also affirmed that numerous revisionist arguments and findings are. indeed. true.
Far from being a fomenter of hate. the phone number list Institute has been a target of hate groups. During the 1980s. the Jewish Defense League — identified by the FBI in 1985 as the second most active terrorist group in the United States — repeatedly assaulted Institute offices and staff members. Following numerous death threats by telephone and mail.
Extensive property damage. five relatively
minor fire bombings. one drive-by shooting and two physical assaults. the Institute’s office-warehouse was destroyed in an arson attack on July 4. 1984. Estimated property loss was more than $400.000. including tens of thousands of books. rare documents. irreplaceable files and expensive office equipment.
In addition. well-financed special interest groups seeking to curtail open discussion of vital historical issues have for years targeted the the internet archive notes Institute. grossly misrepresenting its work and purpose. Prominent among these are the Simon Wiesenthal Center (Los Angeles) and the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith (New York) — stridently partisan organizations with well documented records as staunch apologists for narrow Zionist-Jewish interests.
The Journal of Historical Review
The Institute’s Journal of Historical Review — the leading periodical of its kind in the world — appears six times yearly in an attractive sms to data illustrated magazine format. More than 60 issues have appeared since it first began publication in 1980. The Journal editor is Theodore J. O’Keefe.
The IHR Journal. says best-selling British historian David Irving. “has an astounding record of fearlessly shattering the icons of those vested interests who hate and fear the truth. That is why I strongly endorse it. and suggest that every intelligent man and woman in America. Britain and the dominions subscribe.”
