Simon Wiesenthal Center forces online retailers to remove Holocaust denial books
Following letters sent by the Simon Wiesnthal Center (SWC) earlier this month, Target Corporation and Barnes and Noble have removed several Holocaust-denying books from their catalogues, including “Not Guilty at Nuremberg,” by Carlos Porter, “Der Auschwitz Mythos” by Wilhelm Stäglich, “Was Ist Wahrheit” by Paul Rasinie and “Eine Zensur Findet Statt!” by Germar Rudolf.
“We assume these large online booksellers do not mass-market books promoting terrorism or pedophilia,” SWC’s Rabbi Abraham Cooper said in a statement. “At a time of surging antisemitic hate crimes here in the US, it is beyond the pale that a book would be marketed by someone who insults the memory of 6 million Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide.”
Regarding “Guilty at Nuremberg,” Target issued a statement saying, “It’s never our intention to offend our guests with the merchandise we carry. Please know that we have removed this book from our assortment.”
Barnes and Noble also responded to SWC, stating, “As soon as we are made aware of any such offending titles, we take prompt action to remove [them] in accordance with our policy, as we did with ‘Not Guilty at Nuremberg.’ We had not been aware of this title’s existence… Upon receipt of your correspondence, in accordance with our content policy, we immediately removed it from our website. We also alerted Lightning Source, who have assured us that they also have deleted this title from their books for sale.”
