The news that I would be addressing the Institute of Historical Review came to some people as, well, news. It was mentioned in the Jewish newspaper Forward and on the Zionist Wall Street Journal OnLine. The editors of two conservative magazines called and wrote me to express their concern that I might damage my reputation,... Read More

Since the end of World War II, authoritative claims about the character and scope of killings at the Auschwitz concentration camp have changed drastically. One particularly striking change concerns the various "official" estimates of the number of victims -- a number that since 1945 has been steadily declining. Today, more than half a century after... Read More

Here is the text of the open letter by Phillip Tourney, President of the USS Liberty Veterans Association, published in a full-page advertisement in the daily Washington Times, June 6, 2002 (p. A11). U.S.S. LIBERTY VETERANS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 1887, Washington, DC 20013-1887 June 1, 2002 President George W. Bush Commander in Chief, White House... Read More

Question: When did you join the USS Liberty and what position did you serve on June 8, 1967? Answer: I joined the ship in April 1967. I was a lieutenant and was assigned to be the ship's Electronic Materiel Officer, responsible for the maintenance and repair of all of the ship's electronic equipment. I also... Read More

In January 1995 the French news magazine L'Express reported that Auschwitz staff now admitted that the gas-chamber known as "Krema [Crematorium] I" (the one still shown to visitors) had in fact been erected in 1948 by Polish communists for the foreign tourists' benefit. Fred Leuchter had already demonstrated the deception in 1988. British historian David... Read More

Harry Elmer Barnes (1889-1968) was one of the most prominent and influential American historians of the twentieth century. He authored scores of books and hundreds of articles. Perhaps the best introduction to his life, career and impact is the book Harry Elmer Barnes: Learned Crusader. A listing of his writings in that work – which... Read More

Outstanding speakers and an upbeat spirit marked the 14th Conference of the Institute for Historical Review, June 21-23, 2002, in Irvine, California. Among the high points of the successful three-day meeting was the witty, thought-provoking banquet talk by columnist Joseph Sobran, and the rousing keynote address by IHR Director Mark Weber. More than a hundred... Read More