We educate campus editors about freedom of expression, emphasizing that giving a forum to such extremists is a choice, not an obligation.

One of the Holocaust-denial movement's most visible activists continues to be Bradley Smith of the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH), who has attempted to gain exposure at colleges by running ads in campus newspapers across the country. But Mr. Smith himself acknowledged in his group's newsletter that "The Anti-Defamation League and its allies . . . were able to block the placement of too many of our ads and our op-eds at colleges and universities where it is important that they run." Again, no one denies the right of Mr. Smith to voice his opinions. But the League, as we educate campus editors about freedom of expression, emphasizes that giving a forum to such extremists is a choice, not an obligation.

ADL's Pocket Guide provides a concise summary of the Holocaust-denial movement's anti-Semitism and spurious scholarship.

Most recently, Mr. Smith has focused on a national campaign of ads offering $250,000 to anyone who could arrange a debate on the truth of the Holocaust between CODOH and ADL. Many campus publications turned down the ad, but 26 published it.

ADL also protested the Internal Revenue Service's decision to grant nonprofit status to another Holocaust-denial group, the California-based Institute for Historical Review (IHR), and its parent organization, Legion for the Survival of Freedom, Inc. The League urged the IRS to rescind its ruling, saying, "IHR is the major center for Holocaust-denial propaganda and anti-Semitic vitriol. . . . We question the decision granting this group the benefits afforded to legitimate non-profit educational institutions."