Books censor, 05/14/2003

Editor MNH:  (as submitted)

In a letter to the editor I have been accused of trying to remove books from our High School Libraries. Here is my story.  In l994  I offered to donate books, the Hoax of the Twentieth Century, the Aushwitz Myth, the Leuchter Report, etc. to the M. Public Library. The library accepted. In a letter to the M. School Board  (Jan.26, 1995)  I  repeated this  offer  to the Senior High School Library. At the same time I requested that the Holocaust books  at the Junior High  either be removed, or transferred to Senior High. My question was and still is: Can’t you wait until your charges are out of their childhood before you indoctrinate them with hate for Germans by means of  the  gaschamber/holocaust lore?  If you want to promote  tolerance by teaching man’s inhumanity to man  then a Christian would look in the eye of his  own nation,  for only that promotes humility, tolerance and reconciliation. The School Board rejected my offer and denied my request. However I was handed Rule 871  which allows every citizen of the  school district to challenge books which  he  considers detrimental to our students.  After having challenged  “Never to Forget” by Milton Meltzer  I received a letter  on official school stationary written by a school official containing this sentence: “The German people should suffer a shared guilt that should last many generations.” Most people and that includes  Americans of German descend, side with the victor where life is easy and honorable. But my sympathies have always been with the witches, the heretics, the losers and that includes Nazi Germany.  If you want to accept this collective guilt that is your business.  I will fight  to the hour of  my death anybody  who calls my  goodly parents  criminals, or tries to put the mark of Cain on my children,  for that is the ultimate of racism. 

Below is the newspaper’s edited version of the above letter.

Explanation offered for book removal request

Editor MNH: 5/14/03

In a letter to the editor I have been accused of trying to remove books from our high school library. Here is my story:

In 1994 I offered to donate books, the “Hoax of the Twentieth Century,” the “Auschwitz Myth;’ the “Leuchter Report,” etc. to the Marshfield Public Library. The library accepted. In a letter to the M. School Board (Jan. 26, 1995) I repeated this offer to the high school library. At the same time I requested that the Holocaust books at the junior high either be removed or transferred to the high school. The School Board rejected my offer and denied my request.  However, I was handed Rule 871 which allows every citizen of the school district to challenge books which he considers detrimental to our students. After having challenged “Never to Forget” by Milton Meltzer, I received a letter on official school stationery written by a school official containing this sentence: “The German people should suffer a shared guilt that should last many generations.” Most people, and that includes Americans of German descent, side with the victor where life is easy and honorable. But my sympathies have always been with the witches, the heretics, the losers and that includes Nazi Germany.