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'''Mark Edward Weber''' (born October 9, 1951) is an American [[Holocaust denier]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-08-30-1993242076-story.html|title=Holocaust Denial: When in Doubt, Doubt|first=GEORGE F.|last=WILL|website=baltimoresun.com|date=30 August 1993 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/mark-weber|title=Mark Weber|website=Southern Poverty Law Center}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/american-holocaust-denier-banned-entering-uk-british-government-783866|title=Holocaust denier Mark Weber banned from entering U.K. for "unacceptable" behavior|date=January 17, 2018|website=Newsweek}}</ref> who is the director of the [[Institute for Historical Review]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://auschwitz.org/en/history/holocaust-denial/the-institute-for-historical-review|title=The Institute for Historical Review / Holocaust denial / History / Auschwitz-Birkenau|website=auschwitz.org}}</ref><ref name="IHR">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihr.org/other/authorbios.html|title=Selected IHR Author Biographies|website=www.ihr.org}}</ref> a United States, California-based Holocaust denial organization.<ref name=huerta>{{cite book|first1=Carlos C.|last1=Huerta|first2=Dafna|last2=Shiffman-Huerta|chapter=Holocaust Denial Literature: Its Place in Teaching the Holocaust|title=New Perspectives on the Holocaust: A Guide for Teachers and Scholars|editor-first=Rochelle L.|editor-last=Millen|publisher=NYU Press|year=1996|isbn=0-8147-5540-2|pages=189}}</ref><ref name=rosenfeld>{{cite book|chapter=The politics of uniqueness: reflections on the recent polemical turn in Holocaust and genocide scholarship|first1=David|last1=Cesarani|first2=Sarah|last2=Kavanaugh|title=Holocaust: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=0-415-27509-1|pages=376}}</ref> Weber has been associated with the IHR since the 1980s. In 1992 he became editor-in-chief of the IHR's pseudoscientific ''[[Journal of Historical Review]]''. Weber was subsequently named the institute's Director in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihr.org/about|title=ABOUT THE IHR|website=www.ihr.org}}</ref>
'''Mark Edward Weber''' (born October 9, 1951) is an American [[Holocaust denier]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-08-30-1993242076-story.html|title=Holocaust Denial: When in Doubt, Doubt|first=GEORGE F.|last=WILL|website=baltimoresun.com|date=30 August 1993 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/mark-weber|title=Mark Weber|website=Southern Poverty Law Center}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/american-holocaust-denier-banned-entering-uk-british-government-783866|title=Holocaust denier Mark Weber banned from entering U.K. for "unacceptable" behavior|date=January 17, 2018|website=Newsweek}}</ref> who is the director of the [[Institute for Historical Review]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://auschwitz.org/en/history/holocaust-denial/the-institute-for-historical-review|title=The Institute for Historical Review / Holocaust denial / History / Auschwitz-Birkenau|website=auschwitz.org}}</ref><ref name="IHR">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihr.org/other/authorbios.html|title=Selected IHR Author Biographies|website=www.ihr.org}}</ref> a United States, California-based Holocaust denial organization.<ref name=huerta>{{cite book|first1=Carlos C.|last1=Huerta|first2=Dafna|last2=Shiffman-Huerta|chapter=Holocaust Denial Literature: Its Place in Teaching the Holocaust|title=New Perspectives on the Holocaust: A Guide for Teachers and Scholars|editor-first=Rochelle L.|editor-last=Millen|publisher=NYU Press|year=1996|isbn=0-8147-5540-2|pages=189}}</ref><ref name=rosenfeld>{{cite book|chapter=The politics of uniqueness: reflections on the recent polemical turn in Holocaust and genocide scholarship|first1=David|last1=Cesarani|first2=Sarah|last2=Kavanaugh|title=Holocaust: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=0-415-27509-1|pages=376}}</ref> Weber has been associated with the IHR since the 1980s. In 1992 he became editor-in-chief of the IHR's pseudoscientific ''[[Journal of Historical Review]]''. Weber was subsequently named the institute's Director in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihr.org/about|title=ABOUT THE IHR|website=www.ihr.org}}</ref>


Weber was born in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], in 1951. After graduating from Jesuit High School in 1969, he studied history in [[Chicago]] at the [[University of Illinois]].<ref name="IHR" /> He continued his studies for two semesters at the [[University of Munich]], and, returning to [[Oregon]], took a B.A. degree in history with high honors from [[Portland State University]]. In graduate school, he continued his study of history at [[Indiana University]], receiving an M.A. degree in [[Modern history|modern]] [[European history]] in 1977.<ref name="niz">[http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/orgs/american/skeptic-magazine/skeptic-4.html Who Are The Holocaust Revisionists?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918192700/http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/orgs/american/skeptic-magazine/skeptic-4.html |date=2018-09-18 }}. ''Skeptic Magazine''</ref> Beginning in 1978 Weber became involved with the [[National Alliance (United States)|National Alliance]], a far-right white supremacist organization. In 1979 Weber served as the editor of the group's magazine, the ''National Vanguard''. Throughout the 1980s Weber functioned as the treasurer of the National Alliance's [[William Luther Pierce|Cosmotheist Church]]. During this period Weber became more heavily involved with the IHR as well as collaborating with [[Bradley Smith (Holocaust denier)|Bradley Smith]] and the [[Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust]] (CODOH).<ref>Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld and Diana R. Grant, Crimes of Hate: Selected Readings (Thousand Oaks, Cal: Sage Publications, 2004).</ref>
Weber was born in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], in 1951. After graduating from Jesuit High School in 1969, he studied history in [[Chicago]] at the [[University of Illinois]].<ref name="IHR" /> He continued his studies for two semesters at the [[University of Munich]], and, returning to [[Oregon]], took a B.A. degree in history with high honors from [[Portland State University]]. In graduate school, he continued his study of history at [[Indiana University]], receiving an M.A. degree in [[Modern history|modern]] [[European history]] in 1977.<ref name="niz">[http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/orgs/american/skeptic-magazine/skeptic-4.html Who Are The Holocaust Revisionists?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918192700/http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/orgs/american/skeptic-magazine/skeptic-4.html |date=2018-09-18 }}. ''Skeptic Magazine''</ref> Beginning in 1978 Weber became involved with the [[National Alliance (United States)|National Alliance]], a far-right white supremacist organization. In 1979 Weber served as the editor of the group's magazine, the ''National Vanguard''. Throughout the 1980s Weber functioned as the treasurer of the National Alliance's [[William Luther Pierce|Cosmotheist Church]]. During this period Weber became more heavily involved with the IHR as well as collaborating with [[Bradley Smith (Holocaust denier)|Bradley Smith]] and the [[Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust]] (CODOH).<ref>Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld and Diana R. Grant, Crimes of Hate: Selected Readings (Thousand Oaks, Cal: Sage Publications, 2004).</ref>

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For the member of the North Dakota Senate, see Mark Weber (politician).

Mark Edward Weber (born October 9, 1951) is an American Holocaust denier,[1][2][3] who is the director of the Institute for Historical Review,[4][5] a United States, California-based Holocaust denial organization.[6][7] Weber has been associated with the IHR since the 1980s. In 1992 he became editor-in-chief of the IHR's pseudoscientific Journal of Historical Review. Weber was subsequently named the institute's Director in 1995.[8]

Weber was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1951. After graduating from Jesuit High School in 1969, he studied history in Chicago at the University of Illinois.[5] He continued his studies for two semesters at the University of Munich, and, returning to Oregon, took a B.A. degree in history with high honors from Portland State University. In graduate school, he continued his study of history at Indiana University, receiving an M.A. degree in modern European history in 1977.[9] Beginning in 1978 Weber became involved with the National Alliance, a far-right white supremacist organization. In 1979 Weber served as the editor of the group's magazine, the National Vanguard. Throughout the 1980s Weber functioned as the treasurer of the National Alliance's Cosmotheist Church. During this period Weber became more heavily involved with the IHR as well as collaborating with Bradley Smith and the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH).[10]

In 2018, Weber was denied entry to the United Kingdom.[11]

References

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  1. ^ WILL, GEORGE F. (August 30, 1993). "Holocaust Denial: When in Doubt, Doubt". baltimoresun.com.
  2. ^ "Mark Weber". Southern Poverty Law Center.
  3. ^ "Holocaust denier Mark Weber banned from entering U.K. for "unacceptable" behavior". Newsweek. January 17, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Institute for Historical Review / Holocaust denial / History / Auschwitz-Birkenau". auschwitz.org.
  5. ^ a b "Selected IHR Author Biographies". www.ihr.org.
  6. ^ Huerta, Carlos C.; Shiffman-Huerta, Dafna (1996). "Holocaust Denial Literature: Its Place in Teaching the Holocaust". In Millen, Rochelle L. (ed.). New Perspectives on the Holocaust: A Guide for Teachers and Scholars. NYU Press. p. 189. ISBN 0-8147-5540-2.
  7. ^ Cesarani, David; Kavanaugh, Sarah (2004). "The politics of uniqueness: reflections on the recent polemical turn in Holocaust and genocide scholarship". Holocaust: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies. Routledge. p. 376. ISBN 0-415-27509-1.
  8. ^ "ABOUT THE IHR". www.ihr.org.
  9. ^ Who Are The Holocaust Revisionists? Archived 2018-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Skeptic Magazine
  10. ^ Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld and Diana R. Grant, Crimes of Hate: Selected Readings (Thousand Oaks, Cal: Sage Publications, 2004).
  11. ^ "Holocaust denier Mark Weber left stranded in Madrid after realising that Theresa May banned him from the UK". Campaign Against Antisemitism. January 22, 2018.
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