Victory for AJC played a significant but little E. Robert Goodkind, chair, National Council, known role in Professor Deborah and Professor Deborah Lipstadt proclaim vic- tory against Holocaust denier Irving. Lipstadt's April 11 victory in a libel suit brought against her by Holocaust "This trial was not about proving denier . "With David that happened. We Harris and many others, including don't need any judge for that. As fine Bob Goodkind and Bob Rifkind, a judge as Charles Gray is, the histo- AJC quietly, but with utter convic- ry of the Holocaust would have tion, supported [the defense]," said stood without him. We were there to James Libson, a partner at Lipstadt's prove that [Irving] is not a . London law firm, Mischon de Reya, That this man lies and manipulates, which was given an award at the An- and he cannot be trusted. nual Meeting. "AJC's efforts have "If we go to Psalm 23—there was been remarkable. It has provided true darkness, but there was also tov v leadership, which has been vindicated chesed, goodness and mercy. Irving in the trial result." Ken Stern, AJC's was right about one thing: There was expert on hate groups, contributed to a conspiracy, not an international the case as "a key member" of Lip- Jewish conspiracy, but a conspiracy stadt's defense team. of goodness, of people who abhor This is "a story of which we can all racism and anti-Semitism. be very proud," said E. Robert Good- "When you encounter pure evil, kind, chair of AJC's National Coun- there is no compromise. I feel cil and of the Annual Meeting, where blessed to have been given the op- Lipstadt made her first public ap- portunity and the support to be able pearance since the trial. to stand up to someone who spreads so much evil, and most of all to stand Professor Lipstadt: up for so many who can no longer "This [trial] could have been in many stand up for themselves." respects a valley of extreme darkness. I sat in court and watched David Irv- ing dancing on the graves of victims. "This is a man who is filled I watched him make fun of women and motivated by hatred, and children. Make fun of testimony in Nuremberg. Make fun of Elie who wants to and enjoys Wiesel, whom he called Elie Weasel; doing evil. This is a man make fun of Jewish organizations; who lies and then believes make fun of fine, upstanding, won- derful people, and talk about them in his lies." the most perverted way possible. Professor Deborah Lipstadt, speaking of Holocaust denier David Irving