Henry Herskovitz

Henry Herskovitz is a Michigan-based Holocaust denier and leader of the antisemitic and anti-Zionist organization Witness for Peace (WFP). Since 2003, Herskovitz has led weekly WFP protests outside a synagogue in Ann Arbor, Michigan, citing the congregation’s support for Israel. The group frequently carries signs espousing antisemitic tropes, including the allegation that Jews are disloyal citizens of the United States, or alleging Jewish control over the U.S. political system. In 2019, Herskovitz denied the Holocaust on his personal blog, writing that the Holocaust “was concocted to portray Jews as victims in order to cement their claim to eternal victimhood, and reap possible benefits.”

In his words:

• “The Holocaust narrative’s fundamental purpose is to demand that alleged Jewish suffering trump actual and current Palestinian suffering.” - interview in the July/August 2022 issue of the Barnes Review
• “If you want to introduce ‘the Holocaust’ into the Palestine liberation movement, let’s have a discussion, and we should begin by having you produce a wartime photograph of a homicidal gas chamber.” - interview in the July/August 2022 issue of the Barnes Review
• “[There are] two facts of the Holocaust: (1) Adolf Hitler made no bones of not liking Jews. (2) Jews were sent to concentration camps; many died. The rest (written orders from Hitler to exterminate Jews, building homicidal gas chambers, and claiming 6 million victims) was concocted to portray Jews as victims in order to cement their claim to eternal victimhood, and reap possible benefits.”