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Jewish World Review Oct. 21, 2009 / 3 Mar-Cheshvan 5770 Holocaust denier sues survivor, calling Auschwitz memoir vicious lies By Tonya Alanez
In a lawsuit filed in Zisblatt's son-in-law, who is a lawyer, called Hunt's lawsuit "absurd" but expressed concern for his elderly relative's safety. "This lunatic has assaulted a survivor in the past," Zisblatt's autobiography recounts how she, five siblings and their parents were packed into a boxcar for the trip from Her mother gave Zisblatt, 13, four diamonds. (In her book's title, Zisblatt herself is the fifth diamond.) To keep the gems safe, Zisblatt relates, she repeatedly swallowed them during her time in captivity. Zisblatt, who appeared in director Hunt, 25, of The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge "In terms of the hatred spewed in this complaint, it clearly has no legal or factual bearing whatsoever," Mermelstein said. "It's a ridiculous pleading, and our concern is really directed not to the complaint, but to the motives and intent of Also named as defendants in the suit are Spielberg; Zisblatt's co-author, "Zisblatt blatantly stole other Jewish people's experiences during World War II and passed them off as her own in order to further the Jewish political agenda and profit off of these fantastical tales," Hunt, who is representing himself without an attorney, wrote in his lawsuit. "The defendants must not go unpunished for tormenting Gentiles and instilling hatred in Jews using such hideous lies." In 2007, Hunt accosted Holocaust survivor and scholar Wiesel, 81, in a Hunt was convicted in 2008 of false imprisonment, battery and elder abuse. A judge sentenced him to two years in prison but gave him credit for time served and good behavior. The judge ordered Hunt to undergo psychological treatment. At sentencing, Hunt apologized and said he had suffered a "severe mental breakdown." "I had been sucked into anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on the Internet," Hunt said in
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