- Kenneth McVay
Kenneth McVay, a.k.a Ken McVay OBC (b. ca. 1940), a Canadian-American dual citizen, is an
Internet activist againstHolocaust denial . He is the founder of theNizkor Project , one of the first (and largest)World Wide Web sites against Holocaust denial.An active participant on the
newsgroup "alt.revisionism", McVay describes himself as a person who found himself moved to action by the efforts of Holocaust deniers on the newsgroup to promote "evidence" that he found to be poorly presented and claims that were vague at best. He also opposed the idea of censoring and suppressing the deniers, as authorities and experts onhate group s often did.A former
United States Marine and retired service station manager, McVay found that he had an ample amount of spare time to dedicate to researching and transcribing historical documents, so that they could be made available online to counter the arguments of the deniers. In various interviews, he has stated his belief that of the many reasons for the deniers to oppose him and despise him, one of the most frustrating to them is the fact that their arguments have been so thoroughly debunked by a man who is notJew ish and has never professed to be a world-class scholar.McVay's efforts in combatting Holocaust denial with truth instead of
censorship won him praise among many activists, and he was awarded theOrder of British Columbia by the province.McVay spends much of his time on extended speaking tours, where he discusses Holocaust denial and hate groups.
External links
* [http://www.vex.net/~kmcvay/ Kenneth McVay's home page]
* [http://www.nizkor.org/ The Nizkor Project] (managed by Ken McVay)
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