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This is the story of a holocaust denier, a holocaust survivor and the man who made it his mission to put himself in-between the two.

Australia isn’t like other countries around the world where holocaust denial is a crime. In fact there were almost no ways to legally challenge holocaust denial until section 18c was introduced in 1994.

Section 18c is a little part of our Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) that makes it unlawful to ‘offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate’ based on race. Its addition to the RDA meant that once where holocaust denial went unchallenged in Australia,the Jewish community now had legal options.

But with some calling for 18c to be changed or repealed, the Jewish community could be on the brink of losing their most powerful tool in their fight against anti-semitism.