Back بنيامين فريدمان Arabic بنيامين فريدمان ARZ Бенджамин Фридман Bulgarian Benjamin H. Freedman Czech Benjamin Freedman German Benjamin Freedman Spanish بنجامین اچ. فریدمن Persian Benjamin Harrison Freedman French Benjamin Harrison Freedman Italian Benjamin Freedman Portuguese
Benjamin H. Freedman | |
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_in_the_Daily_News_of_New_York_City,_New_York_on_January_23,_1959.jpg) Freedman in 1959 | |
| Born | Benjamin Harrison Freedman October 4, 1890 New York City, New York, U.S |
| Died | May 1984 (aged 93) Garden City, New York, U.S |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, principal owner of the Woodbury Soap Company |
| Known for | Anti-Zionism |
| Spouse | Rose Schoendorf |
Benjamin Harrison[1] Freedman (October 4, 1890 – May 1984)[2] was an American businessman, Holocaust denier,[3][4][5] and vocal anti-Zionist.[6][7] Born in a Jewish family, he converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism.[8] Outside of political activism, Freedman was a partner in a dermatological institute and investor for small businesses.
- ^ House Committee on un-American activities, pg 17 Archived November 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, calling him "Benjamin Harrison Freedman ... of 960 Park Avenue"
- ^ Social Security Death Index: "born Oct 4 1890, died May 1984 Benjamin Freeman [sic] Garden City, NY"
- ^ Identity Politics in the Age of Genocide: The Holocaust and Historical representation, David B. MacDonald, page 56
- ^ Benjamin H.Freedman, "Six Million Jew Hoax," Common Sense (May 1, 1959)
- ^ Svonkin, Stuart (1997). Jews Against Prejudice: American Jews and the Fight for Civil Liberties. Columbia University Press. p. 120. ISBN 0231106386.
- ^ The New York Times, May 8, 1948: Anti-Zionist Tells of Dinner in Capital
- ^ The New York Times, May 9, 1948: Anti-Zionist Lists Policy 'Dictators'; Lehman, Baruch and Warburg Named as Among Those Who Influence U.S. on Palestine
- ^ The New York Times, May 5, 1948, p. 35 :"Mr Freedman who was born in the Jewish faith, but now practices Catholicism ..."