Sabina Citron

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Sabina Citron
Born(1928-08-04)August 4, 1928
Holocaust survivor
; founder and spokesperson of the Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Association; author

Sabina Citron (August 4, 1928 – September 27, 2023) was a Polish-Canadian

Holocaust survivor. She was a founder and spokesperson of the Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Association, charged a Nazi propagandist under the Canadian Criminal Code with spreading false news in relation to the Holocaust, and prevailed in a civil lawsuit for libel against Hungarian war criminal Imre Finta
. She authored The Indictment.

Early life

Sabina Citron was born in Łódź, Poland on August 4, 1928.[1] She performed forced labour in an ammunition factory during World War II.[1]

Later during the Holocaust, she was incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, where her oldest brother died.[1][2] Although the rest of Citron's close relatives managed to survive, almost all of her extended family were killed.[1] She moved to Israel in 1948, later immigrated to Toronto, Canada. She later returned to Israel,[1] living in Jerusalem until her death in 2023.

Later life

Citron became a founder and spokesperson of the Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Association.[3][4][5][6][7]

In 1983 Citron began a private prosecution under the Canadian Criminal Code against Nazi propagandist Ernst Zündel, a Holocaust denier and pamphleteer, charging him with spreading false news.[8]

The charges were based on two pamphlets he had published. Citron alleged that the publications were "likely to cause mischief to the public interest in social and racial tolerance".[9][1][10][11][12] The case was taken over by the Crown Attorney's office, and Zündel was convicted and sentenced to 15 months in jail.[13]

However, on appeal to the

freedom of expression in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
.

Citron also prevailed in a civil lawsuit for libel against Imre Finta, after he accused her of being a liar for saying that he had committed war crimes.[1][15][16]

Citron was the author of The Indictment: The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Historical Perspective (Gefen Publishing House Ltd, 2006).[17][18]

Death

Sabina Citron died at her apartment in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023, at the age of 95.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Sabina Citron". Gefen Publishing House. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  2. ^ Les Whittington (March 1, 1985). "Zundel Remains Defiant". The Windsor Star. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Donna Hooper (October 18, 1997). "Zundel controls Web site, estranged wife testifies". The Record. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  4. ^ Michael Babad (April 30, 1985). "Canada to Deport Holocaust Hoax Publisher". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  5. ^ "Indict War Criminals: Petition". The Calgary Herald. July 24, 1981. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  6. ^ Les Whittington (March 22, 1983). "Jewish Activists Dissatisfied with Govt. Probe of War Criminals". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  7. ^ "Nazi Hunter Offers Names". The Windsor Star. April 26, 1985. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  8. ^ Criminal Code, RSC 1970, c. C-34, s. 171 (carried forward as s. 181 of the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c. C-46; repealed, SC 2019, c. 25, s. 62).
  9. ^ a b R v Zundel, 1987 CanLII 121 (ON CA).
  10. ^ Sabina Citron and Toronto Mayor's committee on community and race relations: (Complainants/les plaignantes) and/et Canadian Human Rights Commission and Ernst Zündel. Canadian Human Rights Tribunal/Tribunal des droits de la personne. 1998. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  11. ISBN 9780415357586
    . Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  12. ISBN 9780889202160
    . Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  13. ^ Les Whittington (March 25, 1985). "Zundel Sentenced to 15 Months". The Calgary Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  14. ^ R v Zundel, [1992] 2 SCR 731.
  15. ^ David Matas (1994). "The Case of Imre Finta, The Viscount Bennett Memorial Lecture". 43 University of New Brunswick Law Journal 281. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  16. ^ "Prosecution of War Criminals Moving at 'Snails Pace'". The Jewish Post & News. March 25, 1993. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  17. ISBN 965-229-373-3
    . Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  18. ^ "American Jewish Year Book 2007; The Americas; Canada" (PDF). American Jewish Committee. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  19. ^ "Sabina Citron Z"L Survivor, Activist, Author, Mother, and Friend". The Times of Israel. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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