Prof. Deborah E. Lipstadt, USA - Honorary Doctorate Recipient

In recognition of the fact that she has dedicated her life, through heroic efforts, to the struggle against Holocaust denial , making use of the key tool of academic research – exposure of the truth – to eradicate the phenomenon; for her numerous academic publications and lectures around the world against anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial; for her uncompromising devotion and commitment to the study of the Holocaust and the preservation of its memory; for her unequivocal belief in the supreme importance of freedom of expression; and in appreciation of her role as a key figure in the life of American and global Jewry.