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'''Nicholas Kollerstrom''' (born 13 December 1946) is an English writer who has become known for [[Holocaust denial]] and the promotion of [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]].<ref name=Ames8Feb2017>{{Cite news|author=Jonathan Ames|date=8 February 2017|title=Disgraced lawyer was connected to Holocaust denier|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/disgraced-lawyer-was-connected-to-holocaust-denier-dxnljlmj7|work=The Sunday Times}}</ref> Formerly an honorary research fellow at [[University College London]] (UCL) and BBC lunar gardening correspondent, he is the author of several books, including ''Gardening and Planting by the Moon'' (an annual series beginning in 1980), ''Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory'' (2000), ''Crop Circles'' (2002), and ''Terror on the Tube'' (2009). He has also written entries for the ''[[Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers]]''.
'''Nicholas Kollerstrom''' (born 1946) is an English writer who has become known for [[Holocaust denial]] and the promotion of [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]].<ref name=Ames8Feb2017>{{Cite news|author=Jonathan Ames|date=8 February 2017|title=Disgraced lawyer was connected to Holocaust denier|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/disgraced-lawyer-was-connected-to-holocaust-denier-dxnljlmj7|work=The Sunday Times}}</ref> Formerly an honorary research fellow in science and technology at [[University College London]] (UCL), he is the author of several books, including ''Gardening and Planting by the Moon'' (an annual series beginning in 1980), ''Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory'' (2000), ''Crop Circles'' (2002), and ''Terror on the Tube'' (2009). He has also written entries for the ''[[Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers]]''.


Kollerstrom has been involved in a variety of issues as a political activist. In 1986 he co-founded the Belgrano Action Group after the sinking of the ''[[ARA General Belgrano]]'' by the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Falklands War]], and in 2007 he argued that the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]] had not been carried out by the men accused of them. UCL withdrew his fellowship in 2008 after he posted material about the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] on websites known for Holocaust denial.<ref name=UCL>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0804/08042202 "Dr Nicholas Kollerstrom"], ''UCL News'', 22 April 2008.</ref><ref>Daniella Peled, [http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/college-rejects-shoah-denier "College rejects Shoah denier"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 24 April 2008.</ref><ref name=Cohen>[[Nick Cohen]], [https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2008/may/04/highereducation "When academics lose their power of reason"], ''The Observer'', 4 May 2008.</ref>
Kollerstrom has been involved in a variety of issues as a political activist. In 1986 he co-founded the Belgrano Action Group after the sinking of the ''[[ARA General Belgrano]]'' by the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Falklands War]], and from 2006 he argued that the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]] had not been carried out by the men accused of them. UCL withdrew his fellowship in 2008 after he posted material about the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] on websites known for Holocaust denial.<ref name=UCL>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0804/08042202 "Dr Nicholas Kollerstrom"], ''UCL News'', 22 April 2008.</ref><ref>Daniella Peled, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321172415/https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/college-rejects-shoah-denier "College rejects Shoah denier"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 24 April 2008.</ref><ref name=Aaronovitch/><ref name=Cohen>[[Nick Cohen]], [https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2008/may/04/highereducation "When academics lose their power of reason"], ''The Observer'', 4 May 2008.</ref>


==Education and career==
==Education and career==
Kollerstrom attended [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]] from 1965, obtaining his BA in [[Natural Sciences (Cambridge)|natural sciences]] in 1968 (promoted to [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] in 1973), with a focus on the history and philosophy of science.{{efn|''Cambridge University Reporter'', 1968: Kollerstrom matriculated in Michaelmas Term 1965 at Corpus Christi College. He was awarded a BA on 21 June 1968 and an MA on 20 October 1973. At Cambridge an MA is automatically conferred if applied for at least two years after graduation.}} He worked as a physics teacher before becoming a graduate student in science and technology at [[University College London]] (UCL).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090307210732/http://www.foulsham.com/page120.htm "Nick Kollerstrom"], Foulsham Publishing, accessed 26 November 2009.</ref>
Kollerstrom studied [[Natural Sciences (Cambridge)|natural sciences]] at [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]] from 1965, obtaining his BA in 1968 ([[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|promoted to MA]] in 1973).{{efn|''Cambridge University Reporter'', 1968: Kollerstrom matriculated in Michaelmas Term 1965 at Corpus Christi College. He was awarded a BA on 21 June 1968 and an MA on 20 October 1973. At Cambridge an MA is automatically conferred if applied for at least two years after graduation.}} According to his book ''Lead on the Brain'' (1982), he worked from 1971–1976 for the [[Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)|Medical Research Council]]'s Air Pollution Research Unit in London, and later as a physics teacher.<ref>Nick Kollerstrom, ''Lead on the Brain: A Plain Guide to Britain's No. 1 Pollutant'', London: Wildwood House, 1982, back cover.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090307210732/http://www.foulsham.com/page120.htm "Nick Kollerstrom"], Foulsham Publishing, accessed 26 November 2009.</ref>{{efn|"We thank Nick Kollerstrom for making many of the measurements and also Professor P. J. Lawther, formerly Director of the Medical Research Council's Air Pollution Unit at St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, where this work was largely done, for his unfailing support and encouragement."<ref>Whimster, W. F., Lord, P., and Biles, B. "Tracheobronchial gland profiles in four segmental airways", American Review of Respiratory Disease'', 129(6), June 1984, pp.&nbsp;985–988. {{doi|10.1164/arrd.1984.129.6.985}} {{pmid|6732055}}</ref>}} Interested in the view that there is a relationship between the moon and [[plant growth]] (known as [[Agricultural astrology|lunar gardening]]), he also worked on a [[Biodynamic agriculture|biodynamic farm]] in the 1970s,<ref name=Thompson>Elspeth Thompson, "Urban Gardener", ''The Sunday Telegraph'' magazine, 31 February 2000.</ref> and in 1980 his ''Gardening and Planting by the Moon'' was published, the first of an annual series.<ref name=Kollerstrom1980>Nicholas Kollerstrom, ''Gardening and Planting by the Moon'', W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd., annual series from 1980 to the present. The cover of the 2009 edition calls the author "BBC's Lunar Gardening Correspondent".</ref><ref>Also see Nicholas Kollerstrom, [https://web.archive.org/web/20091021041936/http://www.astro3.demon.co.uk/index.htm "Gardening and Planting by the Moon"], personal website, archived 21 October 2009.</ref>


In 1995 Kollerstrom was awarded a PhD by [[University College London]] (UCL) for a thesis entitled ''The Achievement of Newton's "Theory of the Moon's Motion" of 1702''.<ref>Nicholas Kollerstrom, ''The Achievement of Newton's 'Theory of the Moon's Motion' of 1702'', PhD dissertation, University of London, 1995.</ref> UCL also awarded him an honorary research fellowship in science and technology studies.<ref name=UCL/><ref name=UCLbio>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080330093501/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/nk/ "Nicholas Kollerstrom"], University College London Department of Science and Technology Studies, 30 March 2008.</ref> His book ''Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude'' was published in 2000.<ref>Kurt Smith, "''Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude'', by Nicholas Kollerstrom", ''Isis'', 96(3), September 2005, pp.&nbsp;437–438. {{jstor|10.1086/498778}}</ref> He wrote several papers on the [[Lunar phase|lunar cycle]]. In 2000 he published research in ''Equine Veterinary Journal'' on the moon and horse breeding<ref name=Thompson/><ref>N. Kollerstrom and Camilla Power, "The influence of the lunar cycle on fertility on two thoroughbred studfarms", ''Equine Veterinary Journal'', 32(1), January, pp.&nbsp;75–77. {{doi|10.2746/042516400777612107}} {{PMID|10661389}}</ref> and in 2003 in ''BMC Psychiatry'' on [[lunar month]]s and human behaviour.<ref>Nicholas Kollerstrom, Beverly Steffert, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/3/20 "Sex difference in response to stress by lunar month: A pilot study of four years' crisis-call frequency"], ''BMC Psychiatry'', 3(20), 10 December 2003. {{PMID|14664724}} {{doi|10.1186/1471-244X-3-20}}</ref>
Interested in the effect of the sun, moon and planets on [[plant growth]], he served as the BBC's lunar gardening correspondent, and in 1980 his ''Gardening and Planting by the Moon'' was published, the first of an annual series.<ref>Nicholas Kollerstrom, ''Gardening and Planting by the Moon'', W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd., annual series from 1980 to the present; the cover of the 2009 edition calls the author "BBC's Lunar Gardening Correspondent".{{pb}}
Also see Nicholas Kollerstrom, [https://web.archive.org/web/20091021041936/http://www.astro3.demon.co.uk/index.htm "Gardening and Planting by the Moon"], personal website.</ref> UCL awarded him a PhD in 1995, for a thesis entitled ''The Achievement of Newton's "Theory of the Moon's Motion" of 1702'', and an honorary research fellowship.<ref name=UCLbio>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080330093501/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/nk/ "Nicholas Kollerstrom"], University College London Department of Science and Technology Studies, 30 March 2008.</ref><ref>Nicholas Kollerstrom, ''The Achievement of Newton's 'Theory of the Moon's Motion' of 1702'', PhD dissertation, University of London, 1995.</ref>


In 1999 Kollerstrom received a grant from the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] to work on the classification of correspondence related to the [[discovery of Neptune]]. He concluded in an article in ''Scientific American'' in 2004 that the British had wrongly taken credit for it.<ref>William Sheehan, Nicholas Kollerstrom, and Craig B. Waff, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110319155153/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-case-of-the-pilfered "The Case of the Pilfered Planet"], ''Scientific American'', 291(6), 22 November 2004, pp. 92–99. {{pmid|15597985}}{{pb}}Nicholas Kollerstrom, [http://www.dioi.org/kn/herschel-neptune.pdf "John Herschel on the Discovery of Neptune"], ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 9(2), 2006, pp.&nbsp;151–158.</ref><ref>Christine McGourty, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2936663.stm "Lost letters' Neptune revelations"], BBC News, 10 April 2003.</ref><ref>Robin McKie, [https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/dec/12/spaceexploration.france "Revealed: how Britain put the spin on Neptune"], ''The Observer'', 12 December 2004.</ref> His book ''Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude'' was published in 2000.<ref>Kurt Smith, "''Newton’s Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude'', by Nicholas Kollerstrom", ''Isis'', 96(3), September 2005, pp. 437–438. {{jstor|10.1086/498778}}</ref> In 2003 he published a study in ''BMC Psychiatry'' about the effect of the moon on human behaviour.<ref>Nicholas Kollerstrom, Beverly Steffert, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/3/20 "Sex difference in response to stress by lunar month: A pilot study of four years' crisis-call frequency"], ''BMC Psychiatry'', 3(20), 10 December 2003. {{PMID|14664724}}</ref>
In 1999 he received a grant from the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] to work on the classification of correspondence related to the [[discovery of Neptune]]. He and his co-authors concluded in ''Scientific American'' in 2004 that the British had wrongly taken credit for it.<ref>William Sheehan, Nicholas Kollerstrom, and Craig B. Waff, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110319155153/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-case-of-the-pilfered "The Case of the Pilfered Planet"], ''Scientific American'', 291(6), 22 November 2004, pp. 92–99. {{pmid|15597985}}</ref><ref>Christine McGourty, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2936663.stm "Lost letters' Neptune revelations"], BBC News, 10 April 2003.</ref><ref>Robin McKie, [https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/dec/12/spaceexploration.france "Revealed: how Britain put the spin on Neptune"], ''The Observer'', 12 December 2004.</ref>


==Activism and later writing==
==Activism and later writing==
===Overview===
===Overview===
Kollerstrom has been active in political campaigns in the UK since the 1980s. In 1985 he co-founded the London Nuclear Warfare Tribunal, which sought to question the legality of nuclear weapons.<ref>Geoffrey Darnton (ed.), ''The Bomb and the Law'', The Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Foundation, Stockholm, 1989; [http://nuclearwarfaretribunal.org/nwtp_appg.html#nwt_convenors_app "Convenors"], London Nuclear Warfare Tribunal.</ref> The following year he became a founding member of the Belgrano Action Group, set up in protest at the sinking of the Argentine ship the ''[[ARA General Belgrano]]'' by the Royal Navy during the 1982 [[Falklands War]]. The group held an informal public inquiry in November 1986 at Hampstead Town Hall, addressed by [[Tam Dalyell]] and [[Clive Ponting]], among others.<ref>Nicholas Kollerstrom and George Farebrother (eds.), ''The Unnecessary War: Proceedings of the Belgrano Inquiry, November 7/8th 1986'', The Belgrano Action Group, Spokesman Press, 1988; [http://belgranoinquiry.com/about-2 "Introduction"], Belgrano Inquiry.</ref> In 1989 Kollerstrom stood as a [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]] candidate for East Guildford in the [[Surrey County Council election, 1989|Surrey County Council election]].<!--<ref>Election results, ''Surrey Advertiser'', 12 May 1989.</ref>--><ref name=bio>Nicholas Kollerstrom, [http://terroronthetube.co.uk/bio/ "Brief Bio of a Peace Activist"], terroronthetube.co.uk; [https://web.archive.org/web/20110314061712/http://www.terroronthetube.com/about_nick_kollerstrom.html "A Brief Bio of a Truth Activist"], terroronthetube.com.</ref>
Kollerstrom was active in political campaigns in the UK throughout the 1980s. In 1985 he co-founded the London Nuclear Warfare Tribunal, which sought to question the legality of nuclear weapons.<ref>Geoffrey Darnton (ed.), ''The Bomb and the Law'', The Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Foundation, Stockholm, 1989; [http://nuclearwarfaretribunal.org/nwtp_appg.html#nwt_convenors_app "Convenors"], London Nuclear Warfare Tribunal.</ref> The following year he became a founding member of the Belgrano Action Group, set up in protest at the sinking of the Argentine ship the ''[[ARA General Belgrano]]'' by the Royal Navy during the 1982 [[Falklands War]]. The group held an informal public inquiry in November 1986 at Hampstead Town Hall, addressed by [[Tam Dalyell]] and [[Clive Ponting]], among others.<ref>Nicholas Kollerstrom and George Farebrother (eds.), ''The Unnecessary War: Proceedings of the Belgrano Inquiry, November 7/8th 1986'', The Belgrano Action Group, Spokesman Press, 1988; [http://belgranoinquiry.com/about-2 "Introduction"], Belgrano Inquiry.</ref> In 1989 Kollerstrom stood as a [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]] candidate for East Guildford in the [[Surrey County Council election, 1989|Surrey County Council election]].<!--<ref>Election results, ''Surrey Advertiser'', 12 May 1989.</ref>--><ref name=bio>Nicholas Kollerstrom, [http://terroronthetube.co.uk/bio/ "Brief Bio of a Peace Activist"], terroronthetube.co.uk; [https://web.archive.org/web/20110314061712/http://www.terroronthetube.com/about_nick_kollerstrom.html "A Brief Bio of a Truth Activist"], terroronthetube.com.</ref>


In the 2000s he became involved with the [[9/11 Truth movement|911 truth movement]] and opposition to the [[Iraq War]].<ref name=bio/> As a member of the Institute for Law and Peace, he co-founded the Legal Inquiry Steering Group in 2002, a citizens' tribunal that challenged the war's legality.<ref name=Ames8Feb2017/><ref>George Farebrother and Nicholas Kollerstrom (eds.), ''The Case against War: The Essential Legal Inquiries, Opinions and Judgements Concerning War in Iraq'', The Legal Inquiry Steering Group, London: Spokesman Books, 2004 (first published 2003), pp.&nbsp;5–6, 268. {{isbn|0851246923}} Available [https://web.archive.org/web/20050402204946/http://www.inlap.freeuk.com/caw_begin.pdf here]).</ref> In 2006 Kollerstrom appeared in a video by [[David Shayler]], supporting a fringe [[conspiracy theory]] that the men accused of the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]] had not carried out the attack.<ref name=Aaronovitch>[[David Aaronovitch]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321172654/https://www.thejc.com/comment/columnists/red-and-green-meet-brownshirts "Red and green meet brownshirts"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 1 May 2008.</ref><ref name=Cohen/> During his research into the bombing, according to the BBC, Kollerstrom found that the Luton–London train the bombers were at first said to have travelled on that morning had been cancelled, which led the government to correct the official account of the timing of the men's departure from Luton.<ref>''The Conspiracy Files: 7/7'', BBC 2, 30 June 2009, from 00:17:00; John Reid (Home Secretary), [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo060711/debtext/60711-0011.htm ''Hansard''], 11 July 2006: Column 1307.</ref> His book ''Terror on the Tube: Behind the Veil of 7/7, An Investigation'' was published in 2009, and he was interviewed that year for the BBC series ''[[The Conspiracy Files]]''.<ref>Robert Mendick and Jonny Paul, [http://business.highbeam.com/5729/article-1G1-180077101/77-mi5-plot-holocaust-denier-claims-bbc-film-theory "7/7 was an MI5 plot, Holocaust denier claims in BBC film"], ''Evening Standard'', 10 June 2008.</ref>
In the 2000s he became involved with the [[9/11 Truth movement|911 truth movement]] and opposition to the [[Iraq War]].<ref name=bio/> As a member of the Institute for Law and Peace, he co-founded the Legal Inquiry Steering Group in 2002, a citizens' tribunal that challenged the war's legality.<ref name=Ames8Feb2017/><ref>George Farebrother and Nicholas Kollerstrom (eds.), ''The Case against War: The Essential Legal Inquiries, Opinions and Judgements Concerning War in Iraq'', The Legal Inquiry Steering Group, London: Spokesman Books, 2004 (first published 2003), pp.&nbsp;5–6, 268. {{isbn|0851246923}} Available [https://web.archive.org/web/20050402204946/http://www.inlap.freeuk.com/caw_begin.pdf here]).</ref> In 2006 Kollerstrom appeared in a video by [[David Shayler]], supporting a fringe [[conspiracy theory]] that the men accused of the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]] had not carried out the attack.<ref name=Aaronovitch>[[David Aaronovitch]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321172654/https://www.thejc.com/comment/columnists/red-and-green-meet-brownshirts "Red and green meet brownshirts"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 1 May 2008.</ref><ref name=Cohen/> According to the BBC, Kollerstrom found that the Luton–London train the bombers were at first said to have travelled on that morning had been cancelled, which led the government to correct the official account of the men's departure from Luton.<ref>''The Conspiracy Files: 7/7'', BBC Two, 30 June 2009, from 00:17:00; [[John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan|John Reid]] (Home Secretary), [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo060711/debtext/60711-0011.htm ''Hansard''], 11 July 2006: Column 1307.</ref> His book ''Terror on the Tube: Behind the Veil of 7/7, An Investigation'' was published in 2009, and he was interviewed that year for the BBC series ''[[The Conspiracy Files]]''.<ref>Robert Mendick and Jonny Paul, [http://business.highbeam.com/5729/article-1G1-180077101/77-mi5-plot-holocaust-denier-claims-bbc-film-theory "7/7 was an MI5 plot, Holocaust denier claims in BBC film"], ''Evening Standard'', 10 June 2008.</ref>


===Holocaust denial===
===Holocaust denial===
In 2007, on the website of the [[Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust]] (CODOH), a [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust-denial]] group, Kollerstrom wrote that one million, not six million, Jews had died in the Holocaust, and that [[gas chamber]]s had operated in [[Auschwitz]] only for the purpose of disinfection.<ref name=KollerstromJune2007>Nicholas Kollerstrom, [http://web.archive.org/web/20070624001635/http://codoh.com/newrevoices/nrillusion.html "The Auschwitz 'Gas Chamber' Illusion"], Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust, June 2007.</ref> In March 2008 he wrote in ''Smith's report'', a newsletter published by CODOH's co-founder [[Holocaust denial#Bradley Smith and the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust|Bradley Smith]], that Auschwitz had had art classes, a well-stocked library for inmates, and an elegant swimming pool where inmates would sunbathe at weekends while watching water polo.<ref name=KollerstromMarch2008>Nicholas Kollerstrom, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090124172059/http://codoh.com/newsite/sr/online/sr_148.pdf "School Trips to Auschwitz"], ''Smith's Report on the Holocaust Controversy'', No. 148, March 2008, pp.&nbsp;3–4.</ref> [[David Aaronovitch]] responded that Kollerstrom's portrayal of Auschwitz as a "Butlinsesque work-camp" was "one of the most jaw-dropping pieces of insulting stupidity" he had ever seen.<ref name=Aaronovitch>[[David Aaronovitch]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321172654/https://www.thejc.com/comment/columnists/red-and-green-meet-brownshirts "Red and green meet brownshirts"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 1 May 2008.</ref>
In 2007, on the website of the [[Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust]] (CODOH), a [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust-denial]] group, Kollerstrom questioned figures and other details accepted by Holocaust historians.<ref name=KollerstromJune2007>Nicholas Kollerstrom, [http://web.archive.org/web/20070624001635/http://codoh.com/newrevoices/nrillusion.html "The Auschwitz 'Gas Chamber' Illusion"], Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust, June 2007.</ref><ref name=Aaronovitch/> In March 2008 he wrote in ''Smith's report'', a newsletter published by CODOH's co-founder [[Holocaust denial#Bradley Smith and the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust|Bradley Smith]], that Auschwitz had had art classes, a well-stocked library for inmates, and an elegant swimming pool where inmates would sunbathe at weekends while watching water polo.<ref name=KollerstromMarch2008>Nicholas Kollerstrom, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090124172059/http://codoh.com/newsite/sr/online/sr_148.pdf "School Trips to Auschwitz"], ''Smith's Report on the Holocaust Controversy'', No. 148, March 2008, pp.&nbsp;3–4.</ref> [[David Aaronovitch]] responded that Kollerstrom's portrayal of Auschwitz was "one of the most jaw-dropping pieces of insulting stupidity" he had ever seen.<ref name=Aaronovitch>[[David Aaronovitch]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321172654/https://www.thejc.com/comment/columnists/red-and-green-meet-brownshirts "Red and green meet brownshirts"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 1 May 2008.</ref>


UCL removed Kollerstrom's honorary fellowship in April 2008 when the articles were brought to its attention.<ref name=UCL/><ref name=Cohen/> Responding to the loss of his fellowship, Kollerstrom said he had been accused of "thought crime"; he had no interest, he said, in the Nazi movement and had always belonged to groups like the [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]], [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]], and the [[Respect Party]].<ref>Daniella Peled, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321172415/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/college-rejects-shoah-denier "College rejects Shoah denier"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 24 April 2008.</ref> Historian of science [[Noel Swerdlow]] suggested in ''[[Isis (journal)|Isis]]'' in 2010 that the publishers of the ''[[Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers]]'' (2007) should withdraw the book and replace the entries written by Kollerstrom, on [[John Couch Adams]], [[John Flamsteed]], and [[Isaac Newton]].<ref>[[Noel Swerdlow|N. M. Swerdlow]], "Reviewed Work: ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers'' by Thomas Hockey, ''Isis'', 101(1), March 2010, pp.&nbsp;197–198. {{jstor|10.1086/653858}}</ref> Kollerstrom's book ''Breaking the Spell: The Holocaust: Myth & Reality'' (2014) was published by [[Germar Rudolf]]'s Holocaust-denial imprint, Castle Hill Publishers in Sussex, with a foreword by [[James H. Fetzer]], co-founder of [[Scholars for 9/11 Truth]].<ref>Oliver Kamm, [http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/126711/respectable-revisionists "'Respectable' revisionists"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 11 December 2014. For Castle Hill, also see Stephen E. Atkins, ''Holocaust Denial as an International Movement'', ABC-CLIO, 2009, p.&nbsp;[https://books.google.com/books?id=M9Uj6u6b-ZIC&pg=PA113 113].</ref>
UCL removed Kollerstrom's honorary fellowship in April 2008 when the articles were brought to its attention.<ref name=UCL/><ref name=Cohen/> Responding to the loss of his fellowship, Kollerstrom said he had been accused of "thought crime"; he had no interest, he said, in the Nazi movement and had always belonged to groups like the [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]], [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]], and the [[Respect Party]].<ref>Daniella Peled, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321172415/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/college-rejects-shoah-denier "College rejects Shoah denier"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 24 April 2008.</ref> Historian of science [[Noel Swerdlow]] suggested in ''[[Isis (journal)|Isis]]'' in 2010 that the publishers of the ''[[Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers]]'' (2007) should withdraw the book and replace the entries written by Kollerstrom, on [[John Couch Adams]], [[John Flamsteed]], and [[Isaac Newton]].<ref>[[Noel Swerdlow|N. M. Swerdlow]], "Reviewed Work: ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers'' by Thomas Hockey, ''Isis'', 101(1), March 2010, pp.&nbsp;197–198. {{jstor|10.1086/653858}}</ref> Kollerstrom's book ''Breaking the Spell: The Holocaust: Myth & Reality'' (2014) was published by [[Germar Rudolf]]'s Holocaust-denial imprint, Castle Hill Publishers in Sussex, with a foreword by [[James H. Fetzer]], co-founder of [[Scholars for 9/11 Truth]].<ref>[[Oliver Kamm]], [http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/126711/respectable-revisionists "'Respectable' revisionists"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 11 December 2014. For Castle Hill, also see Stephen E. Atkins, ''Holocaust Denial as an International Movement'', ABC-CLIO, 2009, p.&nbsp;[https://books.google.com/books?id=M9Uj6u6b-ZIC&pg=PA113 113].</ref>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
;Books
;Books
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*(1980) with Simon Best, ''Lunar Planting Manual 1980-81'', W Foulsham & Co. Ltd. {{ISBN|0-572-01059-1}}
*(1980) with Simon Best. ''Lunar Planting Manual 1980–81'', W Foulsham & Co. Ltd. {{ISBN|0-572-01059-1}}
*(1980) ''Gardening and Planting by the Moon'', an annual series.
*(1980) ''Gardening and Planting by the Moon'', an annual series.
*(1982) ''Lead on the Brain: A Plain Guide to Britain's No. 1 Pollutant'', Wildwood House. {{ISBN|0-7045-0476-6}}
*(1982) ''Lead on the Brain: A Plain Guide to Britain's No. 1 Pollutant'', Wildwood House. {{ISBN|0-7045-0476-6}}
*(1984) ''Astrochemistry: A Study of Metal-planet Affinities'', Emergence Press. {{ISBN|0-946937-00-1}}
*(1984) ''Astrochemistry: A Study of Metal-planet Affinities'', Emergence Press. {{ISBN|0-946937-00-1}}
*(1988) with George Farebrother (eds.), ''The Unnecessary War: Proceedings of the Belgrano Inquiry, November 7/8th 1986'', The Belgrano Action Group, Spokesman Press.
*(1988) with George Farebrother (eds.). ''The Unnecessary War: Proceedings of the Belgrano Inquiry, November 7/8th 1986'', The Belgrano Action Group, Spokesman Press.
*(1993) ''The Metal-Planet Relationship: A Study of Celestial Influence'', Borderland Sciences Research Foundation. {{ISBN|0-945685-14-9}}
*(1993) ''The Metal-Planet Relationship: A Study of Celestial Influence'', Borderland Sciences Research Foundation. {{ISBN|0-945685-14-9}}
*(1994) with Mike O'Neill, ''The Eureka Effect: Astrology of Scientific Discovery'', Auriel, 1994.
*(1994) with Mike O'Neill. ''The Eureka Effect: Astrology of Scientific Discovery'', Auriel, 1994.
*(1995) ''The Achievement of Newton's 'Theory of the Moon's Motion' of 1702'', PhD dissertation, University of London.
*(1995) ''The Achievement of Newton's 'Theory of the Moon's Motion' of 1702'', PhD dissertation, University of London.
*(2000) ''Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory'', Green Lion Press. {{ISBN|1-888009-08-X}}
*(2000) ''Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude'', Green Lion Press. {{ISBN|978-1888009088}}
*(2002) ''Crop Circles: The Hidden Form'', Wessex Books. {{ISBN|1-903035-11-2}}
*(2002) ''Crop Circles: The Hidden Form'', Wessex Books. {{ISBN|1-903035-11-2}}
*(2003) with George Farebrother (eds.), ''The Case against War: The Essential Legal Inquiries, Opinions and Judgements Concerning War in Iraq'', Legal Inquiry Steering Group, with a preface by Nicholas Kollerstorm and Mark Levine (available [https://web.archive.org/web/20050402204946/http://www.inlap.freeuk.com/caw_begin.pdf here]).
*(2003) with George Farebrother (eds.). ''The Case against War: The Essential Legal Inquiries, Opinions and Judgements Concerning War in Iraq'', Legal Inquiry Steering Group, with a preface by Nicholas Kollerstorm and Mark Levine (available [https://web.archive.org/web/20050402204946/http://www.inlap.freeuk.com/caw_begin.pdf here]).
*(2004) with Nicholas Campion (eds.), ''Galileo's Astrology'', HR Wallingford Ltd. {{ISBN|1-898485-08-9}}
*(2004) with Nicholas Campion (eds.). ''Galileo's Astrology'', HR Wallingford Ltd. {{ISBN|1-898485-08-9}}
*(2009) ''Terror on the Tube: Behind the Veil of 7/7, An Investigation'', Progressive Press. {{ISBN|1-61577-007-0}}
*(2009) ''Terror on the Tube: Behind the Veil of 7/7, An Investigation'', Progressive Press. {{ISBN|1-61577-007-0}}
*(2009) ''Venus, the Path of Beauty'', New Alchemy Press.
*(2009) ''Venus, the Path of Beauty'', New Alchemy Press.
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*(2016) ''How Britain Initiated Both World Wars'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
*(2016) ''How Britain Initiated Both World Wars'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
*(2017) ''Chronicles of False Flag Terror'', Moon Rock Books.
*(2017) ''Chronicles of False Flag Terror'', Moon Rock Books.

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*(1992) "Thomas Simpson and 'Newton's method of approximation': An enduring myth", ''British Journal for the History of Science'', 25, pp.&nbsp;347&ndash;354. {{jstor|4027257}}
*(1991) "Newton's two "Moon-tests'", ''The British Journal for the History of Science'', 24(3), September, pp.&nbsp;369–372. {{doi|10.1017/S0007087400027424}}
*(1995) with Bernard D. Yallop, "Flamsteed's Lunar Data 1692&ndash;95, Sent to Newton", ''Journal for the History of Astronomy'', 26, pp.&nbsp;237–246.
*(1992) "Thomas Simpson and 'Newton's method of approximation': An enduring myth", ''The British Journal for the History of Science'', 25(3), September, pp.&nbsp;347&ndash;354. {{doi|10.1017/S0007087400029150}} {{jstor|4027257}}
*(1995) with Bernard D. Yallop. "Flamsteed's Lunar Data 1692&ndash;95, Sent to Newton", ''Journal for the History of Astronomy'', 26, pp.&nbsp;237–246.
*(1999) "The Path of Halley's Comet, and Newton's Late Apprehension of the Law of Gravity", ''Annals of Science'', 56(4), pp.&nbsp;331–356.
*(1999) "The Path of Halley's Comet, and Newton's Late Apprehension of the Law of Gravity", ''Annals of Science'', 56(4), pp.&nbsp;331–356.
*(2000) "How Newton inspired China's calendar", ''Astronomy & Geophysics'', 41(5), pp.&nbsp;5.21-5.23.
*(2000) "How Newton inspired China's calendar", ''Astronomy & Geophysics'', 41(5), pp.&nbsp;5.21-5.23.
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*(2004) [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AsNow..18g..33K "Galileo's first trial"], ''Astronomy Now'', 18(7), pp.&nbsp;33–36.
*(2004) [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AsNow..18j..58K "Galileo and the new star"], ''Astronomy Now'', 18(10), pp.&nbsp;58–59.
*(2004) [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AsNow..18j..58K "Galileo and the new star"], ''Astronomy Now'', 18(10), pp.&nbsp;58–59.
*(2004) "Lunar Effect on Thoroughbred Mare Fertility: An Analysis of 14 Years of Data, 1986–1999", ''Biological Rhythm Research'', 35(4), pp.&nbsp;317–327.
*(2004) "Lunar Effect on Thoroughbred Mare Fertility: An Analysis of 14 Years of Data, 1986–1999", ''Biological Rhythm Research'', 35(4), pp.&nbsp;317–327. {{doi|10.1080/0929-1010400000624}}
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*(2005) [https://web.archive.org/web/20070101161509/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/nk/stade.pdf "Acropolis Width and Ancient Geodesy"], ''International Journal of Metrology'', Oct/Nov/Dec.
*(2005) [https://web.archive.org/web/20070101161509/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/nk/stade.pdf "Acropolis Width and Ancient Geodesy"], ''International Journal of Metrology'', Oct/Nov/Dec.
*(2006) [http://www.dioi.org/kn/herschel-neptune.pdf "John Herschel on the Discovery of Neptune"], ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 9(2), pp.&nbsp;151–158.
*(2006) [http://www.dioi.org/kn/herschel-neptune.pdf "John Herschel on the Discovery of Neptune"], ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 9(2), pp.&nbsp;151–158.
*(2006) [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2006HisSc..44....1K "An Hiatus in History: The British Claim for Neptune's Co-prediction, 1845–1846: Part 1"], ''History of Science'', 44, pp.&nbsp;1–28.
*(2006) "An Hiatus in History: The British Claim for Neptune's Co-prediction, 1845–1846: Part 2", ''History of Science'', 44(3), pp.&nbsp;349–371.
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Nicholas Kollerstrom
Born1946
NationalityBritish
EducationBA/MA (1968/1973), Natural Sciences, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
PhD (1995), history of science, University College London.
Occupation(s)Writer, historian of science

Nicholas Kollerstrom (born 1946) is an English writer who has become known for Holocaust denial and the promotion of conspiracy theories.[1] Formerly an honorary research fellow in science and technology at University College London (UCL), he is the author of several books, including Gardening and Planting by the Moon (an annual series beginning in 1980), Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory (2000), Crop Circles (2002), and Terror on the Tube (2009). He has also written entries for the Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers.

Kollerstrom has been involved in a variety of issues as a political activist. In 1986 he co-founded the Belgrano Action Group after the sinking of the ARA General Belgrano by the Royal Navy during the Falklands War, and from 2006 he argued that the 7 July 2005 London bombings had not been carried out by the men accused of them. UCL withdrew his fellowship in 2008 after he posted material about the Auschwitz concentration camp on websites known for Holocaust denial.[2][3][4][5]

Education and career

Kollerstrom studied natural sciences at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1965, obtaining his BA in 1968 (promoted to MA in 1973).[a] According to his book Lead on the Brain (1982), he worked from 1971–1976 for the Medical Research Council's Air Pollution Research Unit in London, and later as a physics teacher.[6][7][b] Interested in the view that there is a relationship between the moon and plant growth (known as lunar gardening), he also worked on a biodynamic farm in the 1970s,[9] and in 1980 his Gardening and Planting by the Moon was published, the first of an annual series.[10][11]

In 1995 Kollerstrom was awarded a PhD by University College London (UCL) for a thesis entitled The Achievement of Newton's "Theory of the Moon's Motion" of 1702.[12] UCL also awarded him an honorary research fellowship in science and technology studies.[2][13] His book Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude was published in 2000.[14] He wrote several papers on the lunar cycle. In 2000 he published research in Equine Veterinary Journal on the moon and horse breeding[9][15] and in 2003 in BMC Psychiatry on lunar months and human behaviour.[16]

In 1999 he received a grant from the Royal Astronomical Society to work on the classification of correspondence related to the discovery of Neptune. He and his co-authors concluded in Scientific American in 2004 that the British had wrongly taken credit for it.[17][18][19]

Activism and later writing

Overview

Kollerstrom was active in political campaigns in the UK throughout the 1980s. In 1985 he co-founded the London Nuclear Warfare Tribunal, which sought to question the legality of nuclear weapons.[20] The following year he became a founding member of the Belgrano Action Group, set up in protest at the sinking of the Argentine ship the ARA General Belgrano by the Royal Navy during the 1982 Falklands War. The group held an informal public inquiry in November 1986 at Hampstead Town Hall, addressed by Tam Dalyell and Clive Ponting, among others.[21] In 1989 Kollerstrom stood as a Green Party candidate for East Guildford in the Surrey County Council election.[22]

In the 2000s he became involved with the 911 truth movement and opposition to the Iraq War.[22] As a member of the Institute for Law and Peace, he co-founded the Legal Inquiry Steering Group in 2002, a citizens' tribunal that challenged the war's legality.[1][23] In 2006 Kollerstrom appeared in a video by David Shayler, supporting a fringe conspiracy theory that the men accused of the 7 July 2005 London bombings had not carried out the attack.[4][5] According to the BBC, Kollerstrom found that the Luton–London train the bombers were at first said to have travelled on that morning had been cancelled, which led the government to correct the official account of the men's departure from Luton.[24] His book Terror on the Tube: Behind the Veil of 7/7, An Investigation was published in 2009, and he was interviewed that year for the BBC series The Conspiracy Files.[25]

Holocaust denial

In 2007, on the website of the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH), a Holocaust-denial group, Kollerstrom questioned figures and other details accepted by Holocaust historians.[26][4] In March 2008 he wrote in Smith's report, a newsletter published by CODOH's co-founder Bradley Smith, that Auschwitz had had art classes, a well-stocked library for inmates, and an elegant swimming pool where inmates would sunbathe at weekends while watching water polo.[27] David Aaronovitch responded that Kollerstrom's portrayal of Auschwitz was "one of the most jaw-dropping pieces of insulting stupidity" he had ever seen.[4]

UCL removed Kollerstrom's honorary fellowship in April 2008 when the articles were brought to its attention.[2][5] Responding to the loss of his fellowship, Kollerstrom said he had been accused of "thought crime"; he had no interest, he said, in the Nazi movement and had always belonged to groups like the Green Party, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and the Respect Party.[28] Historian of science Noel Swerdlow suggested in Isis in 2010 that the publishers of the Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers (2007) should withdraw the book and replace the entries written by Kollerstrom, on John Couch Adams, John Flamsteed, and Isaac Newton.[29] Kollerstrom's book Breaking the Spell: The Holocaust: Myth & Reality (2014) was published by Germar Rudolf's Holocaust-denial imprint, Castle Hill Publishers in Sussex, with a foreword by James H. Fetzer, co-founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.[30]

Selected works

Books
  • (1980) with Simon Best. Lunar Planting Manual 1980–81, W Foulsham & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-572-01059-1
  • (1980) Gardening and Planting by the Moon, an annual series.
  • (1982) Lead on the Brain: A Plain Guide to Britain's No. 1 Pollutant, Wildwood House. ISBN 0-7045-0476-6
  • (1984) Astrochemistry: A Study of Metal-planet Affinities, Emergence Press. ISBN 0-946937-00-1
  • (1988) with George Farebrother (eds.). The Unnecessary War: Proceedings of the Belgrano Inquiry, November 7/8th 1986, The Belgrano Action Group, Spokesman Press.
  • (1993) The Metal-Planet Relationship: A Study of Celestial Influence, Borderland Sciences Research Foundation. ISBN 0-945685-14-9
  • (1994) with Mike O'Neill. The Eureka Effect: Astrology of Scientific Discovery, Auriel, 1994.
  • (1995) The Achievement of Newton's 'Theory of the Moon's Motion' of 1702, PhD dissertation, University of London.
  • (2000) Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude, Green Lion Press. ISBN 978-1888009088
  • (2002) Crop Circles: The Hidden Form, Wessex Books. ISBN 1-903035-11-2
  • (2003) with George Farebrother (eds.). The Case against War: The Essential Legal Inquiries, Opinions and Judgements Concerning War in Iraq, Legal Inquiry Steering Group, with a preface by Nicholas Kollerstorm and Mark Levine (available here).
  • (2004) with Nicholas Campion (eds.). Galileo's Astrology, HR Wallingford Ltd. ISBN 1-898485-08-9
  • (2009) Terror on the Tube: Behind the Veil of 7/7, An Investigation, Progressive Press. ISBN 1-61577-007-0
  • (2009) Venus, the Path of Beauty, New Alchemy Press.
  • (2013) Farmer's Moon, New Alchemy Press.
  • (2013) Interface: Astronomical Essays for Astrologers, New Alchemy Press.
  • (2013) Eureka: The Celestial Pattern at Times of Historic Inspiration, New Alchemy Press.
  • (2014) The Secrets of the Seven Metals: A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth, New Alchemy Press.
  • (2014) Breaking the Spell. The Holocaust: Myth & Reality, Castle Hill Publishers.
  • (2015) The Life and Death of Paul McCartney 1942–1966: A Very English Mystery, Moon Rock Books.
  • (2016) How Britain Initiated Both World Wars, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
  • (2017) Chronicles of False Flag Terror, Moon Rock Books.
Articles

Notes

  1. ^ Cambridge University Reporter, 1968: Kollerstrom matriculated in Michaelmas Term 1965 at Corpus Christi College. He was awarded a BA on 21 June 1968 and an MA on 20 October 1973. At Cambridge an MA is automatically conferred if applied for at least two years after graduation.
  2. ^ "We thank Nick Kollerstrom for making many of the measurements and also Professor P. J. Lawther, formerly Director of the Medical Research Council's Air Pollution Unit at St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, where this work was largely done, for his unfailing support and encouragement."[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Jonathan Ames (8 February 2017). "Disgraced lawyer was connected to Holocaust denier". The Sunday Times.
  2. ^ a b c "Dr Nicholas Kollerstrom", UCL News, 22 April 2008.
  3. ^ Daniella Peled, "College rejects Shoah denier", The Jewish Chronicle, 24 April 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d David Aaronovitch, "Red and green meet brownshirts", The Jewish Chronicle, 1 May 2008.
  5. ^ a b c Nick Cohen, "When academics lose their power of reason", The Observer, 4 May 2008.
  6. ^ Nick Kollerstrom, Lead on the Brain: A Plain Guide to Britain's No. 1 Pollutant, London: Wildwood House, 1982, back cover.
  7. ^ "Nick Kollerstrom", Foulsham Publishing, accessed 26 November 2009.
  8. ^ Whimster, W. F., Lord, P., and Biles, B. "Tracheobronchial gland profiles in four segmental airways", American Review of Respiratory Disease, 129(6), June 1984, pp. 985–988. doi:10.1164/arrd.1984.129.6.985 PMID 6732055
  9. ^ a b Elspeth Thompson, "Urban Gardener", The Sunday Telegraph magazine, 31 February 2000.
  10. ^ Nicholas Kollerstrom, Gardening and Planting by the Moon, W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd., annual series from 1980 to the present. The cover of the 2009 edition calls the author "BBC's Lunar Gardening Correspondent".
  11. ^ Also see Nicholas Kollerstrom, "Gardening and Planting by the Moon", personal website, archived 21 October 2009.
  12. ^ Nicholas Kollerstrom, The Achievement of Newton's 'Theory of the Moon's Motion' of 1702, PhD dissertation, University of London, 1995.
  13. ^ "Nicholas Kollerstrom", University College London Department of Science and Technology Studies, 30 March 2008.
  14. ^ Kurt Smith, "Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude, by Nicholas Kollerstrom", Isis, 96(3), September 2005, pp. 437–438. JSTOR 10.1086/498778
  15. ^ N. Kollerstrom and Camilla Power, "The influence of the lunar cycle on fertility on two thoroughbred studfarms", Equine Veterinary Journal, 32(1), January, pp. 75–77. doi:10.2746/042516400777612107 PMID 10661389
  16. ^ Nicholas Kollerstrom, Beverly Steffert, "Sex difference in response to stress by lunar month: A pilot study of four years' crisis-call frequency", BMC Psychiatry, 3(20), 10 December 2003. PMID 14664724 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-3-20
  17. ^ William Sheehan, Nicholas Kollerstrom, and Craig B. Waff, "The Case of the Pilfered Planet", Scientific American, 291(6), 22 November 2004, pp. 92–99. PMID 15597985
  18. ^ Christine McGourty, "Lost letters' Neptune revelations", BBC News, 10 April 2003.
  19. ^ Robin McKie, "Revealed: how Britain put the spin on Neptune", The Observer, 12 December 2004.
  20. ^ Geoffrey Darnton (ed.), The Bomb and the Law, The Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Foundation, Stockholm, 1989; "Convenors", London Nuclear Warfare Tribunal.
  21. ^ Nicholas Kollerstrom and George Farebrother (eds.), The Unnecessary War: Proceedings of the Belgrano Inquiry, November 7/8th 1986, The Belgrano Action Group, Spokesman Press, 1988; "Introduction", Belgrano Inquiry.
  22. ^ a b Nicholas Kollerstrom, "Brief Bio of a Peace Activist", terroronthetube.co.uk; "A Brief Bio of a Truth Activist", terroronthetube.com.
  23. ^ George Farebrother and Nicholas Kollerstrom (eds.), The Case against War: The Essential Legal Inquiries, Opinions and Judgements Concerning War in Iraq, The Legal Inquiry Steering Group, London: Spokesman Books, 2004 (first published 2003), pp. 5–6, 268. ISBN 0851246923 Available here).
  24. ^ The Conspiracy Files: 7/7, BBC Two, 30 June 2009, from 00:17:00; John Reid (Home Secretary), Hansard, 11 July 2006: Column 1307.
  25. ^ Robert Mendick and Jonny Paul, "7/7 was an MI5 plot, Holocaust denier claims in BBC film", Evening Standard, 10 June 2008.
  26. ^ Nicholas Kollerstrom, "The Auschwitz 'Gas Chamber' Illusion", Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust, June 2007.
  27. ^ Nicholas Kollerstrom, "School Trips to Auschwitz", Smith's Report on the Holocaust Controversy, No. 148, March 2008, pp. 3–4.
  28. ^ Daniella Peled, "College rejects Shoah denier", The Jewish Chronicle, 24 April 2008.
  29. ^ N. M. Swerdlow, "Reviewed Work: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers by Thomas Hockey, Isis, 101(1), March 2010, pp. 197–198. JSTOR 10.1086/653858
  30. ^ Oliver Kamm, "'Respectable' revisionists", The Jewish Chronicle, 11 December 2014. For Castle Hill, also see Stephen E. Atkins, Holocaust Denial as an International Movement, ABC-CLIO, 2009, p. 113.
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