Arnaldo Lerma

Carto's Boy

Lerma is a longtime supporter of Willis Carto. Carto has given away his personal anti-Semitic files to one person. (that has been documented) Why did he give numerous boxes of files and documents to Arnaldo Lerma? Lerma was a member of The Spotlight's Board of Policy and spoke at the The Spotlight-Liberty Lobby National Convention. He assisted with articles in the paper until its closing in 2001.

Most people will remember Willis Carto for the IHR $50,000 reward for proof that Jews had been gassed at Auschwitz. Lerma published a unique twist on that suit:

"Carto's Institute for Historical Review had just held its first international revisionist conference, at which it posted a $50,000 reward for proof that Jews had been gassed at Auschwitz. This offer was made in light of the fact that standards of proof for murder at the Nuremberg military tribunals do not meet non-wartime standards. The IHR basically wanted proof that would pass review in a peacetime criminal court of law. Although those who challenged the IHR won legal successes, the IHR won the moral victory. For this its founder, Willis Carto, was and continues to be vilified by fanatics."

Such strong support for Carto's outrageous allegation that Jews were not gassed at Auschwitz surely gained a long friendship for Arnie Lerma with Carto. Bemoaning the demise of The Spotlight, the nation's leading anti-Semetic newspaper, Lerma reported:

"Thus, the IHR came to be publicly referred to as "the spine of the international Holocaust denial movement." Of course, a steadfast deprivation of trust on multiple fronts can predictably result in loss of status, money, privileges and liberties previously enjoyed. Although Carto's integrity as a journalist kept him basically intact, he and the many people who benefited from his speciality (sic) news over the years lost a source of inspiration."

Anarchist Connections

A good friend of Lerma's is William White, founder and spokesperson for the Utopian Anarchist Party, the leading US anarchist organization that seeks to destroy governments and prevent law enforcement agencies from doing their jobs. These co-conspirators have worked together on anti-religious demonstrations. Both Lerma and White contributed articles to Carto's anti-Semitic publications.