Hiram
Binghmam IV
(c.
1985)
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Mr.
Mordecai Paldiel,
Director of the Department for the Righteous of Yad
Vashem --The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance
Authority, of Jerusalem, Israel, has expressed to us his
Department's interest in our work on the Bingham IV
case. While, we appreciate their interest, we
emphatically state that we have no regard, respect or
consideration for that Righteous Department under its
current leadership. Most certainly, when the Israeli
Parliament (Knesset) created that Department and the
"Righteous Among the Nations" Program, they did not mean
or contemplate to entrust such a program to 3rd rated
professionals. As we have expressed our point of view
elsewhere, the entire "Righteous Among the Nations"
Program must be rendered suspect as it represents, as
currently operates, an affront to History, to the
Holocaust and its victims and, to the great majority of
the Holocaust survivors.
Based on the
above stated background, we could care less in which way
the decision will go with respect to the final outcome of
the pending Petition with respect to the Righteous title
for Hiram Bingham IV.
Just because
Bingham IV was not a hero of the Holocaust, this in
itself should not be a ground for disqualification. After
all, there are others that were not heroes of the
Holocaust and have been awarded with the Righteous title.
Take for instance Dr. Feng Shan Ho
of China or Captain
László Ocskay
of Hungary --two of the most recent such meritless
recipients that have come to our attention.
Making
a Mockery of
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust, and the State of
Israel
under Mr. Paldiel's "nose."
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Bingham IV's
3 sons (William, David and Robert "Kim")
planting a tree in April 1998 at Sugihara Forest
of Yad Vashem
in honor of their father.
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Photo
Exhibit
from:
http://pages.cthome.net/WWIIHERO/groton.html
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The novel
situation that the Bingham IV case presents is with
respect to Bingham IV's horrendous transformation
into a hater of Jews and a Holocaust denier due to his
misfortunes in life. But that again should not be too big
of a problem for this Yad Vashem under its current
leadership. After all, within the Yad Vashem's compounds,
a tree (yes, a tree) has been allowed to be implanted by
the Bingham family to honor Hiram Bingham IV (see,
Photo Exhibit, at left).
This is a first
in the history of the Jewish State that a hater of Jews
and Holocaust denier has found a place in Israel where he
is honored!
How more
absurd can it get?
It is our
contention that an investigation needs to be made for
determining whether Mr. Paldiel with its current
Department for the Righteous is not in fact liable for
criminal prosecution not only against the Jewish State
but also against Yad Vashem and the memory of the
Holocaust. The Israeli Supreme Court must issue perhaps
an Order that will make null and void all the Righteous
titles rendered under Mr. Paldiel's reign. Also, all
the proceeds from various books and engagements that
Mr. Paldiel had pocketed under the "color and
prestige" of his Office must be returned to Yad Vashem.
The bedrock principles of ethics, morality, and human
decency require such action. The prestige of one's Office
should never ever be allowed to be used for private
gains.
For all of the
above grounds, we have no problem in supporting the
issuance of the "Righteous Among the Nations" title for
the late Hiram "Harry" Bingham IV as this will be
able to prove, once and for all, how morally bankrupt the
current Righteous program is under its current
leadership.
Respectfully
submitted,
K.
K. Brattman
Managing
Editor
Dated: August 7,
2003
NOTE: Prior to
this posted investigative study, we have invited Robert
Kim Bingham for a debate on this matter that was not
answered. The stated unanswered Invitation
to Debate
is posted herein.
PS-1. For an
additional appreciation of this complex case, please also
see the
Eric Saul case
and the Solly Ganor case.
PS-2. On August
9, 2003, we received a long and angry email from
William
S. Bingham,
son of Bingham IV (referenced in our
"No
Angel"
section , page 4, hereinabove), under the title "Are
You Nuts?" where we were threatened with a lawsuit if
this article was not being removed immediately and with
offerings to meet in private "to get this straightened
out ..." and perhaps with a payoff to "discuss terms" in
removing all this from our website. The most that
caught our attention was however this admission that says
it all:
"We
suffered because of the persecution and humiliation of
my father whose career was ruined because he helped
Jews ..." [sic!]
Of course, those no good Jews are undoubtedly the
root cause of all the evil in the world and
responsible for their Holocaust and for ruining the
lives of so many good samaritans ...
PS-3. On March
7, 2005, Yad Vashem rejected the "hero" status and the
petition for the late Vice-Consul
Hiram Bingham IV to be awarded with the
"Righteous Among the Nations" title. To see that final
rendering from Yad Vashem, please click
in here
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