SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- The advocacy organization, Anti-Defamation League, has joined the investigation into the attack on well-known Jewish scholar Elie Wiesel at a San Francisco hotel last week.
Wiesel is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and author of several books on the Holocaust. He was in San Francisco to speak at the RockRose Institute World Forum meeting. On Feb. 1, a Holocaust denier posing as a journalist seeking an interview accosted Wiesel at the Argent Hotel and dragged him out of an elevator. The man ran away when Wiesel started screaming.
San Francisco police have not identified the man, or arrested any suspects. However, Sgt. Neville Gittens said a man has taken credit for the attack in an online posting. The writer said he wanted to quiz Wiesel about his Holocaust memoir, “Night,” which he called almost entirely fictitious.
The Anti-Defamation League, or ADL has a stated aim to stop the defamation of the Jewish people. The organization seeks fair treatment of all citizens, and the end to discrimination. ADL National Director since 1987, Abraham Foxman said the group was shocked that Weisel would be targeted. He added that on the other hand, it wasn’t surprising, as history has shown that hate speech from anti-Semites eventually leads to violence.
KCBS’ Ted Goldberg interviewed Foxman. 
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