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'''Melvin Mermelstein''' (born '''Moric Mermelstein'''; September 25, 1926 – January 28, 2022) was a Czechoslovak-born American [[Holocaust survivors|Holocaust survivor]] and autobiographer. A Jew, he was the sole survivor of his family's extermination at [[Auschwitz concentration camp]].
 
He is best known for his litigation with the [[Institute for Historical Review]] over evidence of gas chambers in German concentration camps during World War II. The legal dispute was resolved in MemmelsteinMermelstein's favourfavor, without the court giving an opinion on the merits of the dispute, since it ruled that the existence of gas chambers at [[Auschwitz]] is a legally indisputable fact. <ref name="NYT">{{cite news | title = California Judge Rules Holocaust Did Happen | date = October 10, 1981 | page = A26 | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | agency = [[Associated Press]] | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/10/us/california-judge-rules-holocaust-did-happen.html | accessdate = November 20, 2010 }}</ref>
 
==Life and career==
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In 1988, Mermelstein (who was a member of the [[International Auschwitz Committee]]) included photo-enlarged copies of IHR's checks to him totaling $90,000 along with their apology letter in the exhibit "From Ashes to Life" at the Mills House Art Gallery in [[Garden Grove, California]]. The exhibit also included other Holocaust documentation from Mermelstein's collection, including photos of his family and of other emaciated camp victims and survivors.<ref name="LA-Times"/>
 
Mermelstein was portrayed by [[Leonard Nimoy]] and Cox was played by [[Dabney Coleman]] in a 1991 TV film, ''[[Never Forget (1991 film)|Never Forget]]'', about the 1981 lawsuit. He wrote of the court battle in his autobiography, titled ''By Bread Alone''.
 
{{quote|About these so-called deniers of The Holocaust, and who they really are, see my letter to the editors dated August 1980 in my book ''By Bread Alone, The Story of A-4685''.|Mel Mermelstein}}
 
==Death==
Mermelstein died from complications of [[COVID-19]] at his home in [[Long Beach, California]], on January 28, 2022. He was 95.<ref name=nyt1/><ref>{{cite news | title = Mel Mermelstein, Auschwitz survivor who challenged Holocaust deniers, dies at 95 | date = February 1, 2022 | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/02/01/holocaust-survivor-mel-mermelstein-dead/ | accessdate = October 4, 2022 }}</ref>
 
==Works==
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