Deborah E. Lipstadt
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Deborah E. Lipstadt is an American historian and scholar renowned for her work on Holocaust studies and the fight against Holocaust denial.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Deborah Lipstadt | 10 |
| Deborah E. Lipstadt canonical | 7 |
| Lipstadt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T348606 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deborah E. Lipstadt Context triple: [Reform Judaism, hasKeyFigure, Deborah E. Lipstadt]
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Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, author, and commentator known for his controversial critiques of Israeli policy and the politics surrounding the Holocaust.
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B.
Marion Wiesel
Marion Wiesel is a translator, editor, and activist best known for translating many of Elie Wiesel’s works and for her involvement in Holocaust remembrance and human rights causes.
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C.
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel was a Romanian-born Jewish writer, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate best known for his memoir "Night" and his lifelong advocacy for human rights and remembrance of the Holocaust.
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D.
Maryla Husyt Finkelstein
Maryla Husyt Finkelstein was a Holocaust survivor and the mother of American political scientist and author Norman Finkelstein.
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E.
Bettina Aptheker
Bettina Aptheker is an American political activist, feminist scholar, and professor known for her prominent role in the 1960s student movements and long-standing work in civil rights and social justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deborah E. Lipstadt Target entity description: Deborah E. Lipstadt is an American historian and scholar renowned for her work on Holocaust studies and the fight against Holocaust denial.
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A.
Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, author, and commentator known for his controversial critiques of Israeli policy and the politics surrounding the Holocaust.
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B.
Marion Wiesel
Marion Wiesel is a translator, editor, and activist best known for translating many of Elie Wiesel’s works and for her involvement in Holocaust remembrance and human rights causes.
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C.
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel was a Romanian-born Jewish writer, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate best known for his memoir "Night" and his lifelong advocacy for human rights and remembrance of the Holocaust.
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D.
Maryla Husyt Finkelstein
Maryla Husyt Finkelstein was a Holocaust survivor and the mother of American political scientist and author Norman Finkelstein.
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E.
Bettina Aptheker
Bettina Aptheker is an American political activist, feminist scholar, and professor known for her prominent role in the 1960s student movements and long-standing work in civil rights and social justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust historian
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author ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | history ⓘ |
| areaOfActivism |
combating antisemitism
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defense of historical truth about the Holocaust ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brandeis University
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City College of New York ⓘ |
| employer | Emory University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Lipstadt
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linked to:
Deborah E. Lipstadt
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| fieldOfWork |
Holocaust denial
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Holocaust studies ⓘ Jewish history ⓘ modern European history ⓘ |
| genre |
historical writing
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Deborah ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Yehuda Bauer ⓘ |
| hasRole | defendant in Irving v. Penguin Books and Lipstadt ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Holocaust survivor testimonies
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postwar Holocaust historiography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
legal battle with David Irving
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research on Holocaust denial ⓘ scholarship on the Holocaust ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American historical academia ⓘ |
| movement | fight against Holocaust denial ⓘ |
| name | Deborah E. Lipstadt ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent | defamation lawsuit by David Irving in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableIdea | legal and scholarly strategies to counter Holocaust denial ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Antisemitism: Here and Now
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Denying the Holocaust ⓘ History on Trial ⓘ The Eichmann Trial ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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historian ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Atlanta, Georgia
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linked to:
Atlanta
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Deborah E. Lipstadt Description of subject: Deborah E. Lipstadt is an American historian and scholar renowned for her work on Holocaust studies and the fight against Holocaust denial.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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