A Holocaust denier said he accosted Elie Wiesel with the aim of kidnapping him. “Eric Hunt” posted an acknowledgment on “ZioPedia,” an anti-Semitic Web site, saying he followed Wiesel onto an elevator at San Francisco’s Argent hotel after the author participated in a panel on peace. Wiesel reported such an assault on Feb. 1.
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