The Diary of Ann Fink. Arlington, Virginia: Hoax-Busters Press, [1963]. English.

An antisemitic propaganda pamphlet, designed as a parody of the American humor magazine Mad, distributed among students and young readers by the American Nazi Party.

The front cover features a caricature of Anne Frank in the guise of "Alfred E. Neuman" – the fictitious mascot of Mad – with the booklet’s title printed in a childish blue font. Inside are black-and-white photographs from Nazi concentration and extermination camps, accompanied by caustic, mock-"humorous" captions ridiculing the victims. On the back cover, alongside the (fictitious) publisher’s name, appears the address: 928 Randolph Street, Arlington, Virginia – the headquarters of the American Nazi Party in its early years.

The booklet was produced by the party’s founder, George Lincoln Rockwell (1918-1967), and is regarded as one of its most blatant and repugnant publications. It was apparently offered for sale only for a short period in 1963, after which the party decided to withdraw it. In the party’s official magazine, The Stormtrooper Magazine, the booklet was advertised for sale in only four issues – all from 1963.

The introductory page contains a brief text regarded as one of the earliest instances of Holocaust denial in the United States – a "dedication" to the Jews who
"created for the world the colossal myth of the six million gassed Jews... to each rubber body, stage prop, plastic tooth… Jewish costume designer, director, writer and actor...".

Exceptionally rare. Not recorded in OCLC, and to the best of our research, has never appeared at public auction. Only a handful of copies are known to have survived.

[8] leaves (including wrappers). 14 cm. Good condition. Minor marginal wear and light staining to back wrapper. Stapled.

See: George Kellman, "Anti-Jewish Agitation", in: The American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 65, pp. 73-74.