Eric Hunt

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Eric Hunt is a young man who, on February 1, 2007, at the age of twenty-two, attacked Elie Wiesel, the renowned Holocaust author and Nobel laureate, in the elevator of a San Francisco hotel.

On February 6, 2007, a man identifying himself as Eric Hunt and claiming to be the attacker posted an account of the incident on a virulently anti-Semitic Internet web site.[1] Hunt then returned to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and phoned his father, whom he had not seen in 11 years, asking to be picked up at a bus station.[2] Subsequently, Hunt's mother helped him check into Carrier Clinic, a mental health treatment center in Belle Mead, New Jersey, which is about 60 miles from his home.[3] Hunt was later arrested at the Belle Mead mental health treatment center. [4] In August 2007, a California Superior Court judge ruled there was enough evidence to try Eric Hunt on six felony charges[5] including stalking, kidnapping, and elder abuse.

Hunt was raised in Vernon Township, New Jersey, and he graduated from Vernon Township High School in 2002.[6] Hunt began following Holocaust denial organizations after graduating from college.[7] Hunt has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all the charges. As of August, 2007 he was being held in a psychiatric unit of the San Francisco County jail.[8]


[edit] References

  1. ^ “Man, 22, arrested in N.J. in Wiesel attack,” Jaxon Van Derbeken, San Francisco Chronicle (February 17, 2007) retrieved September 2, 2007.
  2. ^ Id.
  3. ^ Id.
  4. ^ “U.S. police arrest Holocaust denier suspected in Elie Wiesel attack,” Haaretz.com (February 18, 2007) retrieved March 17, 2008.
  5. ^ “NJ Man ordered to stand trial for attacking Elie Wiesel,” Staff and wire reports, NJ.com (August 21, 2007, 7:55 PM) retrieved September 2, 2007.
  6. ^ Id.
  7. ^ “Man, 22, arrested in N.J. in Wiesel attack,” Jaxon Van Derbeken, San Francisco Chronicle (February 17, 2007) retrieved September 2, 2007.
  8. ^ “NJ Man faces trial in Wiesel attack,” Terence Chea, Contra Costa Times (August 21, 2007) retrieved September 2, 2007.