Eric Hunt

Eric Hunt is a Holocaust denier from Vernon Township, New Jersey. On February 1, 2007, at the age of twenty-two, he 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. 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. 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. Hunt was later arrested at the Belle Mead mental health treatment center. In August 2007, a California Superior Court judge ruled there was enough evidence to try Eric Hunt on six felony charges including stalking, kidnapping, and elder abuse.

Hunt graduated from Vernon Township High School in 2002. Hunt began following Holocaust denial organizations after graduating from college. Hunt has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all the charges. He is currently being held in a psychiatric unit of San Francisco County jail.