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"&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/12/23/1223-mark-gould-ex.jpg\" alt=\"1223_mark_gould_EX\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the most powerful Jews in the U.S have concocted a massive conspiracy to discredit a Nazi hunter who claims he uncovered some explosive new information about the Holocaust ... this according to a lawsuit obtained by TMZ. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Nazi hunter behind the suit is &lt;strong&gt;Mark Gould&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;pictured above&lt;/em&gt;) -- who claims he recently managed to track down a 98-year-old former SS lieutenant colonel named &lt;strong&gt;Bernhard Frank &lt;/strong&gt;(&lt;em&gt;pictured below&lt;/em&gt;) ... and got him to admit he had a MAJOR role in the Germany's decision to exterminate the Jews.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gould claims he thought his findings would impress the honchos at the famous Wiesenthal Center in L.A. -- a powerful Jewish organization dedicated to documenting the Holocaust -- since he had been working with them since 2004. But Gould was wrong. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/12/23/1223-bernhard-frank-sub.jpg\" alt=\"1223_bernhard_frank_sub\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead, Gould claims the leaders of the Wiesenthal Center ran a smear campaign against him in 2010 -- hoping to discredit Gould's findings so Frank would NOT be portrayed as a key Nazi figure. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for why the Weisenthal Center is trying to discredit Gould ... one Center official published an article saying Frank was like a secretary who prepared documents but had no real decision-making power.&amp;#160; The suggestion -- Nazi hunters should focus on the honchos, not the lackeys.&amp;#160; And the Center believes Gould is after fame, not justice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gould claims in his lawsuit the Center never presented any proof that would discredit his work --but still ran a defamatory campaign against him, to destroy his credibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, Gould thinks the Center should pay for the \"hypocrisy and betrayal\" -- he's suing for unspecified damages. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A rep for the Center tells TMZ ... they have not seen the lawsuit, and therefor cannot comment on the case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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