Irving vrs. Lipstadt

April 2000

"Following his conversion to `hard' revisionism with the Leuchter Report in 1988, Irving charted a course still further to the right. From this date Irving, alongside Zündel, can be considered international radical-revisionism's most active and prominent exponent in Germany. This movement, and Irving as its ideologue, propagated ideas that played an important part in the third wave of RWE. Denial of the Holocaust became part of the standard political repertoire of neo-Nazi organisations. In turn the politics of neo-Nazism in Germany since the late 1980s has exhibited a profoundly alarming tendency to either condone `spontaneous' acts of violence against the objects of its resentments or even to politically organise that violence."
Funke, Hajo. David Irving, Holocaust denial, and his connections to right-wing extremists and Neo-National Socialism (Neo-Nazism) In Germany, p. 135

Columbus Dispatch - Apr. 30, 2000	Letter to the Editor: "Holocaust deniers pay tribute to legacy of hate"
The Morning Call - April 28, 2000	Essence of anti-semite captured
Canadian Jewish News - Apr. 28, 2000	Irving's cross-examination said 'surreal'
Canadian Jewish News - Apr. 28, 2000	Irving proceeding with second libel action
Guardian - Apr. 28, 2000	Heart of darkness
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Apr. 28, 2000	Reflections On David Irving, by Deborah E. Lipstadt
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Apr. 28, 2000	Letters: Irving's Punishment
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix - Apr.	'I was wrong to laugh' (Deborah Lipstadt)
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California - Apr. 28, 2000	Why we need Holocaust Remembrance
The Globe & Mail - Apr. 25, 2000	Slaying the ghosts of Jewry's past "...He had himself initiated what proved to be his humiliation. He sued author Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin, the publisher of her book Denying the Holocaust, for libelling him as an anti-Semite. Earlier this month, he secured the opposite of what he desired -- a judgment from Judge Charles Gray, ruling in Britain's High Court, that he had "persistently and deliberately manipulated historical evidence," that the criticisms of him in Prof. Lipstadt's book "were almost invariably well-founded" and that he is "a racist who associates with right-wing extremists who promote neo-Nazism."
Time [International ed.] - Apr. 24, 2000	History Wins, Irving Loses Controversial historian David Irving loses his libel suit and is branded a pro-Nazi falsifier of history
The American Prospect - Apr. 24, 2000	The Banality of Irving There was that part of him that could not believe what was happening--that, regardless of how the judge ruled on the libel case, Irving was losing his argument on the history--even as it occured. It is the corner David Irving has painted himself into, where even his hope is a form of denial.
Ventura County Star - Apr. 24, 2000	Truth of history will prevail, if we listen to facts LIBEL VERDICT: Former head of Simi Valley institute was victorious.
New Statesman - Apr. 24, 2000	Sad, foolish, rather disgusting
New York Press - Apr. 24, 2000	Peculiar yet brave
Newsweek - Apr. 24, 2000	The Price of Defending Hitler A historian explains why a leading voice of 'Holocaust denial' lost his libel case
Jerusalem Post - Apr. 21, 2000	WEIN ON-LINE: What they deny
Jerusalem Post - Apr. 21, 2000	The ugly, the wacky - and culture that's fun
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Apr. 21, 2000	The Diminished Assault on Truth and Memory
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Apr. 21, 2000	Talking with Lipstadt
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Apr. 21, 2000	Letters
Sobran's - Apr. 20, 2000	Subsidized Consensus
New Times Los Angeles - Apr. 20-26, 2000	Witness for the Persecution
Columbus Dispatch - Apr. 20, 2000	Truth be told - Holocaust cannot be erased by revisionists
New Jersey Jewish News - Apr. 20, 2000	Holocaust trial was victory over moral leprosy
Jewish Exponent - Apr. 19, 2000	The Irving Verdict
Canadian Jewish News - Apr. 19, 2000	Editorial: Truth over falsehood
National Post - Apr. 18, 2000	Depths of duplicity: Jews and gentiles alike should ponder why the Holocaust happened
Sobran's - Apr. 18, 2000	The "Dangerous" David Irving
Chicago Sun-Times - Apr. 18, 2000	Holocaust messages
Bangkok Post - Apr. 18, 2000	Were things really as made to appear?
The Independent - Apr. 18, 2000	Losing was unthinkable. The rest is history Everyone, even David Irving, has a right to have their reputation protected. The outcome is a sparkling vindication of British libel laws.
The Statesman [Calcutta] - Apr. 17, 2000	FATE OF PEOPLES - Irving verdict a blow for progress
St. Petersburg Times - Apr. 17, 2000	blow to Holocaust deniers
Jerusalem Post - Apr. 17, 2000	Irving faces arrest for failure to repay loan Although Irving lost the case, he has failed to repay the loan or to attend a debtors' court to which he was summoned shortly after the original judgment. As a result, he has now been found to be in contempt and a warrant has been issued for his arrest
The Washington Times - Apr. 17, 2000	The slippery slope of anti-semitism
The Irish Times - Apr. 17, 2000	It's never that simple
The Irish Times - Apr. 17, 2000	The greatest threat to truth comes from denial
The Guardian - Apr. 17, 2000	Judging history (Interview with Judge Gray)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Apr. 17, 2000	Letter: A verdict for truth
Sunday Gazette-Mail - Apr. 16, 2000	Trial hands Holocaust deniers a setback
The Sacramento Bee - Apr. 16, 2000	A judgment against hate
New York Post - Apr. 16, 2000	David Irving: Still in denial Justice Grey, however, found otherwise. Irving, he wrote, is "not a historian but a falsifier of history" who is driven by a clear ideological agenda and "distinct pro-Nazi bias and anti-Jewish bias." The judge ruled that Irving is "a right-wing, pro-Nazi polemicist" engaged in a "deliberate ... falsification of the historical record ... consistent with his own ideological beliefs."
Washington Post - Apr. 16, 2000	A judgment against hate
The Observer - Apr. 16, 2000	The battle may be over - but the war goes on
The Observer - Apr. 16, 2000	The lying game
Toronto Star - Apr. 15, 2000	Where there's wool to pull, we've got the eyes WHEN DAVID IRVING, the notorious historian a British judge has called a Holocaust denier, racist and anti-Semite, continues to deny the Holocaust and calls the judge's opinion ``historically incredible'' and ``perverse,'' he sounds, to sensible people, incredible and perverse.
The Press (New Zealand) - Apr. 15, 2000	Good riddance, Mr. Irving
Los Angeles Times - Apr. 15, 2000	The Step From Holocaust Denial to Nationalism
Evening Standard - Apr. 15, 2000	Shamed historian refuses to change
The Independent - Apr. 15, 2000	Judgment has been passed. So how do you feel about being labelled as a racist now, Mr Irving?
The Guardian - Apr. 15, 2000	Why history matters
The Economist - Apr. 15, 2000	Slugging through the mud
Jewish World Review - Apr. 14, 2000	Fighting Back Against 'Evil' Deborah Lipstadt explains why she felt 'blessed' to counter Holocaust denier David Irvings libel suit.
Emory Wheel - Apr. 14, 2000	Staff Editorial: Lipstadt's verdict
Emory Wheel - Apr. 14, 2000	Lipstadt wins British libel suit; will return home today
The Forward - Apr. 14, 2000	A Famous Victory
New York Jewish Week - Apr. 14, 2000	`Vindication' For Lipstadt, The Jews
New York Jewish Week - Apr. 14, 2000	Fighting Back Against `Evil'
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California - Apr. 14, 2000	Lipstadt: Continuing to teach 'will be enough for me'
News & Record (Greensboro, NC) - Apr. 14, 2000	Holocaust denial: an ugly assault on truth
Seattle Times - Apr. 14, 2000	Holocaust trial winner has UW tie
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Apr. 14, 2000	Truth Prevails - Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books prevail as Justice Charles Gray throws out David Irving's libel claim
The Guardian - Apr. 14, 2000	Letters: and as for Irving ...
Indiana Daily Student - Apr. 13, 2000	British historian branded Holocaust denier - Author's credibility further damaged by verdict Noted for presenting World War II from the German perspective, his books used to bring in six-figure sums. Now he hocks his work for free over the Internet. The darling of neo-nazi groups, his reputation has been so tarnished his twin brother changed his name.
New Zealand Herald - Apr. 13, 2000	Irving dismissed as racist and liar
New Zealand Herald - Apr. 13, 2000	Pledge to go on telling 'truth'
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Apr. 13, 2000	Skewered on his own words
Newsday - April 13, 2000	Editorial: Law catches up with Denial of Holocaust {...} He cited example after example where Irving "significantly misrepresented . . . the evidence . . . pervert[ed] the evidence . . . misrepresentation . . . misconstruction . . . omission . . . mistranslation . . . misreading. . . . double standards." The judge found Irving's explanations for his writings "tendentious . . . unjustified . . . specious . . . distorted . . . fanciful . . . hopeless . . . disingenuous . . . [and] a travesty." "It appears to me," Gray also wrote, "that Irving qualifies as a Holocaust denier . . . . Irving is anti-Semitic . . . . Irving is a racist. . . . Irving [is] a right-wing pro-Nazi polemicist." The irony is Gray's findings are even stronger than the words Lipstadt had written.
Newsday - April 13, 2000	Editorial: Truth Is Winner in Holocaust Denier's Libel Defeat It's always sweet to see a fraud get his comeuppance, but this week's verdict in a high-profile British libel trial is particularly satisfying in several different ways-not least because the loser is on the hook for the winner's legal bills, which could amount to $3 million.
Chicago Tribune - Apr. 13, 2000	The disgrace of a Holocaust denier Truth, justice and history were well served Tuesday when British writer David Irving lost his libel suit against an American academic who had branded him a Holocaust denier and an apologist for Adolf Hitler.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation/ABC News Online - Apr. 12, 2000	Call for Australia to bar 'Holocaust denier'
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Apr. 12, 2000	'Holocaust denier' Irving faces ruin - Judge labels historian as 'racist anti-Semite'
The Independent - Apr. 12, 2000	He says Auschwitz is a myth, but he has never set foot in the place, never seen the evidence
The Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	Wonderful Steve Bell editorial cartoon!
National Post - Apr. 12, 2000	British judge brands historian an anti-Semite
The Globe & Mail - Apr. 12, 2000	Irving loses libel case in Holocaust denial suit British judge throws out historian's complaint against U.S. professor, branding the controversial British author a racist and an anti-Semite
The Washington Post - Apr. 12, 2000	U.S. Scholar is victorious in Holocaust libel trial
The Sun - Apr. 12, 2000	Hitler Liar's #2m bill TOP historian David Irving faced ruin last night after a judge branded him a racist for denying the Nazis killed six million Jews. A libel case ruling against him shattered his reputation - and left the author with a legal bill of more than #2MILLION.
Newsday - Apr. 12, 2000	Hitler Apologist Loses - British judge rules critic's condemning words not libelous
The Jerusalem Post - Apr. 12, 2000	iBritish court slams Irving as Holocaust denier
The Independent - Apr. 12, 2000	The sayings of David Irving
The Independent - Apr. 12, 2000	In the Judge's words...
The Independent - Apr. 12, 2000	State built on suffering breathes a collective sigh of satisfaction
The Independent - Apr. 12, 2000	Judge dismantles author's distorted view of history
The Independent - Apr. 12, 2000	Racist. Anti-Semite. Holocaust denier. How history will judge David Irving
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	Let's close the book - David Irving has been demolished. Now it is time to give Holocaust victims and survivors some peace
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	'He is a Holocaust denier. He misstated evidence' - The judgment: Judge condemns deliberate falsification of historical record
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	Irving: consigned to history as a racist liar
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	How the web of lies was unravelled: Academics spent four years identifying distortions and manipulations in work of bogus historian
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	Author with no publisher and few funds landed with #2.5m bill
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	Truth's sheer weight - Irving was the deniers' best shot
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	Observer in court plea to quash libel action
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	History's verdict on Holocaust upheld
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	Relief greets 'victory for truth'
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	Unrepentant Irving blasts "perverse" judgment Historian vows to appeal the failed libel case which branded him a Holocaust denier
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	Irving loses Holocaust libel case
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	The ruling against David Irving
Guardian - Apr. 12, 2000	The cost of denial
Chicago Tribune - Apr. 12, 2000	U.S. writer wins battle with Holocaust denier "In a 333-page judgment, Justice Charles Gray ruled that Irving, 62, was an anti-Semite and a racist who had deliberately distorted historical evidence to deny the Holocaust and to try to exonerate Hitler from responsibility for the mass murder of Jews. The verdict shredded Irving's reputation and exposed him to possible financial and professional ruin."
Daily Telegraph - Apr. 12, 2000	Racist historian faces #2m bill for libel defeat
Daily Telegraph - Apr. 12, 2000	Historian who strode into court with a reputation but left facing ruin
Daily Telegraph - Apr. 12, 2000	The trial of David Irving - and my part in his downfall
Daily Telegraph - Apr. 12, 2000	Key argument over gas chambers was based on discredited report
Daily Telegraph - Apr. 12, 2000	Advice from Hitler sends ally on road to defeat
Daily Telegraph - Apr. 12, 2000	'Holocaust denier, falsifier of history and racist'
Irish Times - April 12, 2000	Irving's brother changed name to avoid link
Irish Times - April 12, 2000	Irving a 'Holocaust-denier' and antisemitic - judge
Irish Times - April 12, 2000	David Cesarani: Irving exposed as a liar with no interest in truth
Irish Times - April 12, 2000	Holocaust Denial
Ha'aretz - April 12, 2000	Barak: Irving's loss is a triumph for free people
Jewish Post of New York - April, 2000	Holocaust Denier Denied
Time.com - Apr. 11, 2000	Why Loss in Holocaust Libel Suit Is Important Apart from derailing a pseudo-scholar, Irving judgment clears the way for serious Holocaust researchers to pursue some important debates
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Apr. 11, 2000	'Holocaust denier' Irving loses libel case Judge labels historian as 'racist anti-Semite'
Evening Standard - Apr. 11, 2000	Historian's lone battle
Evening Standard - Apr. 11, 2000	Only himself to blame
Evening Standard - Apr. 11, 2000	Irving faces ruin after libel case
Evening Standard - Apr. 11, 2000	History needs David Irving
Financial Times - Apr. 11, 2000	Historian loses libel case
The Guardian - April 11, 2000	Irving loses Holocaust libel case "{...} Mr. Justice Gray said the charges he had found to be substantially true were that "Irving had for his own ideological reasons persistently and deliberately misrepresented and manipulated historical evidence". That "for the same reasons, he had portrayed Hitler in an unwarrantedly favourable light, principally in relation to his attitude towards and responsibility for the treatment of the Jews". The judge said he found that Irving was "an active Holocaust denier; that he was anti-semitic and racist and that he associated with right-wing extremists who promoted neo-Nazism". The judge said there were certain defamatory imputations which he had found to be defamatory of Irving, but said that in his judgment the charges against him which had been proved to be true were of "sufficient gravity" for it to be clear that the failure to prove the truth of other matters did not have any material effect on Irving's reputation. "
BBC Online - April 11, 2000	History under scrutiny
CNN - April 11, 2000	Historian who challenged Holocaust scope loses libel suit
BBC Online - April 11, 2000	David Irving: Controversial scholar
BBC Online - April 11, 2000	Hitler historian loses libel case
BBC Online - April 11, 2000	Hitler historian awaits libel verdict
Jerusalem Post - April 4, 2000	Lipstadt: Libel trial strengthened me

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