The Holocaust on TrialIn 1999 David Irving, a right-wing chronicler of Hitler's regime, sued Penguin Books, claiming he had been falsely labelled a Holocaust denier in a book by the American professor Deborah Lipstadt. He maintained that there had been no gas chambers at Auschwitz, no systematic mass murder of Jews by the Nazis, and that the whole Holocaust story is exaggerated. The story of the trial is at the centre of this book. It is a true courtroom drama. Irving is a flamboyant and self publicising character, given to provocative pronouncements. He conducted his own case. D. D. Guttenplan had complete access to the courtroom and to Irving throughout the trial, and his rounded portrait of the man is as devastating as it is fair-minded. But Irving is only one of the book's characters, who include Charles Gray, the patrician judge, Anthony Julius, solicitor and iconoclastic scholar, Richard Rampton, Penguin's sharp-minded QC, and Professor Richard Evans, who spent twenty-eight hours in the witness box demolishing Irving's scholarship." "This is also a book about the wider debate over the Holocaust and about the nature of historical truth. Guttenplan insists that we cannot close off discussion of the Holocaust, even as it needs to be defended from so-called revisionists. |
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... tion of the enormous gratitude I feel for his work and for his assistance in clarifying my own thoughts about what will always remain his field . January 1 , 2001 Hampstead , London and Guilford , Vermont BODY ASHES THROWN INTO MARSHES ...
... tion of the enormous gratitude I feel for his work and for his assistance in clarifying my own thoughts about what will always remain his field . January 1 , 2001 Hampstead , London and Guilford , Vermont BODY ASHES THROWN INTO MARSHES ...
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... which had escaped destruc- tion . Adolf Eichmann , described by Höss as " the only SS officer who was allowed to keep records " concerning liquidations , was captured in 1960. In 1972 the Austrians 8 The Holocaust on Trial.
... which had escaped destruc- tion . Adolf Eichmann , described by Höss as " the only SS officer who was allowed to keep records " concerning liquidations , was captured in 1960. In 1972 the Austrians 8 The Holocaust on Trial.
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... tion camps in November 1942 the New York Times quoted Dr. Stephen Wise , head of the American Jewish Congress , who claimed that the bodies of the dead were being exploited for soap , fat , and lubricants.4 In the Polish town of ...
... tion camps in November 1942 the New York Times quoted Dr. Stephen Wise , head of the American Jewish Congress , who claimed that the bodies of the dead were being exploited for soap , fat , and lubricants.4 In the Polish town of ...
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... tion to other groups in society ? And for non - Jews : How much does the Holocaust matter ? Why ? How should we respond to Jews who feel threatened ? How should we respond to Jews who feel threatened by David Irving ? How do we see Jews ...
... tion to other groups in society ? And for non - Jews : How much does the Holocaust matter ? Why ? How should we respond to Jews who feel threatened ? How should we respond to Jews who feel threatened by David Irving ? How do we see Jews ...
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The Holocaust on Trial: History, Justice and the David Irving Libel Case D. D. Guttenplan No preview available - 2002 |
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