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David Irving and Real History Click photo for index of mostly copyright-free high resolution photos of David Irving and his career"Der SPIEGEL wird seinen neuen Autor im Auge behalten: Während sein Bericht in diesem Heft beginnt, reist Irving schon wieder durch Deutschland, um Material für eine neue Dokumentation zusammenzutragen"Der Spiegel, Germany's leading news magazine, in 1965". . . a British historian, David Irving, perhaps the greatest living authority on the Nazi era . . ." Stephen Spender, New York Times Review of Books [full text]"SUCH PEOPLE AS David Irving have an indispensable part in the historical enterprise, and we dare not disregard their views." Professor Gordon C Craig, The New York Review of Books, September 19, 1996."ES IST EIN GLÜCK für uns . . . einen Irving zu haben, der den Historikern zumindest neue Anstöße gibt." Professor Hans Mommsen, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, 1978: now see his panic! Charakterschweine gibt es ja überall."FOR BETTER or for worse . . . the best known historians of the Nazi era are now [Daniel] Goldhagen and the British writer David Irving."-- Holocaust and Genocide Studies, vol. 11, no. 3 (Oxford University Press, in association with U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum).Alphabetical site index (text)David Irving: Index PageTorpedo Running, a 1985 biographical brochure. [ Now on-online ]  Two-page leaflet (140k)David Irving hosted a farewell dinner at the Hilton Chicago before returning to Windsor, UK David Irving talks on the campus of Harvard University David Irving speaking in Phoenix, Arizona David Irving in Person:Family ancestry: biographies of father, grandfather, etcAn Index of Personal ThingsDraft unpublished memoirs, chapters ofSome copyright-free high resolution photos of David IrvingReminscences by friends of David Irving at Brentwood School, 1947-1956At London University 1956-59, becomes a writer | A contemporary recallsMay 1959: The Carnival Times scandal | or 50 years on: David Irving, Apartheid and ULU | front page | orgies artoon | apartheid cartoon1956-1959 documents: Applies for RAF officers' commission, Linguist Course, refused on alleged medical grounds (pdf file, 12MB)How Der Spiegel, Germany's leading news magazine, praised its newcomer author David Irving in 1965 (in German)David Irving: Information for Counsel on my Background (1970)1970: Susan Barnes (wife of Rt.Hon.Anthony Crosland, MP) writes a positive multi-page profile for The Sunday Times, September 1970: "Portrait of a Gentleman"Late in 1977 the Institut für Zeitgeschichte director Prof Dr Martin Broszat publishes a virulent 37-page attack on David Irving's biography, Hitler's War, in their quarterly journal (pdf, in German); they refused to publish a replyCanadian Globe & Mail newspaper published a warm view of Mr Irving's talents as an historian and biographer -- in 1979The Spectator interviews Benté Hogh: "Sleeping with the Enemy"July 1982: Stunning blonde in the life of Hitler apologist David IrvingA balanced account of David Irving's historical career written by an Israeli Institute (we do not endorse all its findings of course): "From Revisionism to Holocaust Denial - David Irving as a Case Study," by Roni Stauber of the Steven Roth Institute for Racism and anti-Semitism, Tel Aviv University. Dated evidently in 1990s.A less balanced account, a smear sheet on David Irving issued by the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai Brith in New York, 2004 Listen to Mailer say it: exactly 45 minutes into the interview | part transcriptMarch 2007: Norman Mailer's Praise for David Irving's Writing, "a very good writer ... he's one hell of an interesting writer."January 2009 profile in The Independent (London): David Irving: 'I'm Hitler's biographer': His take on Nazi Germany has made enemies [viel Feind' viel Ehr'] | Hindu Times | Johann Hari's article gets under a lot of skins - traditional enemies hint that Mr Irving invented the famous quote from Hitler's doctor's diary: Anonymous | Daniel Finkelstein of The TimesWartime document from the Irving archives: A Doctor's diary quotes Hitler's views on Führer-Biographers, Sept 1944: "only a young Englishman..." Torpedo Running. A 1985 biographical brochure about Mr Irving (and his 1983 role in exposing the Fake Hitler Diaries scandal)The Other Controversies:R V Jones reminisces on how David Irving spiked the ENIGMA scoop out of pariotismThe Global Vendetta waged against Mr Irving by the enemies of Free Speech.Brother John Irving (ex Wing Cdr, RAF) is appointed chairman of Wiltshire Racial Equality CouncilAbout Auschwitz. What Really Happened?Banned from countries around the WorldCanadaAustraliaSouth AfricaNew ZealandGermanyAn Appeal for Help for Those Being Persecuted for their Fight for Free Speech.German Government orders him banned from the Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv) "in interests of Germany"The Goebbels Diaries [in German].A Sample of the Goebbels Biography.April 1996: Top American Publisher Cancelled Publication of Goebbels. Mastermind of the Third Reich at the Last MomentSummer 1997: Defends himself by issuing a mock Der Spiegel [in German]READ David Irving's topical newsletter online, updated dailyBE A PAL. Report bad links and URLs to us!Click for corrected biographical details from Munzinger - a German Who's Who  The Smear Campaigns since 1959:Attempts to Entrap David Irving began in 1964The Books:BooklistThe World's Press:Selected clippings from David Irving's careerThe "Cyber-Cesspit":Documents about David Irving dredged up from the Internet.[Some] Reviews of the Books: The Virus House (Nazi Germany's atomic bomb programme)GöringRommel. The Trail of the FoxGoebbels. Mastermind of the Third Reich [including Polish and Swedish items]Hitler's WarNuremberg, the Last Battle [in German ]The Speeches[why Free Speech?]Other Writings of David Irving:Published and unpublished letters to newspapersDocuments on Real History:See separate Index.Get on the mailing listThe Legal Battles:The ADL tries to stop us showing their logo February 1995: Confined to British prison for Contempt of Court | German publisher asked for itBBC and Nick Fraser: Fear & Loathing on the Far Right (libel): pendingAustralian Government (ban): government lost first round; under pressure, it altered law to enable it to ban Mr irving on other, new, grounds.Jeremy Jones and Australia Israel Publications (libel) (settled out of court) under constructionBoard of Deputies of British Jews (libel): Board did not attempt to justify its libels, pleaded Mr Irving was out of time, tried to bankrupt him over costs and failedCanadian Government (wrongful deportation): Rothstein J refused leave to apply for judicial reviewThe Sunday Times (libel) (settled out of court) under constructionThe Sunday Times (breach of contract, Goebbels Diaries) (settled out of court) under constructionData Protection Agency, UK (compliance of Board of Deputies of British Jews with data protection law)France (freedom of speech): fined £50 for a newspaper interview in LondonGerman Government (freedom of speech): fined DM30,000 for stating true fact; banned from GermanyJohn Lukacs (libel): writ will be issued if book is published in UKLipstadt and Penguin (libel): current actionMacmillan UK (betrayal of author): pendingPQ.17 (libel, defendant): 1970, incl., punitive damages, £40,000Reed International (logo infringement): evidently abandonedSereny and Observer (libel): current actionSt Martins Press, New York (betrayal of author): no further actionThe David Irving Legal Fighting Fund:Issues an irregular newsletter Action ReportIssues a regular online Action Report updateIssues a German edition of Action Report February 22, 1998: David Irving thanks his supporters world-wideSupport for Victims of the Opponents of Free SpeechDeutschsprachig? 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