Difference between revisions of "David Irving"
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:He had sued Penguin books and the author Deborah Lipstadt over her book which said Irving had persistently and deliberately misinterpreted and twisted historical evidence to minimise Hitler's culpability for the Holocaust. Penguin incurred costs of £2m to defend the claim. In May 2000 Irving was ordered to pay an interim amount of £150,000, but has failed to pay a penny.<ref>Vikram Dodd, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/may/22/irving.humanities Failed libel action costs Irving his home], The Guardian, 22 May 2002, accessed 4 Dec 2009</ref> | :He had sued Penguin books and the author Deborah Lipstadt over her book which said Irving had persistently and deliberately misinterpreted and twisted historical evidence to minimise Hitler's culpability for the Holocaust. Penguin incurred costs of £2m to defend the claim. In May 2000 Irving was ordered to pay an interim amount of £150,000, but has failed to pay a penny.<ref>Vikram Dodd, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/may/22/irving.humanities Failed libel action costs Irving his home], The Guardian, 22 May 2002, accessed 4 Dec 2009</ref> | ||
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| + | Academic [[Kevin MacDonald]] testified for Irving in the libel trial. | ||
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Revision as of 16:41, 4 December 2009
David Irving is an author who in 2002 lost a libel action he took against the American historian Deborah Lipstadt.
According to a report in The Guardian:
- He had sued Penguin books and the author Deborah Lipstadt over her book which said Irving had persistently and deliberately misinterpreted and twisted historical evidence to minimise Hitler's culpability for the Holocaust. Penguin incurred costs of £2m to defend the claim. In May 2000 Irving was ordered to pay an interim amount of £150,000, but has failed to pay a penny.[1]
Affiliations
Academic Kevin MacDonald testified for Irving in the libel trial.
Notes
- ↑ Vikram Dodd, Failed libel action costs Irving his home, The Guardian, 22 May 2002, accessed 4 Dec 2009
