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Denial [Movie Tie-in]

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by Deborah E. Lipstadt


  appearance of, 71

  Browning’s testimony and, 190, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197

  closing arguments and, 256, 259–64

  Eichmann manuscript and, 238

  Evans’s testimony and, 201–9, 212–15, 219, 220

  Funke’s testimony and, 233, 237–40

  Irving complimented by, 199

  Irving’s appeal rejected by, 291

  judgment made by, xiv–xv, 223, 253–54, 256, 265, 267, 269–75, 279, 281–82, 284, 291–92, 293, 296

  Keegan’s testimony and, 187–88

  at last regular session, 244–45, 247–49

  Longerich’s testimony and, 225–27, 231

  MacDonald’s testimony and, 154–59

  as “mein Führer,” 263

  opening day and, 79, 81–82

  at pretrial hearing, 71–72

  and Rampton’s cross-examination of Irving, 163, 165, 167, 169, 170, 173–82, 244–45, 247–49

  second day and, 88–93, 95–96, 99, 102

  second week and, 109–10, 112, 114–19, 121, 123–24

  third day and, 103, 106–7

  van Pelt’s testimony and, 134–35, 137, 138–39, 142–45, 148

  Great Britain, 17–20

  German code broken by, 111

  Holocaust survivors and, 38

  Palestine and, 38

  reaction to libel suit judgment in, xv, 275–83

  respect for Irving in, xiii, 187–89, 279, 282–83

  in World War II, 18–19, 20, 22, 56, 81, 95, 105, 111, 124, 170, 198, 209, 218

  see also England; legal system, British; London

  Great Dictator, The (film), 301

  Greece, 7, 8

  Green, Richard, 131n, 292–93

  Grossman, Grace, 65, 79, 88, 94–95

  Guardian, 22, 74, 139, 283, 293

  Gutman, Yisrael, 16

  Guttenplan, Don, 65–66, 188

  gypsies, 180, 251n

  Haaretz, 269

  Hagenau rally, 236–37, 240, 241

  Hahn, Walter, 168

  Hailsham, Lord, 182

  Halle rally, 64–65, 237, 240, 258, 263, 274

  Hamas, 72, 300

  Hamburg, 94

  Hancock, Anthony, 239

  Hand That Signed the Paper, The (“Demidenko”), 228–29

  Harris, David, 39

  Harris, Robert, 20

  Harvard University, 190

  Hausner, Gideon, 203

  Hawking, Stephen, 33

  HCN (hydrogen cyanide), 35–36, 118, 122, 131

  in Polish studies, 314n–15n

  Hebrew University, 6, 7, 9

  Center for the Study of Antisemitism at, 28

  Heinemann, 293

  Heisenberg, Werner, 125, 318n

  Henry II, King of England, 228

  Hersey, John, 6

  hesed shel emet (taking care of the dead), 289–90

  Hess, Rudolf, 166–67

  Heydrich, Reinhard, 55, 64, 112

  assassination of, 250, 325n

  Himmler’s call to, 82–83, 103, 104, 113

  Kristallnacht and, 166, 321n

  Hezbollah, 72

  Hezekiah, King, 65

  Hilberg, Raul, 53, 66, 202

  Himmler, Heinrich, 82–83, 102–5

  Auschwitz visited by, 135

  brother of, 121

  diary entry of (Nov. 30, 1941), 93, 102–3, 192, 273

  diary entry of (Dec. 1, 1941), 83, 104–5

  diary entry of (Dec. 18, 1941), 114, 192

  Heydrich’s call from, 82–83, 103, 104, 113

  Hitler’s relationship with, 104, 121, 227, 273

  Kristallnacht and, 166, 321n

  phone log of (Nov. 30, 1941), 82–83, 103

  historiography:

  Evans’s emphasis on, 199

  Holocaust, differing views of, 23–25

  history, historians, 45, 47, 190

  in closing arguments, 256–60

  in Evans’s report, 67–68, 71, 204

  libel suit as contest over, xiv, 65–66, 81–82, 88, 121

  trial judgment and, 271–75, 277, 281–83, 291, 301

  truth and, xxii, 17, 40, 67

  see also specific individuals

  “History Needs David Irving” (Watt), xv, 279

  Hitler, Adolf, 5, 15, 19–23, 240, 248, 279, 284, 300

  antisemitism of, 224, 226

  arrest and trial of, 164, 214–15

  Churchill on, 124

  Himmler’s conversation with (Dec. 18, 1941), 192

  Himmler’s relationship with, 104, 121, 227, 273

  Horthy’s meeting with, 162–63, 257, 261, 273

  ignorance and later concern about Holocaust ascribed to, 19, 20, 23, 40, 82–83, 101–7, 187–88, 190–91, 227–28

  intentionalists vs. functionalists views of, 23

  Kristallnacht and, 165–67, 216–18, 257, 273

  Last Will and Testament of, 221

  legacy of, xx May 1944

  speech by, 21–22 101st birthday of, 239

  Report 51 and, 102, 114, 117

  sympathy and exoneration urged for, xiii, xiv, xx, 19, 22–23, 43, 45, 81, 82–83, 92, 93, 95, 101–7, 113–15, 117, 162–67, 216–18, 226–28, 257, 259, 263, 272–73, 283, 312n

  Hitler of History, The (Lukacs), 43, 293

  “Hitler’s Diaries,” 19–20, 185, 312n

  Hitler’s War (Irving), 19–23, 90

  Hitler-Ribbentrop-Horthy meeting in, 162–63

  Holocaust references removed from, 22, 84, 100

  Keegan’s views on, 23, 187–89

  1977 edition of, 19–23, 82–83, 100, 103, 162–63, 202

  1991 edition of, 21–23, 84, 100, 105, 163, 202, 205–6

  photographs in, 205–6

  Hitler’s Willing Executioners (Goldhagen), 44

  Hoax of the Twentieth Century, The (Butz), 312n

  Hofmann, Matthäus, 164, 214–15

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 303

  Holocaust, 7, 12, 15, 69, 299

  Arab-Israeli conflict contrasted with, 10

  Catholic Church role in, 57

  closure of, 10

  and crooked Jewish financier allegations, 123–24

  David Duke’s book on, 181

  death tolls in, 189–95, 207, 300, 328n

  definitions of, 92, 100, 299, 328n historiography of, 23–25

  Hitler’s alleged ignorance and later concern about, 19, 20, 23, 40, 82–83, 101–7, 187–88, 190–91, 227–28

  Hitler’s role in, 41, 224

  Jewish identity strengthened by, 15–16

  lack of assistance by world Jewry in, 11, 24

  Lipstadt’s first awareness of, 5–6

  misuse of term, 24

  origins of, 55

  as random killings vs. systematic genocide, 109–25

  Soviet version of, 12–13

  start of Lipstadt’s research on, 10

  U.S. press coverage of, 15, 16

  U.S. response to, 24

  see also specific death camps and events

  Holocaust deniers, Holocaust denial, xiii, 46, 91, 292, 298–301, 304–5

  in Arab and Muslim world, 17, 25, 299–300

  in Canada, xiii, xx, 21, 44–45, 99–100, 122, 123, 311n

  Diary of Anne Frank attacked by, 211–12

  differing view of Holocaust vs., 25

  Evans’s characterization of, 203–4

  Funke’s testimony about, 235–39

  IHR journal and, xxi, 16–17

  legal action proposed against, xxii

  Lipstadt’s tentative foray into, 16–20

  media response to, 17–18

  Rassinier as, 208

  student newspaper response to, 17

  see also Irving, David, as Holocaust denier

  Holocaust History Project (THHP), 147n, 292–95

  Holocaust Museum, 137, 197

  Holocaust survivors, 69, 269–70, 304

  in aftermath of war, 37–38

  camp numbers
of, 33, 59, 86, 179, 256, 274

  insurance lawsuit of, 128

  at Irving-Lipstadt trial, 86, 120, 127–28, 255, 261, 276

  Irving’s ridicule of, 33, 84, 124, 128, 141–42, 179, 236–37, 240, 241, 243–45

  in New York, 3

  trial judgment and, 276, 278, 279–80, 285–89

  at Zündel trial, 44–45

  homosexuals, 180, 247, 251n, 301

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 293–94, 327n

  Horthy de Nagybánya, Miklós, 162–63, 257, 261, 273

  Höss, Rudolf, 143, 195–96

  House of Lords, British, 225

  Human Behavior and Evolution Society, 151, 153

  Hungarian Jews, 21–22, 137, 162–63, 257

  Hungary, 162

  hydrogen cyanide, see HCN

  I.G. Farben, 22

  immigration, 3, 56, 90, 181, 182, 248

  In Defense of History (Evans), 42

  indemnification clause, 27

  Independent, 144, 283

  Institute for Historical Review (IHR), xxi, 16–17, 264, 322n

  Irving’s correspondence with, 116

  Rampton’s stumbling over name of, 106, 107

  intentionalists, 23

  intermarriage, 132, 182

  Interpol, 250, 251

  Iraq war, 300

  Irish Times, 284

  Irving, David, xiii–xv, xix–xxiii, 18–23, 30–33, 43–49, 63–74

  antisemitism of, 32, 33, 43, 45, 49, 66, 70, 81, 88, 91, 96, 124, 158, 173–76, 178–81, 183, 201, 223, 236–41, 243–45, 247, 258–61, 263, 274–75, 280, 284, 294, 301

  appearance of, 71, 79, 282, 294, 295

  Auschwitz ban on, 122–23, 132–33

  background of, 18, 312n

  British respect for, xiii, 187–89, 279, 282–83

  Browning’s testimony and, 189–98

  career decline of, 80, 90–92, 96

  Churchill compared with, 125, 228, 229

  closing arguments of, 261–64

  concessions made by, 93, 114, 115, 119–20, 257–58

  consistent-pattern mistakes made by, 196–97

  conspiracy claims of, xxi–xxiii, 70, 80, 81, 110, 188, 213, 256, 261–62, 279

  contributors to, 296, 297

  date switching and witness invention by, 162–65

  daughters of, 97, 99, 101, 175, 269, 274, 328n

  diaries of, 20, 46, 47, 70, 110, 130, 173, 175, 180, 185, 201, 233, 239, 245, 246, 249

  discovery process and, 32, 39–40, 45–47, 54, 70, 123

  earnings of, 18, 80

  Eichmann manuscript and, 238, 248

  Evans’s testimony and, 199–209, 212–21

  as exonerator and admirer of Hitler, xiii, xiv, xx, 19, 43, 45, 81, 82–83, 92, 93, 95, 101–6, 113–15, 117, 162–67, 216–18, 226–28, 257, 259, 263, 272–73, 283, 312n

  Funke’s testimony and, 233–41

  Goebbels’s diary and, 185–86, 204, 270, 275

  Gray’s sympathetic view of, 199, 205

  “Hitler’s Diaries” and, 19–20

  as Holocaust denier, xiii–xiv, xix–xxi, 18–23, 25, 31, 33, 40, 41, 63, 65–66, 80–81, 83–84, 88, 96, 99–100, 122–24, 168, 178–79, 199–200, 223, 235–37, 241, 243–45, 257, 258, 260, 274–75, 280, 282, 284, 286, 294, 298–99, 300, 301

  influence of, 125, 293

  Jewish crime allegations of, 249–52, 261, 273

  judgment and, 267, 268, 270–75, 277, 279, 280

  judgment appealed by, 291–97

  Keegan’s testimony and, 186–89

  lawsuits of, 18–19, 45–46; see also Irving v. Penguin and Lipstadt; trial

  Longerich’s testimony and, 224–29

  media coverage of, 65–66, 85, 87–88, 91, 188, 279–84, 296

  misstatements, mistranslations, and falsifications of, 19, 102–5, 143, 161–65, 196–97, 200, 201, 204, 257–60, 261, 271–75, 277, 282, 291–92, 312n

  as no historian, 45, 67–68, 82, 93

  “no-holes” trap of, 138–39, 140

  “one-man gas chamber” anecdote of, 236–37, 240, 241, 243–44

  personal papers taken from, 297–98

  political extremism of, 20, 41, 46, 84, 90, 96, 181, 233, 235–41, 245–48, 258, 259, 263–64, 274–75, 284, 321n, 322n

  praised as military historian, 271

  press conference of (1989), 128–30, 171

  at pretrial hearings, 46–47, 71–72

  racism of, 43, 70, 173, 174, 176–78, 181–83, 200–201, 223, 247–48, 258, 260, 263, 274–75, 280, 284, 301

  Rampton’s cross-examination of, 99–107, 110–19, 122–24, 128–32, 161–67, 173–82, 186, 243–53

  reviews of books by, xiii, 25, 30–31, 43, 45–46, 90, 91, 169, 187

  St. Martin’s imbroglio and, 91–92, 155

  self-portrayed as victim, 80–81, 90–92, 96–97

  summary of books by, 18–19

  and trial on opening day, 78–85

  and trial on second day, 88–93, 95–97

  and trial on third day, 103–7

  and trial in second week, 109–25

  TV appearances of, 19–20

  van Pelt’s testimony and, 133–49, 197

  victory predicted by, 73–74, 85

  videotapes of speeches of, 64–65, 236–37

  Watt’s testimony and, 120–22

  Zündel trial and, 21, 96, 100, 122, 322n Irving, Jessica, 175, 269

  Irving v. Penguin and Lipstadt, xiii–xv, xx–xxiii, 27–299

  appeal in, 291–96

  as bench trial, 47

  as contest over history, xiv, 65–66, 81–82, 88, 121

  discovery process in, see discovery process and

  doubters in the scholarly community, 48–49

  expert witnesses in, see expert witnesses; specific individuals

  film version suggested for, 58–59

  Irving’s conspiracy claims in, xxi–xxii, 70, 80, 81, 110, 188, 213, 256, 261–62, 279

  Irving’s start of, xiii, xx legal defense options in, 32

  Lipstadt defense costs in, xiv, 37–39, 68–69, 70, 280, 297

  Lipstadt’s preparations for, xxii, 28–33, 73–74

  Lipstadt’s records in, xvii media coverage of, xxii, 48, 49, 65–66, 71, 73–74, 92

  moral dimension of, 30, 51

  pretrial hearings in, 46–47, 70–72

  reimbursement sought in, 295, 296–97

  settlement offers and, 43–44, 69–70, 74

  see also trial

  Islam, Muslim world, 74

  Holocaust deniers in, 17, 25, 299–300

  Israel, 6–12, 197, 235, 294, 301

  Eichmann manuscript and, 203, 216, 234, 238, 248

  Holocaust compared with policies of, 25, 300

  IHR criticism of, 17

  Lipstadt in, 6–7, 9–10

  National Archive in, 216

  reparations received by, 21

  Soviet Jews and, 11

  Soviet relations with, 11, 13

  Istanbul, 7, 8

  Jacobsen, Dan, 159

  Jährling, Rudolf, 136

  Jakobovits, Lady Amelie (Lady J), 269

  Jersak, Tobias, 203, 215–16, 234, 297–98

  Jerusalem, 6–10

  Jesuits, 57

  Jewish Telegraph Service, 269

  Jews, 3–4, 292

  and acts of loving-kindness, 289–90

  assimilated, 152–53

  Catholics’ dialogue with, 57

  crime and, 249–52, 261, 273

  crooked financier allegations and, 123–24, 256

  Eastern Front murder of, see Eastern Front, murder of Jews on

  identity of, 15–16, 152, 154

  inventory of goods removed from, 193

  IQ of, 151–52

  Irving’s attributing of greed to, 173–75

  Irving’s blaming of, 95–96, 173–75, 178

  in Krakow, 57–58

  Madagascar Plan for, 226–27

  Orthodox, Holocaust as viewed by, 24
r />   Riga murders of, see Riga, mass murder of Jews in stereotypes of, 57

  see also antisemitism, antisemites;

  Holocaust; Holocaust denial;

  Holocaust deniers; specific ethnic groups

  Jordan, 6–10

  Journal of Historical Review, 106, 239, 322n

  Judenpack, Zündel’s use of, 236, 240

  Judenräte (Nazi-appointed Jewish councils), 23–24

  Judentransport, 83, 102–4

  judicial restraint, 254

  Julius, Anthony, 28–33, 37–49, 51–55, 69–73, 97, 127, 157, 228, 301

  appearance of, 31

  background of, 29–30

  closing arguments and, 260–61

  Eliot book by, 28, 29, 32, 42, 49

  Evans’s testimony and, 202, 218

  Guttenplan article and, 65, 66

  Irving’s appeal and, 292, 295

  judgment and, 270, 275, 276

  legal costs estimated by, 37

  legal options explained by, 32

  MacDonald and, 153, 159

  at meeting with Rampton, 52–54

  at pretrial hearings, 46–47, 70–72

  as Princess Diana’s lawyer, 28–29, 42, 313n–14n

  “rights of audience” of, 52

  and terms of joint defense, 44

  and trial on opening day, 78, 85

  and trial in second week, 110, 112, 114, 120

  U.S. visit of, 31

  van Pelt’s testimony and, 139

  wife of, 276

  work on case as viewed by, 287–88

  juries, 45

  Justice Ministry, Nazi, 167

  Kazimierz, 57–58, 61

  Keefer, Janice Kulyk, 229

  Keegan, Sir John, xv, 23, 322n

  testimony of, 186–89, 282

  on trial judgment, 282–83

  Keitel, Wilhelm, 297–98

  Kelland, Kate, 183

  Kellerman, Jonathan, 91

  Kempner, Robert, 293–94, 327n

  Kennedy, Edward, 84, 124, 244, 274

  Kennedy, Robert, 294

  KGB, 11, 13–14

  Kiaulehn, Walther, 250

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 313n

  Kirkus Reviews, 91

  Klaiman, Gloria, 281

  Klein, Fritz, 137–38

  Konner, Mel, 68

  Kornfeld, Amelia, 49

  Kornfeld, Joe, 49

  Kotel (the Western Wall), 8–9, 10

  Kovno, 112

  Krakow, 56–59, 61, 64

  Kramer, Josef, 137

  Kristallnacht (Nov. 9–10, 1938), 56, 165–67, 216–18, 257, 273, 321n

  Ku Klux Klan, 181

  Labor Party, British, 200

  Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Lawrence), 74

  Last of the Just, The (Schwarz-Bart), 6

  Lawrence, D. H., 74

  Lawrence, Stephen, 182

  Lebanon, 7–8

  legal system, British:

  judicial restraint and, 254

  juries in, 45

  “leave” or permission to appeal in, 291

 

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