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David Irving

David Irving is known for British author and Holocaust denier. David Irving was born on 24 March 1938.

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Who is David Irving?

David Irving is best known for British author and Holocaust denier. David Irving is a British public figure. David Irving was born on 24 March 1938, which places David Irving among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1930s. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for David Irving is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: British author and Holocaust denier
Nationality: British
Born: 24 March 1938

About David Irving

He was found to be a Holocaust denier in a British court in 2000 as a result of a failed libel case. Irving's works include The Destruction of Dresden (1963), Hitler's War (1977), Churchill's War (1987) and Goebbels: Mastermind of the Third Reich (1996). In his works, he falsely claimed that Adolf Hitler did not know of the extermination of Jews, or, if he did, he opposed it. Irving's negationist claims and views of German war crimes (and Hitler's responsibility for them) were denounced by historians. Irving was once recognised for his knowledge of Nazi Germany and his ability to unearth new historical documents, which he held closely but stated were fully supportive of his conclusions. His 1964 book The Mare's Nest about Germany's V-weapons campaign of 1944–45 was praised for its deep research but criticised for minimising Nazi slave-labour programmes. Irving's reputation as a historical author was further discredited in 2000, when, in the course of an unsuccessful libel case he filed against the American historian Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books, High Court Judge Charles Gray determined in his ruling that Irving wilfully misrepresented historical evidence to promote Holocaust denial and whitewash the Nazis, a view shared by many prominent historians.

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What is David Irving known for?

David Irving is known for British author and Holocaust denier.

When was David Irving born?

David Irving was born on 24 March 1938.

What nationality is David Irving?

David Irving's nationality is British.

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