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What did the English court find about David Irving in the libel case?

  • Active Holocaust denier, antisemite, and racist

  • Fair and objective historian

  • Misunderstood academic

  • Victim of a conspiracy

Answer

The English court found that David Irving was an active Holocaust denier, antisemite, and racist who persistently and deliberately misrepresented and manipulated historical evidence for his own ideological reasons. The court also found that Irving's books distorted the history of Hitler's role in the Holocaust to depict Hitler in a favorable light.
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