Lipstadt's book: Denying The Holocaust

Deborah Esther Lipstadt (born March 18, 1947, New York City) is an American historian and author of the book Denying the Holocaust. She is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. She received her BA from City College of New York and her MA and PhD from Brandeis University. Download high resolution version (533x850, 35 KB)Book cover This image is a book cover. ... Download high resolution version (533x850, 35 KB)Book cover This image is a book cover. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Emory University is a private university in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. ... The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as City) is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. ... Brandeis University is a private university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. ...

David Irving sued her and her publisher, Penguin Books, for libel in a British court, after she characterized some of his writings and public statements as Holocaust denial in her book Denying the Holocaust. The legal defense team was led by Anthony Julius, and the defense was presented in court by Richard Rampton QC in early 2000. Although UK libel law puts the burden of proof on the defendant rather than the plaintiff, Lipstadt and Penguin won the case using the justification defense -- that is, by demonstrating in court that Lipstadt's accusations against Irving were substantially true and therefore not libelous. The case was argued as a bench trial before Justice Charles Gray, who produced a written judgment hundreds of pages long, detailing Irving's systematic distortion of the historical record of World War II. The Times (April 14, 2000, page 23) said of Lipstadt's victory, "History has had its day in court and scored a crushing victory." [1] David Irving, 2003 David John Cawdell Irving (born March 24, 1938) is a British author of several books on World War II military history. ... Penguin Books is a British publisher founded in 1935 by Allen Lane. ... Richard Harwoods Did Six Million Really Die? Holocaust denial is the claim that the mainstream historical version of the Holocaust is either highly exaggerated or completely falsified. ... Dr. Anthony Julius (born 1956) is a prominent British lawyer and academic, best known for his actions on behalf of Diana, Princess of Wales and Deborah Lipstadt. ... Richard Rampton QC (b. ... A bench trial in the U.S. is a trial before a judge in which the defendant has waived his/her right to a jury trial. ... Sir Charles Gray is a British judge (Mr. ... David Irving, 2003 David John Cawdell Irving (born March 24, 1938) is a British author of several books on World War II military history. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. ...

Lipstadt was a consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. In 1994 she was appointed by Bill Clinton to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Exterior of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum viewed from 14th St. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...

Free Speech

Despite her acrimonious history with Holocaust denier David Irving (and in keeping with herself being sued by him for her writing), she has stated that she is personally opposed to the Austrian court's decision[2] in 2005 to sentence Irving to three years in prison for his speech (Holocaust denial is punishable in Austria by a maximum 20-year sentence). "I am uncomfortable with imprisoning people for speech. Let him go and let him fade from everyone's radar screens." BBC news David Irving, 2003 David John Cawdell Irving (born March 24, 1938) is a British author of several books on World War II military history. ... A trial at the Old Bailey in London as drawn by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin for Ackermanns Microcosm of London (1808-11). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bibliography

• Beyond Belief : The American Press And The Coming Of The Holocaust, 1933- 1945 (1993) [ISBN 0-02-919161-0]
• Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory (1994) [ISBN 0-452-27274-2]
• History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving (2005) [ISBN 0-06-059376-8]

External links

• Wikisource:David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt
• Emory University biography
• David Irving vs. Deborah Lipstadt
• Deborah Lipstadt's blog