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note: Sol Littman is Canadian representative of
the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center]
October 3, 1996 - Ms. Deborah Lipstadt
- Department of Religion
- Emory University
- Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Dear Deborah, It was good to talk to you on the phone the other
day. I have admired your work for some time and I am
pleased if I can be of some help to you. When you receive the student
paper I sent you, please recognize that it
is not for publication or direct quotation. It is, after
all, an unedited student's work and contains many phrases
and comments that neither you or I would use in a
situation which clearly involves considerable delicacy. I
think it is best used as a reference and an indication of
what might be available. Sincerely, signed Sol Littman
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items on this website 
[The secret "student paper":] History
Rewritten: The World of David IrvingLipstadt's
lawyers used every legal device to prevent Mr Irving
obtaining a copy of the Littman document. He took them to
court and won an order Small wonder that Littman did not
want the document to become known. As the British judge
Trench, hearing this preliminary action, commented dryly,
"It could hardly have fallen into wronger hands now than
it has -- but that is what the legal process of Discovery
is about." This document mirrors the blueprint for the
global campaign against Mr Irving, designed to destroy
his reputation: 
 The
shroud of credibility in which David Irving
clothes himself is the call to arms for those
who wish to strip him of his platform of hate.
Irving's prolific writing and his thorough
research through World War II archives afford
him an air of respectability. This has made him
a best-selling author in the U.K. and abroad.
This vast audience falls prey to the half-truths
and utter falsehoods he weaves into the
voluminous works he produces. Critics repeatedly
assail Irving's 'historical' theses, and dismiss
his revisionist themes. The importance of such
work is to deny Irving the legitimacy he so
desires in his attempts to spread his
anti-Semitic and racist messages. Therefore, a
brief review of the 'academic' techniques he
traditionally employs casts significant light on
the danger that David Irving poses.
and
David
Irving's techniques challenge the most educated
minds to adopt his version of reality. By
revealing Irving's methods, the illusions
portrayed as facts in his writings have been
unveiled. Hence, while claiming to be a
legitimate historian, Irving can now be
identified with his underlying purpose, to
morally rehabilitate Adolf Hitler and the Third
Reich. Given this accurate version of reality,
it is all the more clear why his activities must
be curtailed, and why his alleged legitimacy be
eradicated. From
History
Rewritten: The World of David Irving |
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