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denied drinks
HOLOCAUST denier
David Irving proved that he still knows
how to make an unpleasant nuisance of himself at
the German Historical Institute in Bloomsbury
Square this week. German holocaust expert
Professor Peter Longerich, who was a
major witness at the libel trial between
Deborah Lipstadt and Irving, was giving a
talk on Himmler to tie in with his new
biography. Seated in the small audience was
Irving with a suitably Aryan-looking blonde
beside him.
Trouble came at the end when the Institute
director, Andreas Gestrich, welcomed
everyone to drinks "except Holocaust deniers",
looking at Irving, who had sat quietly
throughout in the front row.
An unknown man at the back then got up and
shouted: "That includes me too. I am a Holocaust
denier too." Then Irving stood up, red in the
face and shouted: "And ban my books from your
library, will you? Why do you have my books in
the library?" The director looked very
embarrassed. Guests tottered off for drinks,
wondering why Irving had been let in the
building in the first place.
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Because it was a public meeting.
Duh!]