David Irving v Penguin & Lipstadt (September 1998)

DJC Irving – v – Penguin Books Ltd and Deborah Lipstadt your “holes” index earlier interlocutory hearings September 11, 1998 September 15, 1998 October 2, 1998 December 15, 1998 January 26, 1999 April 23, 1999the witnesses and statements: David Irving Deborah Lipstadt Dr K Arnold Bernie M Farber Rebecca Guttman Robert Horenstein Warren Kinsella Vladimir N Kuzelenkov Daniel Levitas Peter Millar Peter Pringle Andrew Rosenheim Vladimir Tarasov Tatiana Vasilyeva Eric K Ward Steven M Wasserstrom the

reports by experts: Christopher Browning Richard Evans Peter Longerich Robert Jan Van Pelt Civil Evidence Act Notice the verbatim Day 1: Jan 11, 2000 Day 2: Jan 12, 2000 Day 3: Jan 13, 2000 Day 4: Jan 17, 2000 Day 5: Jan 18, 2000 Day 6: Jan 19, 2000 Day 7: Jan 20, 2000 Day 8: Jan 24, 2000 Day 9: Jan 25, 2000 Day 10: Jan 26, 2000 Day 11: Jan 28, 2000 Day 12: Jan 31, 2000 Day 13: Feb 1, 2000 Day 14: Feb 2, 2000 Day 15: Feb 3, 2000 Day 16: Feb 7, 2000 Day 17: Feb 8, 2000 Day 18: Feb 10, 2000 Day

19: Feb 14, 2000 Day 20: Feb 15, 2000 Day 21: Feb 16, 2000 Day 22: Feb 17, 2000 Day 23: Feb 21, 2000 Day 24: Feb 23, 2000 Day 25: Feb 24, 2000 Day 26: Feb 28, 2000 Day 27: Feb 29, 2000 Day 28: Mar 1, 2000 Day 29: Mar 2, 2000 Day 30: Mar 6, 2000 Day 31: Mar 14, 2000 Day 32: Mar 15, 2000 Prize Day etc., as available Our dossier: The fight over Mr Irving’s seized possessions and archives In 1993 American scholar Deborah Lipstadt published Denying the Holocaust , product of a research contract

funded by an Israeli agency. British writer David Irving claimed that it libels him. [ Tip: A 500-word summary of the issues] optimised for Important: See also the new Deborah Lipstadt dossier The Trial Mr Irving’s Opening Statement, Jan 11, 2000 Mr Rampton replies for the defence Transcripts (or use drop down menu above) Latest Press Coverage Internet Links Mr Justice Gray suggests to an American student that he follow the action on David Irving’s website Feb 23, 2000: Mr Irving sets out as

requested his views on the killing of Jews on the eastern front Judge Gray defines a List of issues in dispute between the parties Mr Irving’s Closing Statement, March 15, 2000 Mr Rampton’s Closing Summary, March 15, 2000 * [* Website safety note : This link goes to Lipstadt’s website.

As the webmaster of the Lipstadt website has installed HTML to prevent anybody from returning to our website once they are trapped in hers, we have made this a magic link: just point at it, to open this document in a different window.] Richard Rampton QC’s submission to the Court, March 17, 2000 Mr Irving’s Final Submission

on March 21 to Judge Gray Mr Justice Gray’s Judgment April 11, 2000 Films on the trial [index under construction] Reader’s letter inquires why Mr Irving sued Lipstadt Analysis of the Lipstadt Trial from the Yale Law Journal, Jun 2001, by Wendie Ellen Schneider Arab press (April 2000) on the Lipstadt Trial History Today Impressions of the Trial by Michael Kustow The Appeal Application for Permission to Appeal: the Skeleton Defendants’ Submissions on Skeleton Grounds, Oct 2, 2000 Dec 18, 2000:

Lord Justice Sedley refuses Mr Irving permission to appeal Jan 17, 2001: Appeal Court orders stay of execution to enable Mr Irving to proceed Mr Irving’s notes during the four day appeal: [ Day 1 ] [ Day 2 ] [ Day 3 ] [ Day 4 ] Index See also the new Deborah Lipstadt dossier The Anti-Zionist Conference scheduled for Sweden in November 1992 , and the lies that the JTA and Lipstadt spread about it How certain people tried to suppress free speech in Atlanta USA when David Irving came, Nov 4, 1993

but Mr Irving got an immediate Court Order forcing the city courthouse to honour its hire agreement for its chamber Deborah Lipstadt’s . . . March 1995 [ WEBSITE APOLOGY: The document which was posted here until March 19, 1998 has been removed at the instance of Deborah Lipstadt’s lawyers. It did not unfortunately then come into the public domain, as she did not enter the witness box.]

David Irving answers some impertinent questions in 1996 Richard Rampton’s Flying Circus tours North America, speaking on trial, Oct 2000 Transcript of Radio Four broadcast on Lipstadt Trial. Nov 8, 2001 Scott Smith asks who paid Deborah Lipstadt’s trial costs, and gets a very full answer The Libel Action: briefly explained David Irving’s Initial Letter before Action David Irving’s Statement of Claim issued

on Sept. 5, 1996 with a Writ alleging Libel in the Lipstadt book Defence pleaded by Victoria Sharp, counsel for Deborah Lipstadt,

on Apr. 18, 1997 A virtually identical Defence had been settled by Ms Sharp in Mr Irving’s libel action against Guardian Newspapers Ltd and Gitta Sereny. David Irving’s Reply to this Defence, served on April 19, 1997; posted here with links to relevant documents on this site.

Affidavit sworn by Mr Irving’s personal assistant on an episode at the Waterstone’s branch in Colchester, Essex (Waterstone’s staff were originally co-defendants) The foul contagion spreads: Lipstadt’s book is required reading at universities in USA May 5, 1998: Anthony Julius (of Lipstadt defence attorneys Mishcon de Reya) and Board of Deputies of British Jews pleads for funds to aid her defence Lipstadt’s attorney Anthony Julius applies

on May 13, 1998 for the High Court to Reject David Irving’s Discovery List; Julius swears a lengthy affidavit in support of his application.

Affidavit by Jonathan Mozzochi , chief of US Pacific-Coast “Coalition for Human Dignity”, an organisation of mob-spitters , supporting this application by Julius. . . . . .

but precisely who is Mozzochi ? and what is his CHD ? | a police report on him | his Paranoid World | The anti-Christian agitator Mozzochi | stated to be in Las Vegas as dishwasher Second affidavit by Jonathan Mozzochi , Aug.27, 1998 Readers comment on David Irving’s diary coverage of the libel action Legal correspondence : the next moves, September 1998 Affidavit of Mrs M B, organiser of Oct. 1994 Oregon function , sworn Sep. 15, 1998 David Irving wrote to Penguin Books

on Sept 11, 1998, offering to release them from the action | Text of this modest offer to settle | Letters (2004) discussing the motives behind making this offer and the Part 36 offer, Oct 1999 Oct 2, 1998. The High Court ordered the two defamatory Mozzochi affidavits taken off the file.

The writer’s diary record Dec 15, 1998: High Court in London orders Deborah Lipstadt to verify her document-discovery on oath Rob Ross suggests ways to exploit the lawsuit against Lipstadt and David Irving replies Statements are exchanged of witnesses of fact [WEBSITE APOLOGY: Some of the statements and documents which were posted here from Jan. 22-25, 1999 have been removed under a High Court Order obtained by Deborah Lipstadt’s lawyers

on Jan 26, 1999 (see next item). They will be posted again when they come into the public domain.] Prof.

Deborah Lipstadt’s application for an Injunction to suppress publication on this Website of her witnesses’ statements and their documents | David Irving’s affidavit of Jan 26, 1999 | Order made by Mr Justice Moses Request to Hitler’s adjutant Otto Günsche to testify against Lipstadt Set down for trial

on Jan 12, 2000 Interlocutory: Prof Lipstadt’s concealment of Evidence: Apr 16, 1999: Mr Irving issues summons against Lipstadt alleging concealment of Video Evidence | Mr Irving’s affidavit supporting the summons Apr 19, 1999: Mishcon claim privilege in the videos. Mr Irving disputes the privilege Apr 20, 1999: Response by Lipstadt’s lawyer Mishcon again (falsely) claiming privilege | and similar Affidavit served by them Apr 21, 1999 , 7:50 p.m.

Apr 23, 1999: Mr Irving’s Skeleton Legal Argument for the hearing Radical’s Diary: High Court hearing of Apr 23, 1999 Apr 23, 1999: Mishcon undertake to bring the videos to the High Court hearing; since they break this undertaking Mr Irving reports them to the Office for the Supervision of Solicitors It turns out that Mishcon have broken undertakings to others Mishcon ask to see a May 1959 satirical university magazine edited by Mr Irving David Irving invites historian John Keegan to testify as

an expert at the trial Since Dr Keegan refuses to testify voluntarily, Mr Irving puts him on notice that he will issue a subpoena Identities of Lipstadt’s four courtroom history experts revealed , statements served Mr Irving invites Professor R Evans to answer some queries about his expert report Niall McNamara Lodges a Formal Complaint with the Charities Commission about the Wiener Library Ltd withholding documents from Mr Irving during the Lipstadt trial 2004: Times mentions the Lipstadt

Trial in an attack on the fees paid to “expert witnesses” Our dossier: The fight over Mr Irving’s seized possessions and archives Index to the interesting Legal Situation caused by Deborah Lipstadt’s illegal postings of Mr Irving’s privileged documents on her university website Documents: HOLOCAUST DENIAL LITERATURE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY , by John A. Drobnicki. Carol R. Goldman, Trina R. Knight, Johanna V. Thomas, 1994 (reproduced by permission of the Nizkor Site). The Courses which Prof.

Lipstadt teaches at Emory University, Atlanta Chicago professor’s new book on Americans and the Holocaust heaps criticism on Deborah Lipstadt : Making “shoah-business” argument, he cites Lipstadt as example of the santification of the Holocaust Deborah Lipstadt replies to Peter Novick: The holocaust in the Western mind: how Americans think the unthinkable Deborah Lipstadt on Wolfgang Benz: vaguely uneasy that a German Historian should examine the Holocaust Worried report by Jerusalem Post, Sept

24, 1999, about this libel action Steve Pollack: ” Emory’s Deborah Lipstadt prepares to do battle with Holocaust Denier David Irving “, Atlanta Jewish Times, Oct 8, 1999 The Campaign for Democratic Renewal [one of Deborah Lipstadt’s defence witnesses], summarised in Who’s Who in Terrorism Judge rejects as “tainted” [Lipstadt witness] Bernie Farber in Toronto hate trial Anton Baer comments on Internet that Prof.

Lipstadt’s refusal to debate with Deniers lays her open to wondering if she is not the “Flat-Earther” Newsday, Long Island, reports on coming “trial of the century” Law Student John Scholes asks questions, Thursday, July 28, 2005, about the Lipstadt Trial and appeal, and gets answers, but is not satisfied Expert Reports [ some need Adobe Acrobat Reader: get it free !] Prof.

Peter Longerich: 1. “Hitler’s Role in the Perscution of the Jews by the Nazi regime”. 2. “The Systematic Character of the National Socialist Policy for the Extermination of the Jews” Professor K MacDonald on the tactics of Judaism Hajo Funke: David Irving, Holocaust Denial, And His Connections To Right-Wing Extremists Prof.

Christopher Browning: Evidence for the Implementation of the Final Solution Prof Deborah Lipstadt’s witness statement The Van Pelt Report by Robert Jan Van Pelt Prof Richard Evans: David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial by Richard J. Evans .

Warning: The Evans report in particular is highly defamatory, and is reproducible only in connection with this litigation London Socialist Historians Group gives Professor Richard “Skunk” Evans a rave review | and see R L Cope: “Irving versus Lipstadt: a[n] historian’s view of the case,” in Kleio , No.33, 2001 (University of South Africa) Witness Statement Of Deborah E.

Lipstadt Witness Statement of Dr John P Fox (for Mr Irving) Witness statement of Kevin Bays: he admits that Penguin’s insurers paid their costs in Lipstadt libel action Now visit Deborah Lipstadt’s website on the libel action against her: www.HolocaustDenialOnTrial.org * [* Website safety note : as the webmaster of the Lipstadt website has installed HTML to prevent anybody from returning to our website once they are trapped in hers, we have made this a magic link: just point at it, to open her

website in a different window.] David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial by Richard J. Evans Hajo Funke: David Irving, Holocaust Denial, And His Connections To Right-Wing Extremists Evidence For The Implementation Of The Final Solution by Christopher R.

Browning Hitler’s Role in the Persecution of the Jews by the Nazi Regime by Peter Longerich The Systematic Character of the National Socialist Policy for the Extermination of the Jews by Peter Longerich The Van Pelt Report by Robert Jan Van Pelt Closing Statement for Defendants Witness Statement Of Deborah E.

Lipstadt As a historian, writes James Muir (York University, Toronto), I am troubled by many of the implications of the defendants’ arguments D D Guttenplan book says “David Irving’s charges that Jewish enemies conspired against him cannot be dismissed as paranoia” | also: Tampa Tribune review Jonathan Josephs is studying the Lipstadt trial for his dissertation, and has two queries, with Mr Irving answers very fully Deborah Lipstadt: “There is no debate.

I refuse to lower myself to debating with the revisionists.” Elie Wiesel: “My experience is that the fanatic hides from true debate. The concept of dialogue is foreign to him. He knows how to speak in monologues only, so debate is superfluous to him.” –“When Passion is Dangerous,” Parade magazine, April 19, 1992, p. 21 Help David Irving defend his career and reputation. It is a red-hot problem. Find out about to his fighting fund.