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Real History and the Traditional Enemies of Free Speech The Posted Friday, March 6, 2009 Index to the Traditional Enemies of Free Speech Alphabetical index (text) origins of anti-semitism [Images added by this website] Irving had sat quietly throughout in the front row London, Thursday, March 5, 2009 Londoner’s Diary The denier is 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. [ Website: Because it was a public meeting. Duh !]

The Evening Standard is warned not to repeat these libels Longerich refuses to answer David Irving’s question about the Schlegelberger Document in his talk in 1998 Radical’s Diary: German Historical Institute in London throws Irving out The above item is reproduced without editing other than typographical Register your name and address to go on the Mailing List to receive or to hear when and where he will next speak near you 2009