Photographs of David Irving

A photographic record spanning seven decades of a historian’s life and career

These photographs document David Irving’s life and career from his schooldays at Brentwood in the 1950s through to the present day. Many are provided copyright-free for editorial use. High-resolution versions are available on request via [email protected].

The 1950s: School Days

David Irving speaking at the mock election, Brentwood School, May 1955

Mock Election campaign at Brentwood School, May 1955: David Irving stands as the Labour Party candidate

Irving at the hustings, 1955

At the hustings

Irving speaking, 1955

Speaking to the school

Pranks during M. Jacottet's last lesson, Brentwood School, July 1955

July 1955 — Pranks during the last lesson of M. Jacottet at Brentwood School

The 1960s: Early Career

David Irving, April 1963 portrait

April 1963 — Portrait used on early dust jackets

March 1962 — Interviews Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur Harris about the bombing of Dresden
July 1963 — First daughter, Josephine Victoria Irving, is born

David Irving with Sir Arthur Harris, March 1962

March 1962 — David Irving interviews Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur “Bomber” Harris about the Dresden raids

David Irving with Rolf Hochhuth, Hamburg, January 1965

January 1965 — Meets German playwright Rolf Hochhuth for the first time in the Der Stern office, Hamburg. Hochhuth later became one of his closest friends

Irving working at the Thyssen steel works in the Ruhr

David Irving working as a steelworker in the Thyssen works in the Ruhr Valley — before finding his vocation as an author

The 1970s: Rising Reputation

Irving and Captain Jack Broome outside court, February 1970

February 1970 — Outside court after the PQ.17 libel verdict, with Captain Jack E. Broome

David Irving with Albert Speer at Frankfurt Book Fair, October 1979

October 1979 — With former Nazi armaments minister Albert Speer at the Frankfurt Book Fair

The 1980s: The Hitler Diaries

David Irving at Der Spiegel, exposing the Hitler Diaries fake, 1983

1983 — David Irving exposes the “Hitler Diaries” fake. As honoured guest at the Der Stern press conference

The 1990s: Lectures and Legal Battles

David Irving arrested in Canada, November 1992

October–November 1992 — Arrested at Niagara Falls and deported from Canada

Jessica Irving and her mother Benté, 1994

1994 — Daughter Jessica and her Danish mother Benté Høgh

The 2000s

David Irving at 65, outside the Public Record Office, March 2003

March 2003 — David Irving at 65, outside the Public Record Office (National Archives), London

Book signing in Budapest, October 2003

October 2003 — Book signing in Budapest

Press conference after release from Austrian prison, December 2006

December 2006 — Press conference after release from Austrian prison

David Irving reads Polish newspaper, Warsaw, May 2007

May 2007 — David Irving reads a Polish newspaper report on his expulsion from the Warsaw Book Fair

The 2010s

David Irving speaking in Orlando, 2014

2014 — Speaking engagement in Orlando, Florida

Family Photographs

David Irving’s family line, traced back through several generations with images
Photographs of his father, Commander J. J. C. Irving, R.N.
His mother, Beryl Irving, the author and illustrator
Photographs of ancestors: grandparents and uncle

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