| Historian wins action over deportationFrom Richard Bassett Vienna Mr David Irving, the British historian, has successfully
brought an action against the Austrian Government for
deporting him from Vienna in June 1985. Mr
Irving, who visited Vienna to give a lecture on Hitler's
deputy, Rudolf Hess, was arrested at the Cafe Landtmann in
the centre of Vienna and subsequently deported by Austrian
police. A
spokesman for the Austrian Ministry of Justice confirmed
yesterday that in an action in Austria's administrative
court Mr Irving had been given his costs and been declared
persona grata. The
spokesman said Mr Irving would also be bringing a case for
wrongful arrest against the officials involved later this
year. |