London,
Thursday, May 31, 2007 5 pmDavid
Irving to sue Warsaw Book Fair
DAVID IRVING the British historian and
publisher of Focal Point Publications announced today
that he will instruct Warsaw lawyers to sue Ars Polona
S.A., organiser of the annual Warsaw International Book
Fair, for damages for breach of contract, after its
president Mr Grzegorz Guzowski ordered
him to remove his stand immediately from the exhibition
on May 18. Security officials
immediately started breaking up the Focal Point
display.
Mr Guzowski explained that he had come under outside
pressures.
Mr Irving protested that neither he nor his books on
display had broken any laws, and that he had a fully paid
exhibition contract with the company, including a
two-hour lecture presentation that same evening. (Ars
Polona also prohibited the lecture.)
Mr Guzowski undertook at the time and in subsequent
messages to refund all Mr Irving's costs, but his firm
has since failed to honour that undertaking. In
interviews with the media Mr Guzowski has made a number
of statements about Mr Irving, which have angered the
historian who describes them as untrue.
"Future exhibitors in Warsaw should take notice," said
Mr Irving, who exhibits regularly at BookExpo America and
other international publishing exhibitions.
