"Gas chamber claims impossible, says Irving", The Guardian (13 January 2000).
• Statements during the David Irving v Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt libel trial, which Irving lost.
• Statements during the David Irving v Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt libel trial, which Irving lost.
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The defendants will find it very hard to prove it was a Third Reich decision and an Adolf Hitler decision. There were multiple shootings but it was not pursuant to any programme.
— David Irving
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• Statements during the David Irving v Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt libel trial, which Irving lost." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About David Irving
David John Cawdell Irving (born 24 March 1938) is a British writer and Holocaust denier who specialises in the military history of World War II. He is the author of numerous books, including The Destruction of Dresden (1963), Hitler's War (1977), Churchill's War (1987), and Goebbels — Mastermind of the Third Reich (1996).
About David Irving
David John Cawdell Irving (born 24 March 1938) is a British writer and Holocaust denier who specialises in the military history of World War II. He is the author of numerous books, including The Destruction of Dresden (1963), Hitler's War (1977), Churchill's War (1987), and Goebbels — Mastermind of the Third Reich (1996).
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